Small businesses and the council are reassuring Douglas Shire residents and businesses there is plenty of food to go around ...

The Douglas Heat basketball stadium was packed to the rafters for the club’s come-and-try day on Sunday. This was one of the biggest turnouts in recent memory, as junior players from 4-year-old ...

The Captain Cook Highway has been impacted by a landslide near Ellis Beach. Picture: Bryan Littlely A landslide just south of Ellis Beach has partially closed the Cook Highway with reports filtering ...

Beth Treloar Gomez discovered the Australian scrub python on her fence, and had the length independently verified by an expert. “Due to the fruit bats on Lou Price Drive, and the rain, this one has ...

Douglas Shire can spare a thought for those in Townsville and Ingham hit hardest by flooding which continues to cause issues for supermarket transport throughout Far North Queensland. In scenes ...

With the trail fully accessible again, visitors are reminded to tread lightly, respect the landscape, and ensure the protection of this significant site fo ...

An alert has been issued for flooding on the Captain Cook Highway, but the road is still open at this stage. Road alerts have been issued by the State Government Transport Department for several roads ...

Newsport reader Leanne Allen Baker reaffirmed the road situation in an online comment. “It's fine I just drove it,” she stated. “Little bit of water, where it's always been after a rain, on the road ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Meteorology this morning downgraded the cyclone warning for the low-pressure system from “moderate” to “low”, saying there was now only a 15 per cent chance of it turning into ...

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

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 ...