Road closures south of Cairns due to flooding were anticipated to cause transport issues for the Douglas Shire. Picture: Weather IQ Supermarket shelves are so far the hardest thing hit in the Douglas ...

Two people were yesterday rescued from rising floodwaters in Gordonvale, which has been hit by a deluge of rain from a tropical low hovering off the coast near Innisfail. Officers from Edmonton and ...

The WindSwell crew won the Low Isle Launch Rally prize for best dressed. Picture: Shaun Hollis Hundreds of glistening blue scad mackerel leap out of the water in front of our catamaran as we cut ...

Cafe Fresq social media superstars Rosie Jones and Logan Buzza Image Credit: Byron Filmer Port Douglas’s Cafe Fresq is not just all about great food and quality “get your day started” beverages… they ...

The newly formed Port Douglas and District Probus Club celebrated its launch with a successful Lady Douglas riverboat cruise.

Residents of the Douglas Shire under 65 now have access to a free Community Transport service, launched by the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre to address a decades-long need. Operated by volunteers ...

The Daintree microgrid project has had a long and troubled history since it first received a funding pledge in 2022. Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of lying ...

An artist's impression of the new Daintree "training village". Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Josh Paterson says a community consultation session held last week about a ...

More than 50 companies have shown some interest in designing, building and operating the new Daintree Ferry since a public request for tenders was issued in mid December, according to Douglas Shire ...

The announcement earlier this month that Douglas Shire Council would stage its Australia Day awards ceremony on the Friday night, January 24, was met with widespread objection from Newsport readers.