The wait is over, the Cairns Blues Festival is on this weekend at Fogarty Park in Cairns. The line-up includes The Backsliders, Chris Wilson, Dallas . . . .  

Australian tourism businesses have shown confidence in the new Tourism Australia campaign, according to the latest Tourism and Transport   . . . .   

The Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa who have won the Best Luxury Eco Tourism category at the 2010 Luxury Travel Magazine Awards. They beat . . . 

The monthly Port Douglas Plantation Trivia Challenge was won by a team calling themselves "The Old Crew". The name was conjured up,   .     .   . . .                                                            

C&K Port Douglas Kindy are holding a fundraising Gourmet buffet brekky at Sakinah House at Rydges Sabaya Resort on Mother's day 9th      . . . .                          

Andrea Gibson Sales Executive for Poseidon and Sailaways’ has just returned from a very successful Domestic Trade Sales Mission. Organized by. . . . .  

Miss Carnivale 2010 candidate, Samantha Robertson who is being sponsored by Radio Port Douglas has raised the bar again with her latest   . . . .   

CEO Lyn Russell met with Executive Members of Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce last Friday to discuss Cairns Regional Council’s role . . . . . 

The Carnivale Food Fight and Degustation Under the stars have just confirmed the culinary talent that will be on display over the two evenings .     .   . . .                                                            

Celebrity Chef and co-host of popular television show, My Kitchen Rules, Manu Fieldel is making a guest appearance at the Port Douglas, Sea    . . . . .  

Scarface, one of the mature male crocodiles on the Daintree River, has come back to his favourite winter banks although he was a little elusive    . . . . . . 

Elefantus Wrought Iron and Glass might be known for its life size baby elephant that stands in front of its Sheridan Street premises, but Thursday    .   . . .                                                            

A series of sculpture, craft and painting workshops are being held in conjunction with the ‘Artists of the North’ exhibition being held at The Tanks   . . . .                          

The Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce hosted a lunch at Zinc Restaurant for its members and guests to met the new Cairns Regional Council.   . . . . .  

Over 500 ex-servicemen and women and serving naval personnel from HMAS Cairns and local resident families and schools gathered at the . . . . .   

The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries based on 10 indicators of environmental .   . . .                                                            

Qantas has suggested that they will look at additional flights to China, South America and South Africa, as these destinations continue to  . . . .                          

The Australian Government has pledged a further $4 million to boost tourism relations with China.  Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson said . . . . .  

Alan Joyce, Qantas chief executive has spoken publicly about the financial disaster that Qantas are experiencing due to the volcanic ash cloud in   . . . . . .   

The Karnak Playhouse gallery is hosting an exhibition of local artist Gail Shaw watercolours entitled "Painting in Paradise' from May 14th     . . . . . . 

On Monday morning (April 19) the clouds over Port Douglas were in a beautiful Cirrocumulus formation which was a sight to be seen. . . . . . . .  

Airports across Europe and the UK are slowly re-opening as airlines deal with a huge backlog of passengers.  Qantas has said it has no      . . . . . . . .   

Lennon Bros Circus is the oldest touring circus in Australia.  It was started 155 years ago as a 'Buckjump' Show and has evolved into the     . . . . . 

Low Isles Sailaway have planted 2400 Rainforest trees on ‘Eco Shamba’ rural property very close to Port Douglas, adjacent to World .   . . . . . . . .                                                            

Port Douglas local Benoni Henderson will be having a cuppa to support Cancer Council Queensland's Australia's Biggest Morning Tea in May and. . . . . .   

Many thanks to our friends, David and Tyna white from Solar Whisper Daintree River Cruises for this weeks update from the World Heritage    . . . . . 

Standout Australian blues guitarist and singer, Miss Fiona Boyes is another one of the solid line up of artists booked in for the second   .   . . . . . . . .                                                            

'Radiance of the Seas' will operate itineraries from Sydney and Fremantle in 2011-12 as part of her maiden Australian program.  The ship’s  . . . .                          

Newsport has announced a new service to be hosted on its Daily News site.  They have invited all businesses around town to promote their   . . . . . .   

Last night at an informal meeting, hosted on board Quicksilver 8, former Port Douglas resident and now Chairman of Tourism Queensland . . . . . . .                          

Australia’s cruise industry has continued to power onwards and upwards with another record performance in 2009, according to figures . .   . . . . . 

According to the International Air Transport Association, Airlines worldwide are haemorrhaging about $US200 million a day as a result of .   . . . . .                                                            

Cook MP Jason O’Brien is encouraging Far North Queensland tourism operators to come up with suggestions for increasing grey nomad visits to . . . .   

Zinc Restaurant & Lounge Bar have just advised us that their Domaine Chandon Carnivale lunch menu has been uploaded to their website and. . . . . 

A global tourism campaign aims to include the people power of Cairns Region to issue a worldwide invitation to visit Australia.  Tourism    . . . . .                                                            

On Newsport last Thursday (April 15) we reported that Tourism Australia appeared to be talking to everyone except the far North with regard to it's   . . . . . . .                          

Celebrating the release of his new single from his forthcoming, as yet untitled album, Markus Meier is once again hitting the road supporting . . . . . . .                          

Yesterday (Thursday April 15) saw the Official launch of Port Douglas Carnivale 2010 in front of an invited audience of local dignitaries, politicians . . .   

Port Douglas’ love affair with alfresco gourmet dining will be extended fully during this year’s Port Douglas Carnivale (20-30 May) with organisers . . . . . 

Providing a world class visitor experience as well as expressing community aspirations will be integral to the aims of a proposed master   . . . . .                                                            

A new cuisine contest called 'The Food Fight' has been added to this year’s Port Douglas Carnivale programme.  This fantastic new event will . . . . . . .                          

The Miss Carnivale competition is heating up with all the gorgeous entrants running around town organising their charity events and . . . . . . .                          

The long awaited mini TV series, 'The Pacific' was screened for the first time on Australian television last night when Part One of ten parts . . . . .   

Tourism Australia (TA) is using the nationwide market briefings to sell its latest campaign, ‘There’s nothing like Australia’. TA executive  . . . . . . . 

Dallas Frasca, is all sass, embodying heavy rock, metal, soul and blues, combining them with a powerful performance, she is always a festival   . . . . .                                                            

Travel Today today reports that a significant change to the Australian Travel Industry looks set to take place with the Australian Federation . . . . .   

Even though it looks lush and fertile in tropical rainforest, what we are dealing with is a very shallow soil horizon.  Most of the nutrients in . . . . .  

Almost a qualifier for the eighth wonder of the natural world, the Mossman Gorge is located approximately 20km north of Port Douglas and 3km    . . . . .                                                            

On Friday, 23 April, 2010 the Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce is hosting a luncheon at Zinc Restaurant on corner of Macrossan Street and  . . . . .

The Tourism Queensland (TQ) board and senior executive team will be visiting the region on Monday 19 April. They will be holding their board . . . . 

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has been awarded nearly $1.7 million for six early-career researchers to carry out   . . . . . . . . . . .                                                            

Cairns Airport is currently the fifth busiest airport in Australia.  It's actually the busiest regional airport in the country.  According to a . . . . . . .                          

Shirley Dodt has been appointed as Manager, Sales & Marketing for the Rendezvous Reef Resort, Port Douglas Shirley joins the Rendezvous team . . .   

The Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce distributed a Business Survey back at the beginning of March this year with the intention of collating as . . . . . .                          

Henry Rollins was the enigmatic frontman for ‘80’s US hardcore punk outfit Black Flag but has now matured into a brilliant writer/ raconteur . . . . 

The Northern Territory government  has released a five-year blueprint aimed at building aviation and tourism links to the region. Tourism . . . .                                                            

When this year’s theme ‘Lunch Like a Celebrity’ was chosen for the Sheraton Mirage Longest Lunch, organisers were quietly confident that . . . . 

As if it isn't bad enough that this week we have a Chinese tanker mashing the Great Barrier Reef, international marine scientists warned . . . .                                                            

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has suggested that an overhaul of measures to protect the Great Barrier Reef from environmental disasters should be    . . . . . .                          

Calling all beach cricketers.....The Beach Cricket competition for Carnivale 2010 on Four Mile Beach is going to be bigger and better than ever. . . . 

Latest monthly online analytics for March 2010 published by Port Douglas’ premier consumer website, tourismportdouglas.com.au . . . .                                                            

Queensland Tourism Ambassador Ben Southall will visit Hong Kong, China and Taiwan this week to promote Queensland to Queensland's . . . . 

Superbly talented Chilean singer/songwriter is back at Tanks by popular demand on April 17th. Nano Stern’s beautifully composed  . . . . . .                          

Carnivale Rock ‘n’ Blues The Tropical North’s favourite blues musicians will take the stage during the inaugural Carnivale Rock ‘n’ Blues Bonanza . . . . 

Jess Coleman gave us the 'hot goss' from Troical Journeys over the weekend with the exciting news that they have two new tours being launched      . . . . 

According to Travel Today, Air traffic in and out of Australia set a new record in January with 2.475 million passengers during the calendar month.   . . . . .                                                            

Salvage experts, some from the same team that rescued the Pasha Bulker off Newcastle in 2007, spent yesterday frantically trying to assess . . . . .                          

There are several species of Fig Trees ( Ficus sp.) that are referred to as "Strangler Figs" growing throughout our Tropical rainforests    . . . . 

We picked up from Wotnews online service that Tourism Australia (TA) is investigating legal action against an internet "brandjacker'' who . . . . .                                                            

After 4 years of ownership, Steve and Katrina Edmondson from Reef Adventure Centre have sold the Shaolin, the authentic Chinese Junk that . . . . .                          

The quest is on to unmask this year’s Port Douglas Carnivale ambassadors. Organisers of this year’s Miss Carnivale contest are building  . . . . 

The latest issue of the PORT DOUGLAS, FREE Visitors Magazine is now in circulation. This high quality, full colour magazine is now 48 . . .                                                             

Latin fever is set to strike Port Douglas this May, with organisers of Food, Wine & A Taste of Port presenting a fabulous evening of Latin American .     . . .                                                             

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has promised all parties with an interest in the Coral Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria . . . . . . .   . . . . 

Last Saturday about 60 locals and their kids gathered at the Combined Club in Port Douglas for the inaugural Tour de Port which was organised by . . .                                                             

Now, this article is really aimed at the children of our community.  Why, I hear you ask? Well I thought junior members of the family would like to .     . . .                                                             

Many thanks to John Tolentini from Reef and Rainforest Connections in Port Douglas for sending through this latest Kuranda Scenic railway   . . . . .                                                            

One of the North Queensland’s most eclectic festivals is back for 2010 from Friday 25th to Saturday 26th June with the biggest line-up on . . . . .