Tuesday 5 July 2011
Muddies score $32K grant
By Kerry Larsen The future of local cricket looks healthy following the announcement of a $32,000 grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to the Douglas Cricket Association. The…
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Carling digs deep at GC marathon
By Kerry Larsen An ankle injury, the flu and a slow recovery from the Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns wasn’t enough to keep Port Douglas triathlete, Nick Carling, from finishing the…
Tuesday 5 July 2011
FNQ dodges Tiger and Qantas disruptions
By Kerry Larsen
Qantas strike on hold relieving tourism threat 1,000 Tiger seats to Cairns lost Other airlines take up slack
The tourism industry may have dodged a bullet…
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Let there be light!
By Kerry Larsen Years of lobbying for lighting at Port Douglas Sports Complex’s main oval looks like it’s finally over following the allocation of $210,000 from Cairns Regional Council (CRC) for…
Monday 4 July 2011
Centrals put scare in Crocs camp
by Des Rolfe Port Douglas Crocs and Centrals Trinity beach clashed in an extremely exciting encounter at the Croc Pit on Saturday. In a see-sawing, nail-biting tussle the scores…
Monday 4 July 2011
2012 Challenge entries open
2012 entires open Bike leg "towards" Port Douglas
Entries for the 2012 Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns are now open online to the general public and following the success of the…
Monday 4 July 2011
Indigo lands first podium finish
by Mick Gwilliams Rear Commodore, Port Douglas Yacht Club Race 2 of the Poseidon Sailaway Club Championship Winter Series hit the waves on Saturday as six yachts ventured forth. The…
Monday 4 July 2011
Port Douglas reservoir gets the nod
By Kerry Larsen
23 megalitre reservoir for Port Douglas Craiglie or Mowbray likely sites Construction to commence within 12 months
A 23 megalitre reservoir looks set to be…
Monday 4 July 2011
Fitness first for Four Mile
by Mat Churchill Barrier Reef Park at the southern end of Four Mile Beach will become a hive of healthy activity should funding be made available for a specially designed fitness trail. …
Monday 4 July 2011
Focus feature: d's Steakhouse
One of the youngest owner chefs in the Port Douglas and Mossman area, 21 yr old Danielle Robinson, is justifiably celebrating her first 6 months of business as d's Steakhouse.
She…
Monday 4 July 2011
Where your rates are spent
by Kerry Larsen Do you wonder where your hard-earned dollars go to every time you pay your rates? After a large proportion of Douglas ratepayers were issued with notices advising their land…
Friday 1 July 2011
Qantas strikes may affect local tourism
by Kerry Larsen It is hoped the Douglas region’s tourism industry won’t be affected yet again next week with the expected strike action by Qantas Airlines engineering staff,…
Friday 1 July 2011
Editor's Comments: The following is Cairns Regional Council Mayor Val Schier's budget speech in its entirety. Granted, it is a long read, however as residents (and prospective residents for all of you visitors out…
Firday 1 July 2011
Entertainment Precinct big budget winner
The Cairns Entertainment Precinct has secured almost a third of all capital works spending in the region with $46 million out of a total of $151.7 million being poured in to…
Friday 1 July 2011
Rate cuts expected in tight budget
by Mat Churchill
Rates reductions for many with falling valuations
The Council will go into defecit by $4.7 million in the coming 12 months in an effort to minimise rate…
30 Thursday June 2011
Kuranda Comp winners announced
The winners of The Newsport's Kuranda Roots competition have been decided and two lucky entrants will be packing their bags for a two day chill out session with a friend at one of the…
Thursday 30 June 2011
Tourism operators have Euro-vision
Local tourism operators and a delegation of TTNQ staff are in Europe on a tourism sales and marketing roadshow. The team has arranged tourism workshops over 12 days in major…
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Crocswallop
by Jo Westgate Under 12s Port Douglas 5-9-39 def Cairns City Lions Maroon 3-14-32 A pre match blast from Coach Walley must have done the trick with Tommy G, Finny Boy, Chucky Burns and Benny Bonkus…
Thursday 30 June 2011
Queensland has US Navy in its sights
Biofuels may power US Navy Fleet Sugar producers to play a part State commited to bio-based industry
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, who is in Washington attending BIO 2011, has…
Thursday 30 June 2011
Locals rally in cancer fight
The Mossman Port Douglas branch of the Cancer Council Queensland are praising the efforts of fundraisers who have worked tirelessly in pursuit of a cancer-free future. Local branch…
Wednesday 29 June 2011
WIN A NIGHT BUNGY AT AJ HACKETT
Be honest - Are your friends and family boring to be around? Do you look at yourself in the mirror and say "What happened? You used to be cool."? Then The Newsport's…
Wednesday 29 June 2011
The sports wrap with Nicky G
by Nick Gibson Bernard Tomic is the talk of the tennis world right now as he just booked a quarter finals birth at Wimbledon with Novak Djokovic. Is it true that the Aussie tennis…
Wednesday 29 June 2011
MasterChef visits Port
MasterChef season one Runner-Up, Poh Ling Yeow, was in Port Douglas yesterday filming an episode of her cooking show 'Poh's Kitchen.' The popular chef known for her artistry on the plate, is…
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Peninsula nation's best hotel
by Mat Churchill
Peninsula named best Hotel 4.5 Star/Luxury Accommodation Award to benefit region
The Peninsula Boutique Hotel has taken out Gold Honours at the National…
