Crushing cane news, cyclone preparations, coaches, crocs and other creatures are making headlines in this week’s FREE print edition of Newsport Daily, available across the Douglas Shire at plenty of great local businesses and outlets.

The news the 130 year sugar industry at the heart of Mossman and surrounding agricultural district will come to an end at the end of this year with MSF Sugar shutting down its plans to haul Mossman cane to Mulgrave for processing has struck the Shire hard, even though hopes had been fading for years.

We have the full story in detail in print as the Shire growers look to a future in a different field.

Crocs have made a splash, and international headlines, on the back of Newsport’s coverage of a cheeky little crocodile taking a dip in the Sheraton Mirage poo

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