3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (260+ words) Yes looks absolutely fantastic but not really set up for the public unfortunately. I assumed it was going to be a bar come restaurant and it doesn’t have toilets. It’s solely a very very nice clubhouse only for Ellis Beach…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (143+ words) A new logo capturing the natural beauty of the Douglas Shire has been unveiled ahead of the council’s 150-year commemoration. Created by Bamboo designer Lisa Previte, the winning entry was selected from a strong field in the Douglas Shire Council…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (188+ words) One of the top restaurants in Australia across the past two years has cemented its standing right here in Douglas Shire after another prestigious win. Port Douglas modern Thai restaurant Jungle Fowl has been crowned one of Gourmet Traveller magazine’s…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (205+ words) The new $5m Ellis Beach Surf Life Saving Club has opened after a more than 10-year fight to build the new centre. The club has relocated across the busy Captain Cook Highway following a grassroots campaign to protect members from the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (272+ words) The headline in the Melbourne Argus on Friday, September 14, 1945, reads “More names of Australian POWs at Singapore”. “This list, which concerns Changi Camp, does not necessarily exhaust the names in each alphabetical group,” the Argus story states. Among the soldiers…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) You don’t want to be asking Premier Crisafulli for any money for major projects until after the Olympics, is the whisper going around the Shire seats of power. Which is troublesome when you might be needing some quick cash to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) Exclusive native title rights have this month been declared over about 76,000ha of Far North Queensland land in the Douglas Shire and Wujal Wujal regions, but the principal lawyer in the Federal Court case says people do not have to worry…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (123+ words) Drones will be filming over Mossman and surrounding areas throughout this week, but a Douglas Shire Council spokesperson has moved to assure people they will “not be used to monitor people or private activities”. The reason given for the “drone…...