Port Douglas
Laid-back tropical harbour town where reef trips and rainforest tours depart side by side.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Port Douglas begins with the cyclone that flattened the town in nineteen eleven, destroying both its Catholic church and a small Chinese temple nearby. It follows what happened to each building afterward, one rebuilt within years, the other never rebuilt at all. You will hear how the surviving chapel was later relocated bodily across town for Australia's bicentennial.
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