Port Douglas - Main Drag

Queensland's tropical north

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October 23rd 2005
Hot and humid - that's the way it's been for the last week up here in northern Queensland. I guess that's to be expected! We flew up to Cairns from Brisbane and then went directly to a nice two-bedroom apartment in Port Douglas (1 hour further north) for five days. Port Douglas is a beautiful small town with a lot of attractions. The town was built for tourism, but it still has a lot of charm. ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more