6+ day, 19+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) Mossman Pool is now more accessible and inclusive for residents and visitors following the installation of a new access lift, in a move welcomed by disability access advocates. It was the “headline” improvement in Douglas Shire’s disability access which came…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (109+ words) newsport daily Events, tours and many balmy days featured in August in Far North Queensland, with festivals and charity luncheons taking place across the region. Some unseasonal rain also spoilt the party at times, with cars still having to be…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (137+ words) Mossman State High School’s Indoor Sports Centre was bustling on Tuesday evening, 25 August, as a large crowd of students and parents turned out for the annual Subject and Careers’ Expo. The event provided families a comprehensive look at the subject…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (149+ words) A Far North Queensland music festival is on the hunt for an unusual object to borrow from a local resident - a grand piano. October festival Savannah in the Round has put the call out for the large musical instrument so…...