Fri 5 Mar
Muddies at Home for last games this season
By Roy Weavers
Both the C Grade and B Grade Port Douglas Court House Hotel Mudcrabs Cricket teams, subject to the weather, will be playing their last games of the season at…
Fri 5 Mar
2010 Queenland MX Titles Round 1
Round 1 of the Yamaha Queensland MX Titles are coming soon on the 3rd and 4th April hosted by the Mareeba Motorcycle Club at Mareeba on the Tablelands.
Many contestants and spectators…
Fri 5 Mar
Blues Brothers coming to Reef Casino
By Roy Weavers
The Official Blues Brothers Revue is coming all the way from America, hitting our shores, for their first ever national tour! They will be performing at the…
Fri 5 Mar
Qantas market share dips again
By Roy Weavers
Qantas Airways’ share of international air traffic continues to decline, with the carrier losing 3.7 percentage points between December 2008 and 2009. Qantas’s share of…
Fri 5 Mar
Pacific TV Series launches
By Roy Weavers
The blockbuster TV series, “The Pacific,” begins on HBO in the US from March 14. This mega mini-series, produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman in association…
Fri 5 Mar
Aviation is the key to tourism recovery
By Roy Weavers
According to Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor, aviation will be a key to a recovery in Tropical North Queensland's tourism industry in 2010. Mr Lawlor, who was in…
Thr 4 Mar
Chamber Survey looks for Business input
By Roy Weavers
All business owners in Port Douglas in Macrossan Street and the surrounding areas including the Marina will receive a Business Survey within the next few…
Thr 4 Mar
Jason O'Brien takes the big chair
By Roy Weavers
Cook MP Jason O’Brien will be sitting in the Speaker’s chair during next week’s sitting of State Parliament.
Mr O’Brien, who is Deputy Speaker, will be Acting Speaker…
Thr 4 Mar
FNQ artist Des Spencer goes South
By Roy Weavers
Internationally reputed Far North Queensland artist Des Spencer is expanding his art collections south to Noosa and Mooloolaba, with his prolific underwater fish…
Thr 4 Mar
New Virgin Chief tight lipped
By Roy Weavers
Incoming Virgin Blue chief executive, John Borghetti has signalled he will be targeting a variety of market segments as he steps into his new role.
Speaking at a press…
Thr 4 Mar
This week in the rainforest
By Hans Van Veluwen
You can't think of Tropical Rainforest and think of any one type of forest...that's what makes Tropical Rainforests so complex...it is actually made up of a series of…
Thr 4 Mar
Tourism grant applications open
By Roy Weavers
Far North Queenslanders are being urged to apply for grants for projects to improve The Great Tropical Drive between Cooktown and Townsville. Applications for a $600,000…
Wed 3 Mar
Cairns Libraries newest helper is an ELF
By Roy Weavers
Cairns Libraries welcomes their new internet based book minding system today. The Library ELF Reminder Service will monitor customers’ library accounts,…
Wed 3 Mar
Sixth season of Paradise Concerts
By Roy Weavers
Paradise Concerts will celebrate the launch of its sixth season on Saturday 20 March with a Gershwin gala, featuring the famous piano spectacular, Rhapsody in Blue…
Wed 3 Mar
Port Douglas Facebook smashes 3,000
By Josh McConnell
The Facebook page for tourismportdouglas.com.au called PORT DOUGLAS has just passed the 3,000 Fan mark, in fact it flew through past the 3,000 Fan mark with nearly…
Wed 3 Mar
Wednesday night is Curry night
By Roy Weavers
At the newly refurbished Hi Tide Cafe/Bistro Bar, overlooking the Coral Sea from Four Mile Beach Esplanade, Wednesday nights throughout March are now officially known as…
Wed 3 Mar
Cairns Blues Festival returns
By Eva Roberts
The Cairns Blues Festival is back! Returning for its second instalment, this newest festival on the Australian festival calendar is set to be bigger and better than ever…
Tue 2 Mar
Minister launches tourism data
By Roy Weavers
In recent years, the tourism industry has shown how resilient it is. It’s rebounded from the impacts of SARS, the Bali bombings, and most recently - the Global Financial…
Tue 2 Mar
Washed out weekend for Muddies
After a week of over 250ml's of rain on the Port Douglas Sporting Ground it was very unlikely any cricket was going to be played by the C and B sides of the Court House Hotel Port Douglas…
Tue 2 Mar
Urgent patient accommodation subsidy
By Roy Weavers
Cook MP Jason O’Brien says a meeting he arranged for yesterday’s Community Cabinet in Innisfail between Premier Anna Bligh and Mossman-Port Douglas breast cancer…
Tue 2 Mar
World Day of Prayer 2010
By Roy Weavers
Something special happens on the first Friday of March each year. It is the World Day of Prayer(WDP), a Christian prayer movement from a women’s perspective. The roots go back to…
Mon 1 Mar
Sneaky Beats 2010 has arrived!
By Roy Weavers
Still part of National Youth Week but this year will be held at the Tanks Arts Centre on Friday April 16 and is a product of the diverse talents of the Cairns Tanks…
Mon 1 Mar
Monitoring green progress
By Roy Weavers
In a comprehensive self-auditing report, Council has examined its progress toward a goal of becoming one of the greenest regions in the nation. The inaugural Cairns Regional…
Mon 1 Mar
Port Douglas waterfront upgrade
By Roy Weavers
There is only just over two weeks left for Douglas Region residents to send their feedback to the Council regarding the Waterfront development. As you know Cairns…
Fri 26 Feb
Secret Carnivale Mission
We have been asked by the Carnivale events team to put out an SOS for any brass or wind instrument players.
They have a secret mission for these windbags to help them with but they…
