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Tilly and co come through Tropical Cyclone Narelle with flying colours

Portland Roads residents Tilly Rehn and Katie and Jayson Watkin have come through Tropical Cyclone Narelle relatively unscathed with a big clean-up ahead and little chance of roads opening up to the remote location for weeks.

Road safety blitz its Thursday Island

The safety of road users on Thursday Island and throughout the Torres Strait is the focus of an upcoming four-week targeted traffic operation.

Daintree-region tour operator hit with second whammy as road breaks again

A road in the ranges north of Cairns has experienced another “significant rockfall” after $80m worth of reconstruction work across two years was close to finished, impacting tour operators already affected by the Daintree ferry being out of action.

TMR on the right path with memorial mystery investigation

Transport and Main Roads Queensland have been praised on social media for their efforts to try to find out more information about a memorial overlooking Pebbly Beach before dismantling it and proceeding with construction works.

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