A CURATED GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON IN PORT DOUGLAS, DAINTREE & BEYOND.

Strap in for a hot, wet and wild weekend-whether you’re down for the huge Hot and Steamy festival events or holding the fort for a downright soggy weekend, it’s gonna be full monsoon for the next few days…
Thursday 16 February
Hot & Steamy Festival 2023 will be held from Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 February, just beforeย Sydney World Pride.
The Hot & Steamy Festival is an LGBTQI+ festival where all are welcome and is set across four days within some of Port Douglas most iconic venues, restaurants and spaces.ย
Featuringย DJ Jason Contiย and with amazing performances from some of Australia’s premier drag queens and hot dancing boys and girls – this is an Australian LGBTQI+ festival like no other. ย ย

Thursday’s events:
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ GET LEI’D LUAU @ ZINC 5pm – 12am
Friday 17 February
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ TASTE IN THE TROPICS LONG LUNCH @ SALSA 12.30-3pm
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ WHITE PARTY @ SUGAR WHARF 5-11pm

Cairns Taipans are in full D-E-F-E-N-C-E mode for the second round of semis against Sydney Kings.
Details and tickets hereโผ https://www.taipans.com
Saturday 18 February
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ TRIP TO LOW ISLES 1.15PM ย – 5.15PM
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ COCKTAIL PARTY @ THE TIN SHED 5 – 7.30PM
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ LA CAGE AUX DOUGLAS @ THE CLINK 7PM
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ MAIN FESTIVAL PARTY @ CENTRAL 9PM – 2AM
Sunday 19 February
SOAKED POOL PARTY @ NIRAMAYA 2 – 7PM
STAYING CLOSE TO HOME?
Read
Wildflowers by Peggy Frew, published by Allen & Unwin.
An unput-downable plunge into addiction, sisterhood, love, disappointment and family by Miles Franklin-shortlisted author Peggy Frew. Based in both Melbourne and an escape to near Mossman, this is a brilliant novel that takes the reader right to the heart of family ties and broken individuals.

Listen
City and Colour who have just finished up the Summersalt tour with Ben Harper, Angus & Julia Stone, and the Rubens-what a find!
Hailing from St. Catharines, Ontario, lead singer Dallas Green is a co-founder of hardcore luminariesย Alexisonfire, and started City and Colour in 2005. Their first album ย Sometimes, won the JUNO Award for Alternative Album of the Year. They have since released five more albums and collected 4 JUNO awards, including two Songwriter of the Year awards, plus 1 Triple Platinum, 2 Double Platinum, 6 Platinum, and 1 Gold certification in Canada, and 1 Gold certification in Australia. In 2022, Green was honoured with the SOCAN National Achievement Award in recognition of his philanthropic contributions to music education in Canada. Add to playlist now!
๐ถ โผ https://open.spotify.com/artist/74gcBzlQza1bSfob90yRhR

Watch
If you haven’t heard of the steampunk urban fantasy series Carnival Row with Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, catch up on Season 1 before Friday when the next season is released on Prime Video.
Human detective Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate, and faery Vignette Stonemoss rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world, where the city’s uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals an unimaginable monster.

Visit
Now Showing at Cairns Galleryโผ Patricia Piccinini: No Fear of Depths
Patricia Piccinini is an Australian artist who works at the frontier of art, science and technologyโa place where science-fiction, the surreal, feminism and environmentalism intersect. Her works are informed by research and a desire to understand and give form to โunexpected consequencesโ. Piccinini discusses her work No Fear of Depths,
โThis work brings together many of the key relationships that I am interested in exploring through my practice – the relationship between the artificial and the natural, between humans and the environment, between beings within families and between strangers. The work shows a young girl resting in the arms of some sort of marine mammal. Much as the girl is transitioning towards adulthood, the creature appears to be caught at an evolutionary point between the land and the sea. It is a gentle scene, and it reminds us that we are nurtured by the nature around us.โ
Patricia Piccinini: No Fear of Depths
18 Feb โ 16 April 2023
Niche Gallery (First Floor)
COMING SOON โผ
Andy Warhol / Roy Lichtenstein
25 Mar โ 18 Jun 2023
LIVE & LOCAL
You’ll find live music at Paddy’s, Court House Hotel and the Central Hotel all weekend.
Catch D’nA live at the Central on Friday night from 7.30pm. They’ll also be playing on Sunday at Paddy’s for an afternoon session from 5 – 8:30pm.
Hughies in Mossman is open again Friday for their once-a-week celebrity appearance from 4pm.
Ironbar present DJ FRAN & DJ HAIL MARY bringing the heat from 11pm on both Friday and Saturday nights.
Music at the Mount is also on this weekend. Details below.
Mount Molloy National Hotel features Jag the Joker and live music on Fridays with meat raffles-tickets with your drink purchase from 5.30pm. Happy Hour and a transfer bus home (book early!) or a room at the inn upstairs.
A bit farther afield, Jessica Mauboy at CPAC on Saturday night while Ellis Beach Bar & Grill’s new owners are hosting Sax at the Beach on Sunday wit the Saxman Troy Stevens live from pm. Shannon Hunter is playing all weekend up at the Lion’s Den.

MARKET CALENDAR
Mossman markets from 7am-1pm on Saturday and Port Douglas markets are Sundays from 8am-1.30pm.
Bookmark the regional market calendar here: https://bit.ly/3QccTFT
WEEKLY DINING SPECIALS
The Yachty / Parmy night is Thursdays. Pay only $19 for your choice of Oz, French or Indian style Parmy. Plus on wednesdays they host a Pasta Night with delicious lasagne and cannelloni prepared by Italian chef Alex for only $20.
Palmer Sea Reef host a popular Sunday Roast special-2 roasts and a bottle of vino for $60. Bookings essential 40 87 2222.
WET & WILD WEATHER WARNING
A monsoon trough lies across Cape York Peninsula into the northern Coral Sea. A weak tropical low [998 hPa] over the southeastern Gulf of Carpentaria Waters will move slowly south and inland over the southern Gulf coast on Thursday. The low will drag the monsoon trough southwards to be located across Far North Queensland by Thursday, before potentially shifting back northward again over this weekend. Fresh to strong easterly winds may develop over the North Queensland Waters south of Cairns during Thursday and Friday.
SAND & SANDBAGS are available at:
WONGA -Wonga RFS/SES shed, Oleander Dr.
Remember to bring your own shovel.
Please don’t overfill your bags โ they only need to be filled 2/3 full and there is no need to tie the top of the bag.
Douglas Shire Council is monitoring sand use and will replenish as required.
Be prepared, stay connected at Douglas Dashboard
https://dashboard.douglas.qld.gov.au/
MOSSMAN LIBRARY TRIVIA
To celebrate Library Lover’s Day, join in for a night of fun and frivolity.
Bookings essential, numbers strictly limited.
Book a table of 6, or individually and we will arrange a spot for you.
Substantial nibbles provided, BYO all drinks




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