Tue 10 August 2010
Biggest and best Junior Netball Carnival ever
Douglas Netball held it's annual Junior Carnival last Sunday the 8th of August. The event was the biggest yet with 41 teams along with family and friends from as far…
Tue 10 August 2010
Winning weekend all round for the Crocs
Last weekend’s game against Cairns City Cobras was always going to be an interesting affair with the two clubs having a completely different focus on the remainder of the…
Tue 10 August
Future Leaders focus on biodiversity and sustainability
Students from Reef Guardian Schools across the Port Douglas and Mossman region will take part in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's "Sustaining…
Tue 10 August
Warren Entsch pledges more for Cairns City
According to a media release received from the Warren Entsch campaign office, our LNP candidate for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has secured $40 million to progress his vision for a…
Tue 10 August
Tourism guru attacks Australia's 'island mentality'
International tourism leader Taleb Rifai has a confronting message for Australian tourism: step out of the comfort zone or bow out.
The secretary-general of the World…
Mon 09 August
New faces at Muddies first Cricket training
The new Cricket season is still a little way off and with many of our other Douglas teams still heavily involved in the Winter sports final stages, it's very pleasing to see such a…
Mon 9 August
Mayor Flabbergasted at accusations
Cairns Regional Council Mayor Val Schier has issued a statement saying she is “flabbergasted” at Mr Entsch’s unsubstantiated claims and unwarranted attacks on a Council officer.
“If he…
Fri 6 August
Variety Bash arrives in Port Douglas
The Variety Club Bashers arrived in Port Douglas on Friday 9th August at around 1pm after a nine day expedition from the Gold Coasts this year retracing the same steps or is it wheels…
Fri 6 August
Julatten Amateur Photo Comp entry closing
The Julatten Community Centre Amateur Photography Competition is closing on the 13th August so don't miss out, get your entries in without any further delay.
There are a whole…
Fri 6 August
Tim Finn coming to Tanks Art Centre
Tanks Arts Centre has confirmed that Tim Finn is going to be playing there for one night only on Friday 8th October.
His illustrious career to date has spanned almost 40 years being part…
Fri 6 August
If you can stand the heat, get into the fire brigade
by Mat Churchill
Anyone who's old enough to vote is likely to have witnessed, or experienced first hand the dedicated work of an emergency services crew.
And for those…
Fri 6 August
Marine Parks threaten fishing, tourism - Abbott
The leader of the Coalition and aspiring Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has vowed to stop Labor's expansion of marine conservation parks claiming their policy was ''threatening to…
Fri 6 August 2010
1 million more head abroad
6.8 million short-term trips were taken by Australians in the 2009/10 financial year, a record number according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
This is an increase of one…
Fri 6 August 2010
Election Round up from Port Douglas
By Roy Weavers, Editor Whether we like it or not the election is with us and on August 21st we all have to make a choice on who we should vote for. Most of the election fever that we…
Mon 9 August
Sky Safari stars as April Calendar Girl
Here at Newsport Daily we always knew that the Sky safari team were a talented handsome crowd and of course, a great asset to the region with their fabulous helicopter tours to the…
Thur 5 August
Port Douglas Crocs tame the Tigers again
The Croc pit fired up once again on Saturday with both senior teams chomping at the bit for what was set up to be a hotly contested day for both grades.
With the Reserves it was…
Thur 5 August
Last games before Junior Netball Carnival
The Douglas Junior Netball competition played it's last games before their annual Junior Netball Carnival takes place this coming Sunday so it was a great chance for everyone to put…
Thur 5 August
Tourism Australia coming to Port Douglas
The country’s highest tourism officials will be visiting the region to engage first hand with member operators.
TPDD Executive Officer Doug Ryan announced that Tourism Australia’s…
Thur 5 August
Malanda farm lands Joe Hockey in hot water
On Tuesday this week, Mr Abbott came up to the Cairns region on the campaign trail to announce his $92 million tourism campaign plans and funding.
However Mr Abbott's…
Thur 5 August
Cairns Council workshops for planning future
Cairns Regional Council have been holding a series of invited workshops around the region to help them plan forward for tomorrow.
The locations included Tanks Art Centre,…
Thur 5 August
Mobile technology a boon for advertisers
Within four years the internet will surpass newspapers and free to air TV as the biggest advertising medium in Australia.
The ability to empower consumers by tapping into their…
Thur 5 August
A very non-Newsport-like article
by Mat Churchill
Did the aborigines have stickers on their canoes that said "F@$k off, we're full" when the First Fleet arrived?
I was forced to write this very…
Thur 5 August
When the Wheels fall off the World
Imagine a future where any sense of a global village has vanished - a place without telecommunications, fossil fuels, an electricity grid or public hospital system.
Twenty-five years…
Wed 4 August
Leisure tourism drop opens new doors
by Mat Churchill
The slump in tourist numbers to Far North Queensland has forced the area to review its dependance on leisure traffic, according to Bill Calderwood, chairman of Tourism…
Wed 4 August
Port Douglas' premium properties
by Mat Churchill
Ever wondered how the other half live, and what it's like inside the properties with a multi-million dollar price tag?
There's no shortage of eye-catching homes up for…
