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Douglas Shire maintains its award winning status as one of the world’s Sustainable Top 100 Destinations in 2020. The Sustainable Top 100 Destinations list has just been unveiled, with the Douglas Shire returning to be honoured with the prestigious recognition.Townsville and Lord Howe Island join the Douglas Shire as other Australian destinations to be included in the Top 100 list.

Look up just after sunset, as soon as it gets really dark, to see as many as ten shooting stars per hour. You’ll be viewing the Draconid meteor shower, which occurs when Earth passes through the stream of debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The shower is so-named because the meteors shoot from the radiance of  Draco the dragon constellation.

DOUGLASNEWS.NETWORK The current Daintree River Crossing Options poll has become a football match where the umpires have changed the goal posts and the rules without…

This weekend, Townsville Enduro Club Inc. hosted the fiercest off-road endurance motorcycle race in FNQ.
103 riders gathered from all over the State, battling it out on a challenging track built by local rider Jason Dwyer and crew on the outskirts of Mossman at Tara Hills Rd.

Five new environmental projects for the Tropical Far North are the “first step towards a ‘green’ economic recovery for the region.” The Queensland Government has provided nearly $4 million for five Reef Assist projects that will create jobs while protecting wetlands, improving wildlife corridors, stabilising creek banks and making the region more resilient to natural disasters.

The iconic Daintree River is under repair after floodwaters caused erosion in its lower reaches. Tree-planting and earthworks have strengthened the river’s banks near the Daintree Village, where land washed away in record floods in recent years.

Two meetings were held in Mossman on Friday October 2, 2020 as part of Douglas Shire Council’s public consultation on the Daintree River Crossing Options Report. DouglasNews.Network summarises the key outcomes and issues arising from the two Mossman meetings.

New flood cameras at the Daintree River Ferry crossing will now stream images to the Douglas Dashboard, giving the community a better ability to keep a close eye on river levels this cyclone season.

In this edition, Dr Doug from International SOS shares the very latest insights on the development of COVID immunity and vaccine development:

The 2020 Port Shorts Film Festival will be among the first in the world to produce a simultaneous virtual and live event featuring the festival’s best ever short films, documentaries and music videos later this month.