Community
19 June, 2025
The fun hasn’t stopped yet
IT maybe natural to assume that things would be a little quieter in the Douglas Shire after the massive weekend of Carnivale.
This, however, couldn’t be further from the truth with many other activities bringing fun, colour and smiles to the area.
While we may feature some of these stories in our general news items, the ‘Goss’ often allows me to present a few extra pictures, which is often the best way to describe a story. They do say, after all, ‘a picture paints a thousand words.’
Just recently, fans of the 1980s enjoyed a night of music and bingo at the Port Douglas Community Hall. This family evening was organised by the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre and encouraged many on the night to dress up in their finest 80s outfits.
The following morning, May 31, the final day of autumn, fine weather greeted a large gathering who lined up to take part in the second Yalanji RAW Reconciliation Run at the Mossman Gorge.
The morning of activities, which was open to both walkers and runners, included the 1km Deadly Dash, the 2.5km Mighty Mossman Mile and the 5km Rainforest Run.
The aim of the morning was to bring people together from all walks of the community, to encourage wellness, promote unity and celebrate the ongoing journey of reconciliation. This certainly proved to be the case.
The increasingly popular ‘community movie nights’ have continued, with the most recent evening of cinematic pleasure held at Newell Beach. As before, the event was organised by Mossman Support Services, with help from Club Mossman, Mossman Boat and Fishing Club and Newell Beach Takeaway.
The Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre, as part of their community pantry morning, on Wednesday, June 4, offered free haircuts to anyone in need. This was well attended, with the snipping and trimming lovingly carried out by the ‘Hair Aid’ volunteers.
If life in the Douglas Shire hasn’t been high paced enough, a peloton of fundraising cyclists recently arrived in Port Douglas, via Mossman, having peddled their way from Airlie Beach, via various locations with the aim to raise funds and create awareness of cancer issues, in particular cancer research. Sports reporter Mark Beretta from the Seven Network was just one of the many that headed north, in the saddle, for this very worthy cause.
I’m exhausted just writing about it all, so for now it’s Gazza signing out.
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