Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 07-4099 1603;
www.ladydouglas.com.au
; 1½hr cruises adult/child $30/20)
Paddlewheeler running four
daily croc-spotting tours (including sunset cruise) along the Dickson Inlet.
Bike Tours
Bike N Hike Adventure Tours
( 0416 339 420;
www.bikenhiketours.com.au
; tours from $88)
Bounce down the aptly named Bump
Track (an old Aboriginal trail) on a cross-country tour ($128, 7.30am to 11.30am Tuesday
and Thursday, 1.30pm to 5.30pm Sunday) or a berserk night tour ($88, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
nightly).
BIKE TOUR
Festivals & Events
Port Douglas Carnivale
(
www.carnivale.com.au
;
May)
This 10-day festival includes a colourful street parade, live mu-
sic, and lashings of good food and wine.
CARNIVAL
Porttoberfest
(Port Douglas Marina; late October)
The tropical take on Octoberfest, with live music, German
food and beer. See
www.visitportdouglasdaintree.com.au/events
for annual updates.
BEER FESTIVAL
Sleeping
Port Douglas is swimming in accommodation, mainly in self-contained apartments or up-
market resorts just out of town.
HOSTEL
$
ParrotFish Lodge
MAP
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( 07-4099 5011;
www.parrotfishlodge.com
;
37-39 Warner St; dm $25-32, d with/without bathroom $110/80;
)
Energetic backpackers with a bar, live tunes and lots of freebies, including breakfast,
bikes and pick-ups from Cairns.
Dougies
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HOSTEL
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