12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (464+ words) A community staple at the center of local life, Mossman Hardware has been trading for 16 years, continuing a proud legacy on the corner of 2 Mill Street that has served residents for over 120 years. Long before the current hardware store opened…...

3+ day, 16+ 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…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (120+ words) Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision following an incident in Port Douglas on September 3. Officers were driving on Port Douglas Road around 10.30am when they observed an 81-year-old man lying on the side of the road. Initial investigations indicate…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (252+ words) Nearly 200,000 wanding scans across Queensland have resulted in the seizure of 1,439 knives and edged weapons since July last year, marking a significant milestone under Jack’s Law. Jack’s Law provides police the authority to lawfully use handheld metal detectors (wanding) to…...

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…...

3+ week, 19+ 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…...

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…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) A Queensland gardening and stock-feed company is proposing to start a mulch-production industry in Mossman employing more than 75 workers, a Douglas Shire councillor says. Oreco Group, which was founded on the Sunshine Coast in the 1990s, has been revealing a series…...