Forget insurance costs, securing easements, logistics and all of those grown up things you would actually need to consider to run a tourist train from Port Douglas to the Daintree and just do it!

Picture: Bryan Littlely Emily Craven was on patrol on a jet ski when the 3.5m croc was first spotted around 1.30pm on Friday, ...

Susie Sampson - Newsport Facebook Our family and friends have been going to see the wonderful entertainment at the Spiegeltent over the last 8 years. It has intrinsically become the fabric of ...

Record breaking floods in the wake of Cyclone Jasper have triggered efforts to make the emergency management plan more robust. Picture: Newsport Gallery A training exercise is being held at the Port ...

Video: Newsport, Jamie Jansen I vividly remember the calm before the storm on December 12, 2023, just one day before Cyclone Jasper hit. No one could have guessed how bad things were about to get. I ...

While work on updating the existing plan has been ongoing as the council managed the recovery process for Cyclone Jasper and the subsequent flooding, including a more than $37 mil ...

It is a year tomorrow since the Captain Cook Highway between Port Douglas and Cairns was damaged by Cyclone Jasper, but Far North Queensland motorists are still playing a guessing ...

Member for Cook, David Kempton, has been sent a long list of ideas for Douglas in a letter from Trevor Frizelle. Picture: Bryan Littlely Trevor Frizelle has put pen to paper and a bundle of diverse ...

A rare Omura’s whale was spotted off the coast of Port Douglas by the crew and guests aboard dive boat Silversonic on Tuesday. The first confirmed sighting on the Great Barrier ...

A petition opposing the development of a large-scale sand quarry on Bonnie Doon Road into Cooya Beach has garnered 234 signatures in just a few days, with those behind it calling for Douglas Shire ...

I am known to occasionally say 'It’s Raining in Mango' to a usually bewildered listener, or randomly post on social media these words. To me, when reading Astley's book, I imagined 'Mango' was Cape ...

The Quicksilver Group’s 20th Christmas appeal brightens the season for Far North Queensland’s vulnerable families.