Mirage Port Douglas

... a striking first impression. The actual town of Port Douglas is like a small boutique city located adjacent to the Marina Mirage. Port Douglas has the charm of a sleepy fishing village and the sophistication of a world class holiday destination all rolled ...

... so we were very glad to get in the air-conditioned mini-bus for the 1¼ hour journey up the Captain Cook Highway to Port Douglas.   The Peninsula Hotel is an individual 34 suite gem of a place.  The staff are friendly and attentive and the ...

After spending two days in some rustic living conditions up at Cape Tribulation, driving into Port Douglas is wonderfully refreshing. Port Douglas is the glamorous older sibling of Cairns.  With its upscale restaurants, plush accommodations, golf ...

... ). Tropics Explorer (the tour company) picked us up and we are now back in Bohemia at Cairns. *Interesting sidebar with Port Douglas was that Bill Clinton was here with his family eating at a restaurant when September 11th 2001 happened. He received ...

... bill. Despite my complaints about the size of the bill, the owner refuses to budge claiming that ISDN line charges are high in Port Douglas. This rather takes the gloss off an otherwise enjoyable stay. We go over the road to The Beach Shack for Sunday ...

... the port was destroyed by a cyclone in 1911. About seventy years later in the flashy 1980s, Christopher Skase saw the potential of Port Douglas with the beautiful 4 mile beach, as a holiday resort town. After his company built the first luxury resort, the ...

... next state, Queensland, then onto a place called Airlie Beach and now i am even further north in a really nice quiet town called Port Douglas. Sydney was great! I was working in an Office and met some really cool people, the good thing about being in an ...

... to evacuate their rooms at 5 AM and stay out of the glassed in dining room. We lucked up staying north in Port Douglas. However, there’s another storm brewing and last week’s cruise missed Christchurch with gale force winds. Looking out the ...

... and the towns many eateries. Sixteen years ago as boyfriend and girlfriend Tan and I went on our first holiday together, to Port Douglas, where we took a snorkelling trip out to the Great Barrier Reef and were keen for the kids to experience the reef as ...

... went on a bike ride with my American buddy Jake and a girl called Imogen from Swindon to see as much of Port Douglas as I could. The first stop was the Sheraton Mirage Hotel where Dad used to work many years ago. I went up to reception and in my most posh ...

Today was the day!!! After an early breakfast, we set off to Port Douglas and the Marina Mirage to board our Quicksilver Catamaran for the 90 minute trip out to Agincourt Reef. My nerves were jangling a bit because I am not the best seafaring traveller, ...

... less brave about going in the water and spent 15 minutes staring at the blue rather than diving in. The swimming section of the Port Douglas Tri was cancelled the weekend before due to the late presence of stingers so I wasn't going to risk it. I might ...

... where we got to see some big Crocs and had a Croc Pattie burger for lunch. Day 11 We went to Port Douglas!! where we stayed 2 nights at the Sheraton Mirage Resort which had 2 acres of beach water Lagoons and a pool with a swim up bar! Paradise need to ...

We slept in till 11.30am lapping up the air conditioning and our double beds....each! Loved it. Poured ourselves some pink champagne and we opened our small pressies that we had bought each other as well as our christmas cards from home. We lounged in ...

... we watched the sun set. 27th March We had a quick look around the pool and beach before heading off to the airport to go onto Port Douglas (Cairns).  As we flew to cairns we had the most amazing view of the sea from the air and could see the ...