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Newsport Alert Friday 13 March 2026
Zhailen Fabellon & Newsport Publishing
March 13, 2026
MASON'S OPINION: How did we let the Daintree ferry situation come to this?
“Last Thursday I had a shocking experience at the Daintree Ferry!
Community recovery pop-ups to support residents applying for hardship assistance
Douglas Shire Council is coordinating a series of community recovery pop-ups to help residents access disaster hardship assistance.
YOU SAID IT! What next for Daintree commuters?
Linda Walker - Thank goodness these communities have access to services and in particular essential services like medical supplies, fresh produce and access to leave the area in the case that they need medical assistance (hopefully not). Take care everyone.
Licking our lips for Tasting the Tropics
If you can feel your mouth watering and your taste buds tingling, it likely means you can sense Tasting the Tropics is just around the corner.
Preparing for a raid on rugby union flag
More home games and a later start to the season are helping inspire the Port Douglas Reef Raiders rugby union club to strive for bigger and better things this season.
Business of the day
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HOUSEKEEPING AREA LEAD STAR
(Permanent Senior Leadership Role)
Star Resorts is seeking an experienced Housekeeping Area Lead Star to oversee housekeeping operations across our Port Douglas properties. We use the title Area Lead, reflecting our hands-on leadership style. In many larger hotels this role would be equivalent to a Housekeeping Manager, Head Housekeeper or Executive Housekeeper.
Visit website to see more details.
TOUR DRIVER GUIDE -CASUAL POSITION PORT DOUGLAS
Kuranda & Outback Tasting Tours is seeking a friendly and reliable Driver Guide to join our family-run tour company starting April 2026 (training in March)
This casual position offers up to 4 days per week guiding small-group day tours from Port Douglas to Kuranda and the Atherton Tablelands.
Successful applicants will begin on our Kuranda tours with full training, before progressing to our popular Outback Tasting Tours across the Atherton Tablelands for a mixed roster.
Visit website to see more details.
COMBINED CHURCHES EASTER PROGRAM
Martine Plumbe
0408 774091
Author Talk
Richard Stoker spent twenty years in insurance before swapping policies for passengers and driving taxis for another two decades. By the time he hung up the keys, he had a head full of characters and plots clamouring to become books, movie scripts, and short stories.
He then lectured on business subjects at two tertiary (TAFE) colleges from manuals he created.
Following this, he wrote about fifty articles for two newspapers.
For two years, he was a committee member of The Clink.
In April 2012 he attended the launching of the book 'The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker' held in the office premises of Robson Press in London, England.
In his seventieth year, determined to get the details of his novel right, he travelled to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, then journeyed by bus from Venezuela through Brazil and into Argentina—proving that curiosity does not retire at seventy.
Today, he lives on the edge of a tropical rainforest in northern Australia, close to his son and granddaughter. Surrounded by lush green and teeming wildlife, he remains fiercely protective of the world’s rainforests—and would hate to see them disappear.
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