The Douglas Shire Council and Regional Development Australia Far North Queensland and Torres Strait is proud to present digital workshops for individuals and small businesses, starting from 23 July 2019…
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Preliminary work will start next week [17 June 2019] on the Warner Street Upgrade. Two main activities will be occurring. The first involves removing invasive weeds on the northern side…
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING – TUESDAY 25 JUNE 2019 Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with Section 277 (4) of the Local Government Regulation 2012, a Special Meeting will…
As part of its commitment to involve the Daintree community in the process, Council has invited the public to an information session on Tuesday 11 June, at the Cow Bay Hotel in…
Council is aware of television reception issues for residents in the Cow Bay area. Council staff are currently investigating the outage and apologise for any inconvenience.
The State Government has announced individual grants of up to $100,000 are now available under the Government’s Community Sustainability Action – Protecting Queensland’s Threatened Species funding scheme. This funding will…
A further $10 million has been announced under the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) to help flood affected small businesses. Minister for Employment and Small Business Shannon…
Red is the national standard for general waste bins and green lids are slowly being phased out in Douglas Shire. All new bins issued will have red lids and any…
Silver and Sunshine Street Parade — Friday 24th May The corner of Wharf and Macrossan Street will be completely closed to all vehicles from 11 am until 11pm this Friday (May…
Council staff will investigate a new location for the two-swing play equipment in Market Park, near St Mary’s By the Sea. The swing set has been closed due to repeated…
Douglas Shire Council will be upgrading the foot path next to Mossman Hospital’s main entrance and visitor car park on Johnston Road. The works are scheduled to start on Monday…
Please be advised that George Davis Park in Mossman will be closed for the next few days while a new shade sail structure is installed. Council apologizes for any inconvenience.
The National Electric Ant Eradication Program will have an information stall out the front of the Mossman Administration Building tomorrow (Thursday May 9th) from 11:00am – 4:00pm. There will be…
Crews are flushed with enthusiasm to complete toilet block upgrades in Douglas Shire. The works are well and truly in full swing. Diwan has been completed. Mowbray St, Port Douglas…
Council would like to remind people that stopping on the Captain Cook Highway at the Mowbray Bridge, south of Port Douglas, is STRICTLY prohibited. Please take care when travelling…
After wet weather delays, the third and final concrete wall was sprayed on the Alexandra Range yesterday to stabilise the existing road lane. This concluded the first stage of repairs,…
Motorists are reminded that traffic control is in place on Cape Tribulation Rd at the Alexandra Range while crews repair a section of road that was washed away earlier this…
Earth Hour is on Saturday 30 March at 8:30 – 9:30pm What is Earth Hour? Earth Hour is a global movement encouraging everyone to switch off all non-essential lights to…
The Bloomfield Track is OPEN. The track is subject to seasonal flooding, slips, loss of traction, potholes and fallen trees. Conditions on the Track can change very quickly and “if…
Douglas Shire Council crews will be repairing garden beds in Macrossan St later this week. The kerb and channel repairs will be completed to the centre island, near the NAB…
