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Location:
Oceania,
Australia, Port Douglas
Category:
Coastal
cam
Description:
View of Dicksons Inlet, Port Douglas
- located 60km north of Cairns
International Airport, in Tropical
North Queensland
Location Information:
Port
Douglas is a town in Far North
Queensland, Australia, approximately
70 km (40 mi) north of Cairns. Its
permanent population was about 3000
residents in 2006. The town's
population can often double,
however, with the influx of tourists
during the peak tourism season
May-September. The town is named in
honour of former Premier of
Queensland, John Douglas. Port
Douglas developed quickly based on
the mining industry. Other parts of
the area were established with
timber cutting occurring in the area
surrounding the Daintree River and
with settlement starting to occur on
lots around the Mossman River by
1880.
Previous names for the town included
Terrigal, Island Point, Port Owen
and Salisbury. The town is situated
adjacent to two World Heritage
areas, the Great Barrier Reef and
the Daintree Rainforest.
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