12pm, Sunday, July 21 Delays expected due to low tides. The ferry will be operating at reduced loads from 1pm until after 5pm. +++++ 4pm, Saturday, July 20 Delays expected...
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Douglas Shire Council is offering seven full days of FREE mulch at Killaloe Transfer Station. Free mulch will be available to domestic customers from Friday the 26th of July through...
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Marking a historic and bittersweet moment, the first truckloads of this season’s Mossman sugarcane crop set off down the Captain Cook Highway to Cairns for crushing and processing earlier this...
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A Young Rural Ambassador Quest has been introduced by the Mossman and District Show Society. Show president Matty Hatfield said the quest would help entrants learn new life skills in…
4.30pm At around 10pm last night (July 10) the Daintree Ferry experienced a breakdown. The part that failed was the ferry’s drive wheel chain. The drive wheel chain is similar...
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Increased heavy vehicle movements Trucks hauling sugar cane from Mossman to the Mulgrave Mill in Gordonvale will be travelling on the Captain Cook Highway, Cairns Western Arterial Road, Mulgrave Road,...
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Douglas Shire Council is pleased to confirm the relaxing of water restriction measures across the shire from Level 3 to Level 2 from 2 July 2024. The replacement of filters...
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Current dog registrations expire on 31 July 2024, and renewal notices were posted to all registered dog owners on 28 June 2024. FREE registrations are available for: puppies under the...
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This week's wet weather is a reminder to drive to the conditions on Cape Tribulation Bloomfield Road. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬. If you intend...
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In 1973 Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened, Crocodile Rock was a hit for Elton John AND Alan “Foxy” Fox’s life-long relationship with pipes,...
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Saved Funds Re-Allocated to Sports Master Plan Projects Yesterday Council endorsed to re-allocate unspent funds from the 2023-24 budget to alternative Sports Master Plan projects. The unspent funds come from...
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It gives me great pleasure to put forward the Douglas Shire Council’s budget for the financial year 2024/2025 which budgets for a 272 thousand dollar surplus. As your elected representatives,...
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Council's Mossman Administration Office will close for one hour on Wednesday, 26 June 2024 from 10 AM to 11 AM. Council's Port Douglas Administration Office will open at 11:30am on...
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Notice of Special Meeting, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Section 254C of the Local Government Regulation 2012, that a Special Meeting will be held...
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Great news! Council is only weeks away from reconnecting a major water supply to Port Douglas. Once the pipe replacement project is complete (it will see water flow directly into...
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From family tragedies to surprise parties and everything in between, conversations between Home Library volunteer Judy Orban and her borrowers can be colourful and varied. An avid reader and library...
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In a time when minds have been racing and stress levels have been high, weekly Tai Chi sessions have provided a peaceful pastime for the community north of the Daintree...
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A Mossman artist, singer and conservationist has used her creative talents to share concerns about wind farms and their impact on native wildlife. Anastasia Klose’s exhibition For thy sake I...
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Radar equipment - which would look more at home on the moon’s surface rather than in the Daintree - is making a vital stretch of Cape Tribulation Road safer and...
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A boost for adventurous families, with a popular 4WD destination reopening in time the June/July school holidays. The Cape Tribulation Bloomfield Road has been closed since mid-December due to extensive...
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