Port Douglas waterfront

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Shaping the future of Port Douglas


The Port Douglas Master Plan, adopted by Council in November 2009, was developed involving high levels of community engagement.

The Master Plan provides strategic direction for the gradual transformation of the Port Douglas waterfront by integrating its existing features with a range of new initiatives, cementing the western shoreline of the peninsula as one of the world’s greatest waterfronts. Included in the Plan’s guiding principles is the requirement for the outcomes to reflect the tropical, relaxed, unhurried character that is Port Douglas.

Transformation activities began in July 2010 with the Four Mile Beach Esplanade Upgrade  and will continue for the next ten years.