Location

Dickson Inlet and Packers Creek

Dickson Inlet is listed as an Estuarine Conservation Zone of the Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park and an Area of State Significance.

This means that within just a few hundred meters of Port Douglas’s harbour we enter an area of beautiful un spoilt meandering mangrove channels which are the home to saltwater crocodiles and estuarine birdlife.

The inlet is salty and is dominated by red mangroves and other salt tolerant vegetation. It is a good example of the habitat which is found along much of the coast in far north Australia.

Finding the boat

Lady Douglas berths in the main marina (Meridien Marina Mirage) in the heart of Port Douglas, a very short walk from Macrossan Street. See map on the right hand side.