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Plenty of mackeral offshore
RELENTLESS winds mean estuaries best place for catching barred grunter and crabs.
22 July, 2026
General News
Reviving icon
IT was a hub for social gatherings, family celebrations and entertainment for much of its past and, now, the owners...
22 July, 2026
Honey bee crisis talks
THE Queensland Government has convened a honey bee industry roundtable...
Search on for land legends
NOMINATIONS for the 2026 state and territory Landcare awards are closing...
Canegrowers seek moratorium on paraquat
THE Australian sugarcane industry’s peak grower and research bodies have...
Entertainment
Theatre audience in stitches
A SOLD-out crowd packed into Innisfail’s Con Theatre when West Australian comedian Emma Krause unleashed ‘Spanx and...
16 July, 2026
Lots of thrills at 111th show
THE thrills came thick and fast at the 111th Innisfail and District...
World-class music in tropics
INTERNATIONALLY-acclaimed musicians will be in Cairns for The Australian...
Art brings region together
SOMETHING big is happening in Tully this July and it’s putting the...
Business
A tropical escape like no other
WHERE the lush Wet Tropics rainforest meets the sparkling Coral Sea, Mission Beach stands out as Far North...
20 July, 2026
New chapter for club
THE Innisfail RSL Club on the town’s riverfront has been rebranded as...
Dining institution turns 40
WHEN Cyclone Larry plunged Innisfail into darkness in 2006, one small...
Down to business
THE Cassowary Coast Business Women’s Network marked International...
Community
Special milestone
INNISFAIL’S Elisabeth ‘Els’ Bromell has marked her 100th birthday surrounded by family, friends and decades of...
22 July, 2026
Surf club stalwart is youth volunteer of year
ETTY Bay Surf Life Saving Club’s Jemimah Conroy has done her club proud...
‘Good clean living’
AFTER surviving the heartbreak of returning home to find her house...
Cleaning up at Clump Point
OVER A couple of hours on a hot Sunday afternoon at Mission Beach, a...
Real Estate
‘Tight’ rental market
RENTAL occupancy in the Cassowary Coast region remains exceptionally ‘tight’ – with occupancy rates effectively at...
22 June, 2026
School for sale
INNISFAIL’S old state high school site is on the market and is being...
Waterfront wonder
A MUST-see, on the waterfront in the Marina of Port Hinchinbrook is this...
Renting out spare rooms makes sense
THE Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has thrown its support...
Sport
Good Counsel goes ‘The Liverpool Way’
‘THE Liverpool Way’ was on full display at Good Counsel College last term, with 45 young footballers turning out for...
17 July, 2026
Local News
Lightning Fours face wet conditions and tight scorelines
A FULL green of 64 bowlers battled wet weather and tight scorelines at...
Local News
Outstanding win by college
GOOD Counsel College boys’ team capped off a dream campaign by remaining...
Local News
Clean sweep by Roos in Tully
A POWERFUL show of solidarity marked the Tully Tigers’ domestic and...