Mon 15 Mar
'Also Rans' top of the pops at Plantation Quiz
By Roy Weavers
The second Port Douglas Plantation Resort Music Trivia challenge was held on Wednesday March 10th.
There were six teams competing but Cameron…
Fri 12 Mar
Chinese boost Queensland's tourism
By Roy Weavers
Tropical North Queensland continued to struggle from the decline in Japanese visitors, the region's second largest international market (which dropped 45% to…
Fri 12 Mar
Port Douglas Inaugural Marlin Challenge announced
By Roy Weavers
Great excitment has been generated around the Port Douglas fishing and marine community with the announcement that the inaugural Port Douglas Marlin…
Fri 12 Mar
Port host Innisfail in Semi Final
By Roy Weavers
Calling all residents, visitors, guys, girls, sporting enthusiasts, social supporters, sledgers and anyone who is looking for a fun day at the local cricket.
Court…
Fri 12 Mar
Australia out performed the world
By Roy Weavers
Tourism minister Martin Ferguson has claimed Australia out performed the rest of the world last year after latest figures showed international arrivals held steady at…
Thur 11 Mar
Croc hatchlings struggle for survival
By Roy Weavers
Our friends David and Tyna White from Solar Whisper Daintree River Cruises have returned to work after refit for their first week back on the river. The recent…
Thur 11 Mar
Australia's most stylish weekend getaway
By Roy Weavers
Melissa Hoyer in her article on News.com.au on 9th Match made it quite clear that Port Douglas should be included when trying to decide what your idea of a…
Thur 11 Mar
Everything is OK for Carnivale
From The Carnivale Office
When the fun begins at Port Douglas Carnivale this year (May 20 - 30), the seaside village will be swinging to a new local tune selected by the event's…
Thur 11 Mar
Indian Tourism Ambassador boosts Queensland
By Roy Weavers
Indian based Queensland Tourism Ambassador and former Best Job in the World candidate, Anjaan is in Queensland this week to show a group of Indian tourism…
Thur 11 Mar
Port Douglas State School needs you !
By Roy Weavers
The Sheraton Mirage is hosting the inaugural Port Douglas State School Trivia and Curry Night in the ballroom starting at 6.30pm on saturday March 20.
Everyone…
Wed 10 Mar
Great Pacific Garbage Patch clean-up
By Roy Weavers
Conservationists are planning hoping to collect up to 100 million tonnes of plastic waste floating in the Pacific and turn it into fuel. The giant waste collection,…
Wed 10 Mar
North Queensland Airports welcomes new investor
By Roy Weavers
North Queensland Airports, the owners of Cairns and Mackay Airports, welcomes the announcement by Auckland International Airport Limited (Auckland Airport)…
Wed 10 Mar
Difficult pre-season takes its toll
By Esrom Lafituanai
After forfeiting their final pre season fixture due to a large number of unavailable players, the Port Douglas Raiders were always going to start their season on…
Wed 10 Mar
Calling ALL restaurants for Carnivale
The Carnivale event organisers have asked us to pass on an urgent call to ALL restaurants in Port Douglas to come to a meeting at Bistro 3 opposite the Court House in Macrossan…
Wed 10 Mar
Port Douglas boasts Resident President
By Roy Weavers
Whilst the whole town has been looking for the leader of the free world to pay a visit to Port Douglas, our very own President O'Carmel almost slipped under the…
Tue 9 Mar
Cairns welcomes more Jetstar flights
By Roy Weavers
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd (CAPL) welcomes the announcement by Jetstar of 11 new domestic services into Cairns from 28 March 2010.
The additional services include two…
Tue 9 Mar
Congratulations Stephen Gregg
By Roy Weavers
Congratulations must go to Cairns Airport Pty Ltd CEO, Stephen Gregg, who was surprised and honoured to receive the award for most outstanding contribution by an individual…
Tue 9 Mar
Are you rallying to the call on Sunday?
By Roy Weavers
The Friends of the Douglas Shire have asked us here at Newsport to remind you about the March and Rally to demonstrate against Council amalgamation being held in…
Tue 9 Mar
Exciting Line-up for Highlander fundraiser
By Roy Weavers
The organisers of this fundraising gig on Saturday March 20th have confirmed that their plans are nearly finalised for the muso's line-up who will be playing on…
Tue 9 Mar
Qantas market share slides again
By Roy Weavers
Following our report last week, Qantas Airways’ share of international air traffic continues to decline, with the carrier losing 3.7 percentage points between December…
Mon 8 Mar
Mixed fortunes for Muddies
By Roy Weavers
After the torrential rain over of the last few weeks it was great to see clear azure blue skies for the two games of cricket that were played this weekend for the…
Mon 8 Mar
Clean up Australia Day a hit in Port Douglas
By Roy Weavers
Sunday 7th March saw over 40 Port Douglas volunteers gather for Clean up Australia Day. The volunteers split into 8 teams covering Four Mile Beach and…
Mon 8 Mar
Blooming Fan Palms in the rainforest
By Hans Van Veluwen
A drive to the Daintree National Park and the Kuranda rainforests will reward one with glimpses of arguably the most beautiful of Australia's palms in flower, the…
Mon 8 Mar
St Mary's sign defaced
By Roy Weavers
We received a report from a concerned local that someone painted "Pty Ltd" to deface the St Mary's by the Sea sign on Saturday Feb 27th.
As a result, this ended up in…
Mon 8 Mar
Frank Bennett 'schmooses' into town
By Roy Weavers
On 12th March at Tanks Arts Centre, Frank Bennett launches the Jazz Up North series for 2010. There is no such thing as a mere jazz standard in the musical world of…
