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Douglas is town in Far North Queensland, Australia,
approximately 80km north of Cairns. Its population was
4000 residents in 2001 (2001 Australian Census).
The town's population can often quadruple, 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. Port Douglas is just an
hour’s drive from Cairns via a spectacular coastal road
that is surrounded by forest and the Coral Sea. It is
the place where glittering green merges into blue; the
only place on Earth where two World heritage listed
jewels exist; the Great Barrier Reef and the rainforest
of Daintree and Cape Tribulation.
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