Fri 11 June
Qantas and TQ to uncover Queensland
Tourism Queensland and Qantas Holidays have teamed up for a $1.6 million marketing campaign aimed at uncovering Queensland's best holiday deals.
Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said the…
Fri 11 June
SkySafari celebrates Capt Cooks landing
by Mat Churchill
As you all know it is the anniversary of the Landing of Capt Cook at Cooktown this weekend and as usual there is a fantastic re-enactment being staged by the good…
Thu 10 June
Europe China U 30's love Queensland best
by Roy Weavers
Growth in UK and European visitors, particularly the under 30s, is an indication that the ground-breaking Best Job in the World campaign is working, Tourism Minister…
Thu 10 June
Ocean parks 'vital to protect species'
by Mat Churchill
245 scientists from 35 countries used World Oceans Day on 8 June to call for strong action from governments to create ''ocean-scale'' national parks to protect the…
Thu 10 June
$3m budgeted for North Queensland
by Mat Churchill
Cook MP Jason O’Brien says the Bligh Labor Government’s 2010-11 Budget continues Queensland’s focus on rebuilding the tourism industry in the Far North, with $3 million…
Wed 09 June
Is that a snorkel in your pocket?
by Mat Churchill
Magnetic Island sea life were seeing snorkels of a different kind as 23 nude snorkellers took to the warm waters to help celebrate World Oceans Day on 8 June, and raise…
Thu 10 June
Tuesday night is Netball battle time
Tuesday nights senior games kicked off with well fought battles from all the teams. In a game with great defence from both sides and many turnovers, Young guns narrowly defeated Blood…
Tue 08 June
Port Crocs keep storming on
by Pat Barnett
And once again the Crocs prevailed! Watson’s Oval was awash with blue and white as both Crocs teams came home victorious after a stunning clash on Saturday.
North Cairns Tigers…
Wed 09 June
Bruno conquers Great Wall in the name of Port Douglas
By now you have probably heard about the Solar Eclipse Marathon to be run in Port Douglas in November 2012. This isn’t just your run of the mill road race, this is an…
Wed 09 June
Douglas strong in Junior Netball comp
by Treveen Page
Douglas Junior Netball sent representative teams to compete in the under 12’s and under 14’s division of the Fowler's Group Marlin Coast Regional Carnival in Cairns last…
Wed 09 June
Skills shortage returns “with a vengeance”
by Mat Churchill As the economic climate improves, more travel and tourism jobs are becoming available, but the number of suitable candidates to fill these positions is limited, a…
Wed 09 June
Pacific Blue heads north for winter
by Mat Churchill
Brisbane will be the major winner from Pacific Blue's new winter schedule with an additional flight per week from Hamilton and Dunedin, both in New Zealand.
Sydney on…
Tue 08 June
Free beginners photography class
by Mat Churchill
Art House Port Douglas is inviting you to grab your digital camera and notebook, and learn the ins and outs of photography at a free class at the Neighbourhood Centre on…
Tue 08 June
Get creative! at Art House Printmaking Workshop
Looking for a way to get your creative juices flowing? Art House Port Douglas Inc is running a two day printmaking workshop spread over two weeks on Monday 14 and 21 June from…
Tue 08 June
What's on in Port this weekend
With Carnivale 2010 a fading memory, and the onset of winter seeing temperatures plummet into the mid twenties, we look to our cosy local pubs to wrap us up in their warm embrace, and keep us…
Tue 08 June
Winter Cricket Starts in North QLD
After the first Winter Cricket was played last year, enough interest was generated for another season to commence. There has been a bit of a shack up with draw and amount of teams…
Tue 08 June
Under Eights Week celebrated in Port Douglas
by Mat Churchill
Kids and parents from the Port Douglas Community Kindergarten were guests at the Port Douglas State School on Wednesday to help celebrate Under Eights Week, an…
Tue 08 June
One week until a Bran Nue Dae
We've been talking a lot recently about the National Film & Sounds Archive’s Big Screen film festival (Sunday, 13 June from 6pm at Rex Smeal Park). Why? Because we want to see more events like…
Tue 08 June
Charity wins second Port Fun Run
by Josh McConnell
The second series of the Port Douglas Fun Run was held on Saturday 5th June and was again a huge success with a fantastic turnout of 50 participants.
There were 37…
Tue 08 June
Port exercises go extra mile for charity research
Port Douglas’ own, Actin Fitness did the hard yards in this year’s Cairns Relay For Life on the weekend, in order to raise much needed funds for cancer research. 2,500 people…
Mon 07 June
Wet Tropics kid’s competitions
by Mat Churchill
The Wet Tropics Management Authority are running two competitions for the kids to help celebrate the Year of Environmental Sustainability and International Year of Biodiversity,…
Mon 07 June
New Tourism Australia ad has Aussies cringing
by Mat Churchill
The new $4 million commercial from Tourism Australia titled ‘There’s nothing like Australia’ has had a mixed, but mostly unfavourable reaction from media…
Mon 07 June
Tourism get together at Port Fusion
by Matt Churchill
Port Fusion will be hosting it’s 3rd quarterly networking event on Thursday 17th June from 5pm in the Lotus Lounge at Rydges Sabaya Port Douglas.
After the success of…
Mon 07 June
Tourism push looks to refresh far north's image
by Mat Churchill
North Queensland's tourism body launched its new campaign last week at the nation's biggest tourism event. The Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) was in…
Mon 07 June
Reef to star in new BBC TV Documentary
by Mat Churchill
The Great Barrier Reef is about to star in a groundbreaking BBC television documentary, the likes of which has never been seen, producers say. The Nine Network has…
