Furnished homesin Port Douglas.

“Port Douglas is Cairns with the volume turned down.”

Port Douglas sits 70km north of Cairns on the Coral Sea and acts as Far North Queensland's premium tourism town — the gateway to both the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. The town's permanent population is approximately 3,500, but the broader Douglas Shire (including Mossman, Cooya Beach and the Daintree River area) hosts roughly 12,000. The defining axis is Macrossan Street — a 600-metre retail and dining strip running from the Marina Mirage to Four Mile Beach — alongside the Mirage Country Club, the Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina, and the iconic St Mary's by the Sea chapel. The economy is tourism-dominated: the Quicksilver Cruise fleet (60-minute ferries to the Outer Reef), the Daintree Rainforest tours, high-end resort accommodation, and a substantial wedding and event industry. Renter demographics tilt seasonal — hospitality and tourism workers in Macrossan Street venues, dive instructors and marine professionals, retirees in long-held apartments, and a stable population of remote workers. Housing stock is dominated by 1990s and 2000s low-rise apartments and townhouses around Macrossan Street and the Marina, with freestanding villas in the residential streets and the Mirage estate. Walk Score in the Macrossan Street core is very high. Cairns Airport (a 60-minute drive south) is the regional hub. Public transport is bus to Cairns. Four Mile Beach, the Sunday Markets at Anzac Park, the Wildlife Habitat and the seasonal Carnivale festival are local anchors. Typical furnished tenants are hospitality and tourism workers on 3–12 month seasonal contracts, dive operators and instructors, retirees in long-stay apartments, and remote workers using Port Douglas as a tropical base.