Beach Info
Four Mile Beach Overview
Location 200m SE of Port Douglas, 70 kms North of Cairns, Queensland.
Nearest Town: 200m
Coral Sea Beach
Facilities
Activities Rating
Accommodation
Beach: Sand
Patrolled: Yes, Peak Period
Sunbathing: 94%
Hotel/Resort: Yes
Length: 4 Miles?
Toilets: Yes
Swimming: 90%
Caravan Park: Nearby
Faces: East
Showers: Yes
Surfing: No Swell
Beach Food: Yes
Top: Headland
Picnic Area: Yes
Kitesurf: 88%
Café/Kiosk: Yes
Bottom: Headland
Tidal Pool: No
Fishing: 70%
Restaurants: Yes
Surrounds: Bushland and Resorts
Pier: No
Shore Dive: No, book tour to reef
Risk Level: 1 - Generally Safe
Reef: No
Other: Stinger Nets
Snorkelling: No
Dumping Waves: No
Ocean Swell: No
Access: 1 - Easy
Spear Fishing: No
Frequent Rips: No
Other:
Car Park: Yes
Walks: 94%
Shark Attacks: No Report Found
Transport: Bus
Other: Sand is hard enough to ride a bycycle on
Other:
A very popular tropical coconut lined beach in a busy tourist town.
Port Douglas Map
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On the Inlet - Review from Beachfoodguide.com
No trip to Port Douglas is complete without a visit to the Groper Bar at 5pm to watch George getting fed. George is a very large groper, think small car, and literally makes a big splash during the 15 or so minutes of the feeding.
The event is a popular tourist attraction, so if you're smart you will arrive early and set up on a table near the bridge and order a couple of icy cold drinks from the bar before the crowd arrives. And if you're really smart you will book a table at On the Inlet, the seafood restaurant that adjoins the Groper Bar.
Despite sitting on a bit of a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, Port Douglas doesn't have that many restaurants with a good view of the water. On the Inlet certainly does, and facing west across Dickson Inlet there's the added benefit of watching the sun set behind Magazine Island, clouds permitting.
Seafood features heavily on the menu, the platter usually requires advance notice and is based on market prices. No lobster on the plate, but plenty of the local mud crab... delicious. Mud crab can be ordered as a main, there's Tuna steak, Barramundi fillet, and whole Coral trout, and a Spaghetti marinara. An interesting twist is the Seafood Laksa, featuring fish, scallops, prawns etc..
Steak and Chicken dishes are also available.. All mains that don't include market value ingredients are in the $28-$35 range, which is good value considering where you are.
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History
Name
Port Douglas was named after John Douglas, Premier of Queensland from 1877 to 1879.
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Last Modification: Wednesday 04 of May, 2011 11:19:33 EST by admin .