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Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is currently a very dangerous Category 5 storm, sitting off the Far North Queensland Coast some 350 kilometres northeast of Cooktown. Formed in the Coral Sea, Narelle is packing a punch, with sustained winds near the centre of 205km per hour and wind gusts to 285km per…

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Can a toilet block really be a war memorial?

Inside the Anzac Memorial Park in Cooktown, Queensland, is a public toilet war memorial. The brick building has poppies, war medals and historic propaganda posters painted on each side. Users of the public toilet must also decide if they are more of a “digger” or a “nurse” before heading in.

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‘Graveyard of corals’ found after extreme heat and cyclones hit northern Great Barrier Reef

Marine scientists say one area around Cooktown and Lizard Island had lost more than a third of its live hard coral after bleaching event

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Wife of man killed in Queensland crocodile attack says his last act was to save her life

Newcastle doctor Dave Hogbin named as man killed by 4.9-metre crocodile near Cooktown

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Crocodile attack prompts search for missing man in far north Queensland

Police say search is under way near Cooktown for man in his 40s who ‘failed to surface’ after reports of a crocodile attack

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Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive

In Queensland’s northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometres between Townsville and Cooktown. These mountainous rainforests are a relic of the ancient continent of Gondwana, dating back million of years when Australia and parts of Antarctica were covered in rainforest.

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Roads reopen after north Qld region hit hard by cyclone

Hundreds of people evacuated from a flood-hit far north Queensland community may not go home any time soon despite roads reopening following Cyclone Jasper.

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Town overcomes setbacks to welcome flood evacuees

Cooktown was one of the worst hit by record rainfall caused by Tropical Cyclone Jasper but locals still welcomed evacuees from a flood-hit Aboriginal community.

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Scientists brace for possibility of ‘severe’ damage to Great Barrier Reef from ex-Cyclone Jasper

Modelling shows ‘huge area’ in which waves and flood waters could have destroyed coral colonies

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Stranded residents evacuated from Aboriginal community

Wujal Wujal residents have been welcomed in Cooktown after being evacuated from the Aboriginal community on Tuesday afternoon.

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Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue

Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remain

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Rescue for stricken town as high cost of cyclone mounts

Supplies are trickling through to people stranded by flooding as far north Queenslanders assess the damage from devastating flooding and high winds.

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December rainfall records smashed – as it happened

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Weather station staff to be evacuated as cyclone looms

Tropical Cyclone Jasper is moving toward the Queensland coast, prompting the Bureau of Meteorology to evacuate staff from a remote weather station.

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Quick thinking croc-attack survivor gouged creatures’ eyes to escape its jaws

A man who was attacked by a crocodile in far north Queensland says he fought off the reptile by sticking his fingers in its eyes. The attack happened in

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Man frees himself from jaws of crocodile in attack at Queensland river

Large crocodile bit the man’s leg and dragged his dog into the Bloomfield River at Ayton, 50km south of Cooktown, government says

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Obstetrics, anaesthetics jobs sit vacant as regional Queensland grapples with worsening maternity crisis

Prominent Queensland obstetrician Gino Pecoraro has called for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend a maternity forum next week to show she’s interested in solutions.

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Missing woman Juliana Castrillon found alive five days after disappearing in far north Queensland

Colombian national vanished when attempting to hike 14km on rainforest track after attending Orin Aya music festival south of Cooktown

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