Friday 21 September 2012
Country Challenge just days away
The Queensland Rail Bulls Masters have named a list of eight former topliners who will take to the field with the state’s best regional cricketers in the inaugural Queensland Rail…
Thursday 20 September 2012
Porttoberfest is here!
Since October 2007 a landmark Port Douglas lifestyle event has been quietly (well, quite loudly actually) building its reputation. Porttoberfest - Beers of the World was established to…
Thursday 20 September 2012
Coral Sea Cup a classic
Coral Sea Cup Race 1 The favourite rounding of Low and Snapper again proved to be a great challenge on day one of the Coral Sea Cup Regatta with the closest finish on record. Nine…
Thursday 20 September 2012
Time running out in art comp
Cairns Regional Gallery Director, Andrea May Churcher and KickArts Contemporary Arts Director, Ingrid Hoffman, will judge the inaugural Destination Daintree Art competition. Douglas…
Thursday 20 September 2012
No stopping some people
A week-long traffic blitz in Port Douglas has resulted in a number of drivers being nabbed for what police describe as "life-endangering offences." Of most concern were the…
Thursday 20 September 2012
Healthy reminder at Expo
For some the Health and Wellbeing Expo held at the Port Douglas Community Centre on Wednesday was a healthy reminder to spend a little more time looking after ourselves, and those…
Thursday 20 September 2012
Williamson, Gard big winners
Men’s Bowls There was another good turnout for social bowls on Saturday with 16 of our bowlers attending the Orchid Festival in Cooktown. J Beasley, Kiwi and J Fary def. A…
Thursday 20 September 2012
Fat Freddy's Drop at Eclipse Festival
A once-in-a-lifetime music, arts and cultural event will take place just outside of Cairns as the total solar eclipse graces the skies of far north Queensland this 10-16…
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Dragons hold nerve to make history
The Verri Industries Douglas United Dragons are the talk of the town after their 3-2 win over Leichhardt in Saturday night's Far North Queensland Premier League Grand Final.…
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Murgha signs Pride contract
Cairns District Rugby League Gold Medal winner Brian Murgha has agreed to a train and trial contract with the Northern Pride for the 2013 season. The Edmonton Storm and Cairns…
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Economic conference starts today
Mayor Bob Manning will highlight the expanding aviation industry, trade links with Papua New Guinea and tropical expertise as major contributors to the Cairns region’s economic…
Wednesday 19 September 2012
And then there were 4
With only three games of footy left for 2012 one may start to feel a little sad, but the next fortnight is the most exciting part of the season! The first two weeks of finals have seen…
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Budget cuts to hurt centres
Community services in Port Douglas and Mossman will be impacted by a State Government decision to cut funding by 10% to 109 Neighbourhood Centres across Queensland. The news of…
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Douglas gets Minister's nod
Douglas is one of just five Queensland regions that have had their bid for deamalgamation advanced to the next stage in the process. Local Government Minister David Crisafulli…
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Foard first in Friday Frolic
by Shona Barbour The greens are in great shape, and 43 players competed in last Tuesday's Stableford event. The winner was Brian O’Connor with 44 points ahead of Bob Slade with…
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Get your cruise pic published
Have you taken a scenic cruise liner photo you think is good enough to be published? If so, it could be published in Port Douglas’ premier lifestyle magazine – Port Douglas…
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Paddy's take A Grade Pool honours
The 2012 Grand Finals of the Pool competition took place at the Port Douglas Yacht Club on Sunday in front of a large crowd of supporters drawn from all the league teams…
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Hot pies!
Port Douglas food icon Mocka’s Pies is the latest Port Douglas eatery to stamped its authority as one of the country’s best culinary venues after performing strongly at last week’s Official Great Aussie…
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Kempton broke promise: residents
With just two months to go before the Port Douglas cyclone shelter is scheduled for completion, concerns remain about the controversial design. The shelter, one of ten funded…
Monday 17 September 2012
Premier Dragons fire
Little could Premiers player/coach Logan Marsh and new President Rodney Rasmussen have dared to dream that 2012 was going to be their first Grand Final winning season. President…
Monday 17 September 2012
Tough conditions at 600 metres
Saturday was clear and hot, with a turbulent mirage, and well-shadowed targets providing challenging conditions for Target Rifle shooters in a Double 600m Competition. In the…
Monday 17 September 2012
Whileaway Book Club Review - The House of Memories
Author: MONICA MCINERNEY Following a tragic accident, Ella O'Hanlon an editor, is in her mid-30’s and settled in domestic bliss in Canberra, flees to the…
Monday 17 September 2012
Through Artists' Eyes
Port Douglas artists are planning to bring an experienced TV crew to Port Douglas to film three artists in their studios for the programme 'Put Some Colour in Your Life.' The show currently…
Monday 17 September 2012
Meet the new committee members
Damian Passlow - Tropical Nites Background I've been running Tropical Nites for about 18 months now. We came up here in April 2011 from South-East Victoria. It was the price of…
Monday 17 September 2012
Chamber made
The Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce has emerged from their AGM last Thursday with three new committee members. Speakers reflected on the achievements of the Chamber over the past 12 months; the…
