Thursday 30 August 2012
Innovation awards closing
Local inventors are urged to showcase their efforts as an entrant in the 2012 Tropical Innovation Awards. Nominations for the third annual awards program close on September 17 and Mayor…
Thursday 30 August 2012
Gard, O'Rourke Graded Pairs champs
Men’s Results It was another great weekend for men’s bowling accompanied by tremendous weather conditions. Saturday’s competition saw a close round in the Club Selected…
Thursday 30 August 2012
Julia Stone coming to Tanks
Julia Stone needs little introduction! After blitzing Australia and the world with brother Angus, she’s now touring with a new solo album and show. Tanks Arts Centre Sunday 23 September.…
Thursday 30 August 2012
Tri-Port triathlon this Saturday
This Saturday Port Douglas will host the biggest event on the Cairns Crocs Triathlon Club’s yearly calendar. The O2 Creation Tri¬Port Triathlon Festival will host around…
Thursday 30 August 2012
DNA Grand Finalists locked in
Round 2 of the Douglas Netball Association semi finals sent successful teams straight to the Senior Grand Final next Tuesday. Rattle N Hum and the defending 2011 winners…
Thursday 30 August 2012
Finals fever in junior netball
10 UNDER Douglas Junior Netball started last Tuesday with the 10/Under Pythons playing the Gladiators on Court 1. The Gladiators played fantastic team netball driving the ball to…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Dragons at their best and worst
Friday night saw a game between Douglas United and Marlin Coast in the FNQ Football Third Division at Cassowary Park. The game would be a very up and down affair for both teams…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Meth on Mossman winner's list
by Shona Barbour Mossman Golf Club has attracted good fields of late, and 53 players competed in the Tuesday Stableford event. Division I was won by Ralf Middel with 40 points and…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Classical guitar comes to Clink
The next Courtyard Music event will be on Sunday September 9, as usual at 6:30pm in The Clink Theatre's courtyard, and the main act will be Johannes Selhofer, a flamenco, gypsy jazz…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Silky spa makes Top 10
Silky Oaks Lodge' Healing Waters Spa has been named amongst Australia's Top 10 hotel spas to relax by 'Traveller,' Fairfax media's travel section. A recent survey commissioned by Hilton…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Schild shoots to top of podium
Saturday was warm and sunny, with a light breeze, an active mirage, and well-shadowed targets providing challenging conditions for Target Rifle shooters in a Double 400m…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Mais Oui wins Commodores Trophy
Four yachts contested the revived Commodores Trophy Race that forms Race 4 and 5 of the Closehaven Marina Trophy Series. The trophy had been absent from the race calendar for…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Cape York sets example
The Australian Conservation Foundation has called on the Queensland Government to continue the process of returning land on Cape York to Traditional Owners. Speaking at the Queensland…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Mossman inventors find local sales success
A decade of perseverance in inventing, designing and manufacturing a device to measure gas remaining in household gas bottles is now paying off for its local inventors. …
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Creating a safer world for children
You are invited to come to a free community forum “Creating a Safer World for Children” with Professor Freda Briggs AO, Australia’s leading child protection expert on Thursday…
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Local blows competition out of the water
The underwater world was celebrated on Saturday night as a record crowd of over 600 attended the Cairns Underwater Film Festival. Cairns local Enrico…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Winners are grinners
Congratulations the Mossman Under 12s Premiers 2012. It was a nail biting experience on Saturday when the Under 12s travelled to Jones Park to take on ladder leaders Suburbs in the CDJRL Grand…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
So close yet so far for Dragons
The Verri Industries Douglas United Dragons have come as close as you can get to lifting the Far North Queensland Premier League after beating Innisfail 2-0 on Sunday evening. …
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Crocs finish on a high
Port Douglas Crocs finished their 2012 season on a high note by recording impressive wins in both their Senior and Reserve matches. At home to Cairns City Lions, the boys were determined…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
China Southern starts with 3 Cairns flights per week
As announced last week on The Newsport, China Southern Airlines, China's biggest international airline, has confirmed that it is to start new flights to Cairns,…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Mossman part of new World record
Roby Kessler from Mossman has sent confirmation to The Newsport that the attempt to break the World Record for the number of people simultaneously swimming at one time was…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Local History Displays for Schools
With the introduction of a new national history curriculum to the education system, several members of the Douglas Shire Historical Society (DSHS) have been working over the past…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Port Douglas Crocs U18s into Grand Final
A good team effort is the best way to describe the Under 18 Crocs game that has won them the right to play the powerful North Cairns side in this year's Grand Final.
In…
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Lagoon blue continues
It seems the issue of the proposed lagoon has reared its head again after Council suggested a renewed focus be placed on gaining State and Federal funding for the Port Douglas Waterfront…
Monday 27 August 2012
Grants workshop coming to Port
Grants of up to $20,000 are now on offer through Cairns Regional Council’s Economic Diversification Fund. The fund supports strategic business development, employment generating…
