Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia was founded in 1877 as a bustling gold and tin port and later transformed into a world famous tropical resort village.
The beach is known as 4 mile beach. Many people I've heard of have stayed in Port Douglas such as Bill Clinton, Katie Perry, Pink, Mick Jagger and others. Several movies have been made in Port Douglas.
Christopher Skase made the town into a luxury resort town in the 1980's. He died in Spain aged 52 in 2001. Christopher was accused of corporate fraud, breaching company laws, and improperly using his position as chairman of the failed Quintex group which accumulated over 1 billion in debt and of course was an Australian and fled to Spain. I remember all of that.
Our very first trip/holiday to mainland Australia in our car staying at Motels on the way up and back to and from Port Douglas was in 2000. We discovered how large Australia was from Tasmania (home) to near the top and we had no idea how long it would take us before we left home. We stayed a week in Port Douglas at a resort then drove around exploring the vast area.
Travelled back down to Melbourne in Victoria and discovered we were far too early to catch the ferry as in days, so we headed to South Australia for a visit and stayed several days and explored, then back to Melbourne to catch the ferry home.
4 mile beach and small cruise ship anchored.
These stone formation were and are made by people who stop to do so, we did one year on the way up there. I recall there is a place to stop/park on a corner not too far from Port Douglas.
