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Friday, November 8

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Shipping containers have been placed on a section of Noah Range to protect motorists as clean up works progress. Picture: Douglas Shire Council

They won’t win any beauty contests but these shipping containers are providing an increased safety buffer for those travelling along Noah Range.

They’ll be in place while a large vegetation mass above Cape Tribulation Road is carefully removed.

Meantime, road repairs at three locations north of the Alexandra Lookout are now complete.

Council is working towards reduced travel times for locals and tourists alike.

 

 

AFL Cape York House Hosts Second Annual Self-Portrait Exhibition

Norman Gibson. Picture: AFL Cape York House

AFL Cape York House is proud to announce the return of Me. The Exhibition ‘Culture’, now in its second year, with a focus on culture.

This year’s exhibition takes place tomorrow, Saturday, November 9 at the Pullman International Cairns and will offer an inspiring showcase of student self-portraiture that delves into identity, culture, and the unique journey of each learner.

The inaugural exhibition in November 2023 was a rousing success, allowing the students of AFL Cape York House – For Boys and AFL Cape York House – For Girls to depict themselves as learners and share this with the Cairns community as well as their peers and families.

This year, over 74 students from AFL Cape York House will participate, each contributing a self-portrait that reflects their personal journey and pride in their heritage.

 

 

Dr Dean’s coral ark scoops Australian Geographic prize

Local conservationist Dr Dean Miller has won Australian Geographic Society’s inaugural $50,000 Awards for Nature prize for the Forever Reef Project which safeguards the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef by collecting and preserving living samples of coral species in a coral biobank. FULL STORY

You Said It! Readers have their say on the hottest topics

There’s been plenty of feedback from those in Newsport reader land this week with a foul fishy smell, concerns over sentencing for serious offenders and a touch of outrage over regular columnist Crispin Hull’s latest offering getting a run in our weekly wrap up of reader comments and letters.

READ YOUR LETTERS

Time to bag a beauty

One of your best chances is looming to reel in a legendary giant of the sea, with the annual marlin fishing competition to be held in the region this month. The annual Port Douglas Marlin Challenge will be held from November 20-23, where game fishers from far and wide will be hoping to earn bragging rights by hooking a prized fish.

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