On
this page you have some Port Douglas area events.
Most are on late in the year, and all are good fun :-)
Port Douglas Events
Port
Douglas
Carnivale
This ten day festival is held in mid to late May every year and is one
of the most popular Port Douglas events. It consists of many different
smaller events such as kids' fun,
street entertainment, gourmet
lunches, feast dinners, arts, markets and even the Daintree Station Bullride.
Some of the more popular things are
the fireworks
and the Friday Night Macrossan street parade.
Portoberfest Portoberfest
is obviously the Oktoberfest of Port Douglas, held in early October,
just like the one in Germany.
Beer jugs are also the same size, and the
whole event is fun, at the 2 Fish Restaurant in the Port Douglas
Marina, with scene entertainment and bars of almost every European
country.
Port
Douglas Marathon Port
Douglas Marathon is also
a very popular Port Douglas events.
It is held in early
November and
is a very popular one.
There is the full marathon (42km), half marathon
(21km), also 10km, 5km and 2.5km races, as well as the ultra marathon
that does a 72km loop to Julatten.
Port
Douglas Marlin Challenge Port
Douglas Marlin Challenge
is also held in early
November.
It is a five day fishing competition out on the
Coral Sea and good fun if you are into some serious marlin fishing (if
not you could get to be crew on some boat). On the last day there is a
presentation night at the Lure in Port Douglas Marina.
Mossman Events
Mossman Show Mossman Show is held in about third week in August,
and is like any other agricultural show. Apparently with lots more
going on than I expected for the small town (made me think, have I been
living up in the remoteness of the Cape for too long?). All the
amusement rides I would have imagined, lots of food, and agricultural
displays from farm animals to all the food they grow.
Port Douglas
Carnivale
The ten day Port
Douglas Carnivale is the longest of all the Port
Douglas
events.
Held in late May every year, it consists of many different
smaller events.
It begins with the Friday night Macrossan
Street Parade,
... and then there are events like the medieval jousting,
... jabusame,
... the motorised esky
riding competition,
... the Radiant
Life Festival at the Sugar Wharf,
... and a couple of different food events such as
the Longest Lunch, the Feast and the Seafood Extravaganza.
There is also the Avenue
of the Arts,
... the Street
Arts and Music Festival,
... the Mickey
Ink Race Week,
... and fun for
kids like the Family Beach Day, slides and jumping castles.
Daintree Station
Bullride
During the Port
Douglas Carnival Week's first weekend, Daintree Station Bullride
is held.
And it's a very good one, one
of the best venues we have seen and we have been to many
bullrides!
It is called AME Stadium, and it has a great seating area with good views,
and a great bar, and food available.
It's a
very social event, with live
band, party
into the night, and you can camp
for the night.
The rides are also great,
like normal there are different age groups and levels.
While some rodeos are held day time, this one starts at the sunset and
is a night event.
UPDATE late 2016 Daintree Station has been sold and unfortunately it is not known if the event will be on again.
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