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Croc Express crew staying strong in the face of flood damage

Their boat worth about $400,000 was swept out to sea, and they’ve faced three floods this month, but the blokes from Crocodile Express are determined to keep smiling.

Resilient FNQ stands strong

True Far North Queensland resilience has been on show in recent weeks with flood impacts on the Daintree community closely followed by Tropical Cyclone Narelle further north, and this week’s FREE Newsport Print edition captures that fighting spirit.

Fuel run a test for ferry fixes

The Daintree Ferry restoration reached another milestone this morning, with a fuel truck transported across the river.

Community resilience on show during drenched March

From the moment I received an early‑morning call from the CEO alerting me that the Daintree Ferry had broken free of its mooring, Council has been working around the clock to help, inform, repair and recover from what has been a very challenging period of the wet season.

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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.

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