Flagstaff Hill Port Douglas
Old signal lookout and lighthouse site, now a coastal walking trail and the toughest climb in a famous half marathon.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Flagstaff Hill in Port Douglas follows the old lookout from its life warning ships off a rough goldfields port to its modern role as the signature climb in the Run Port Douglas half marathon, a course an Olympic runner has called the best in the world. You will hear how a lighthouse on this rise gave way to a daily fitness ritual for locals and, once a year, to thousands of racers grinding uphill toward their finish on Four Mile Beach. Best heard from the walking trail at sunrise, before the joggers arrive.
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