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A COMMUNITY group will be formed to monitor recreational all-terrain vehicle use at Wonga Beach and report issues to Douglas Shire Council under a new interim foreshore management plan. Council has adopted an Interim Wonga Beach Foreshore Management Plan which allows Wonga Beach residents to use quad bikes in an environmentally-sensitive manner on sections of the 10.5km stretch of coastline.

LOCAL golfers can continue to swing their clubs around the Mossman Golf Course with a crop of keen players hitting the sweet spot under a new lease arrangement. Douglas Shire Council resolved to buy the golf course land and facilities from Douglas Shire Community and Sports Club Inc, with the new lease giving local golfers a firm grip on the future of the site.

Registrations are now open for an amazing opportunity to clean-up some of those hard to get to islands and bays of Far North Queensland. This trip will include a small group of volunteers travelling with Wavelength Reef Cruises to clean-up several locations between Port Douglas and Cooktown over three days. Depending on the weather, we plan to go to the Hope Islands, Cedar Bay and a couple more islands in between.

We chat with Tanika today, a North Queenslander through and through. Born in Townsville, raised in the Cape and then returning to Townsville for boarding school and university, Tanika is a Registered Nurse who cares deeply about the community and Queensland’s north. Tanika lives in Mowbray with her partner Doug.

The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for the EnvironmentThe Hon Warren Entsch MP, Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef From turtle protection and feral pig…

DouglasNews.Network has contacted each of the eight candidates for the Cook electorate, to obtain a deeper insight into their values, interests, and their priorities for the Douglas Shire and broader electorate. Edward “Nipper” Brown, candidate for the Liberal National Party was born in Mossman and grew up in Julatten.

DouglasNews.Network has contacted each of the eight candidates for the Cook electorate, to obtain a deeper insight into their values, interests, and their priorities for the Douglas Shire and broader electorate. Deby Ruddell, candidate for the Greens, chatted with us first, and was not able to attend yesterday’s Douglas Shire Ratepayers Association forum, so we’ll kick off with an introduction to Deby today.

Douglas United Dragons hosted Marlin Coast Rangers in a knockout semi-final last night, the winner advancing through to the Grand Final to face Mareeba.

HSBC Australia and the Queensland Government have been announced as the first-ever private and public sector buyers of Reef Credits, a tradable unit that quantifies and values the work of landholders to improve water quality flowing onto the Great Barrier Reef. The first water quality market of its kind in the world, Reef Credits will play a pivotal role in protecting the future of the Great Barrier Reef as both an Australian and international icon.

Dr Doug Quarry provides his weekly insights of developments in COVID-9 immunity and vaccine development.