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32-521: Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas , Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns . In the 2021 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the influx of tourists during the peak tourism season from May to September. The town is named in honour of a former Premier of Queensland, John Douglas . Port Douglas developed quickly based on

64-668: A clear view, however. Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. This eclipse is part of an eclipse season , a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In

96-439: A partial eclipse. Auckland had 84.8% of the sun obscured, whereas Wellington , Christchurch and Dunedin respectively had 71.2%, 61.9% and 52.9% of the sun obscured. Maximum eclipse over New Zealand occurred around 10:30 NZDT (21:30 UTC), with Auckland at 10:27, Wellington at 10:34, Christchurch at 10:35 and Dunedin at 10:36. Most of Chile and parts of Argentina saw a partial eclipse at sunset. In some places over half

128-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In

160-479: Is a part of Saros series 133 , repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in

192-477: Is also well known for its many restaurants, walks, golf courses, and five star resorts. Near the centre of town is a wildlife park that displays crocodiles, tree-kangaroos, cassowaries, koalas, quolls, flying foxes and other native animals. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality

224-708: Is at 2 Endeavour Street. It is within the Mossman-Port Douglas Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns . The annual Port Douglas Carnivale is held in May and runs for 10 days over two weekends, beginning with a parade attracting over 10,000 people. In October Porttoberfest (a play on Oktoberfest ) is held. The Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival is also held during October. Every May The Port Douglas Yacht Club hold their annual Regatta in May. Port Douglas Race Week attracts yachts from all along

256-510: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 Because it crossed the International Date Line it began in local time on November 14 west of

288-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to

320-464: Is with the local government area of Shire of Douglas , between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Cairns Region following a local government amalgamation which was subsequently reversed following a vote by residents of the area. Port Douglas was a popular location to view the 14 November 2012 solar eclipse at 6:38 am (local time). Thousands travelled to Port Douglas to see the phenomenon. At

352-695: Is within the catchment of Mossman State High School. The Port Douglas Community Hall houses the Port Douglas Library, 11–29 Mowbray Street, operated by the Douglas Shire Council . The Library opened in 2010. Another branch library is located in Mossman. The Port Douglas branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall at 8 Blake Street. St Mary's Catholic Church

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384-414: The 2011 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,205 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. Port Douglas has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: In the 2016 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. In

416-456: The 2021 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. 51.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 6.7% and New Zealand 4.1%. 69.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion, so described 46.7% and not stated 16.3%. Port Douglas has a tropical monsoon climate according to

448-656: The Köppen climate classification (Am), with hot summers and warm winters, with heavy rainfall primarily from January–March, the wettest month of the year typically being February. The average temperature of the sea ranges from 23.7 °C (74.7 °F) in July to 29.5 °C (85.1 °F) in January. Port Douglas is susceptible to extreme weather events such as cyclones and floods . These events can have immediate and severe impacts on critical infrastructure, including water supply systems. In

480-408: The anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to

512-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been

544-555: The Chilean Juan Fernández Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where totality ended. The most populous city to experience totality was Cairns , which had around 2 minutes of totality an hour after daybreak (06:39 AEST , 20:39 UTC) with the sun at an altitude of 14°. Norfolk Island , a small Pacific island east of Australia, experienced a partial eclipse with a maximum eclipse of 98% of the sun obscured at 08:37 NFT and an altitude of 42°. New Zealand experienced

576-622: The Eastern Seaboard and provide views for visitors from Four Mile Beach. Kitesurfing is common at the southern end of Four Mile Beach, particularly during the winter months when trade winds blow from the South. Port Douglas is near the Great Barrier Reef . Numerous companies run daily trips from the marina to the outer reef and the Low Isles for scuba diving and snorkelling . Port Douglas

608-564: The International Date Line on November 13, approximately 2,000 km east of New Zealand, and 9,600 km west of Chile. On the morning of November 14, skies in Auckland were cloudy, obscuring much of the eclipse, which peaked at 10:27 NZDT . Cloud also obscured the moment of totality at Cairns, disappointing many tourists that had flocked to the area. Eclipse chasers along the northern beaches up through to Port Douglas generally got

640-548: The United States the following day. On 4 September 2006, television personality and conservationist Steve Irwin died at Batt Reef , off Port Douglas, after a stingray barb pierced his chest during filming of a documentary called The Ocean's Deadliest . Irwin was filmed snorkelling directly above the stingray when it lashed him with its tail, killing him almost immediately. The event was widely reported in Australia and overseas. Although historically and currently Port Douglas

672-512: The date line over northern Australia , and ended in local time on November 13 east of the date line near the west coast of South America . Totality was visible from parts of Northern Australia . A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia , New Zealand , Oceania , West Antarctica , the Antarctic Peninsula , and southern South America . For this eclipse, totality was visible from northern Australia to about 470 km north of

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704-552: The end of 2023, they experienced a critical water supply issues following a cyclone . Port Douglas State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at Endeavour Street ( 16°31′27″S 145°27′40″E  /  16.5242°S 145.4612°E  / -16.5242; 145.4612  ( Port Douglas State School ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 281 students with 20 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). For secondary school, Port Douglas

736-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which

768-590: The mining industry. Other parts of the area were established with timber cutting in the area surrounding the Daintree River and with settlement starting on lots around the Mossman River by 1880. Previous names for the town included Terrigal, Island Point, Port Owen and Salisbury. The town is situated adjacent to two World Heritage areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest . Port Douglas

800-453: The same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node. This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with

832-625: The same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth. The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly

864-401: The sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight . This eclipse is a member of a semester series . An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. The partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set. This eclipse

896-632: The sun was obscured. In Chile, Talcahuano in Biobío saw 72% obscured, Castro in Los Lagos saw 56% obscured. Chilean coastal locations were ideally situated to observe an eclipsing sunset over the Pacific Ocean. Points further north, up to about Chañaral , saw the eclipse begin as the sun was setting. West of the International Date Line the eclipse took place on the morning of November 14. The maximum eclipse totality, of duration 4 min 2 sec, occurred east of

928-586: Was No. 3 on Australian Traveller magazine's list of 100 Best Towns in Australia. The Port Douglas township was established in 1877 after the discovery of gold at Hodgkinson River by James Venture Mulligan . Port Douglas Post Office opened on 1 September 1877. It grew quickly, and at its peak Port Douglas had a population of 12,000 and 27 hotels. With the construction of the Mulligan Highway it serviced towns as far away as Herberton . Port Douglas State School opened on 11 November 1879, but closed in 1962. It

960-546: Was filmed in Port Douglas. In November 1996 United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton chose the town as their only holiday stop on their historic visit to Australia. When dining at a local restaurant they witnessed a couple's wedding certificate. On a return visit on 11 September 2001, Bill Clinton was again dining at a local restaurant, when he was advised of the September 11 attacks . He returned to

992-670: Was reopened on 23 January 1989. When the Kuranda Railway from Cairns to Kuranda was completed in 1891, the importance of Port Douglas dwindled along with its population. A cyclone in 1911 demolished or severely damaged all but seven residential buildings and 4 commercial buildings, including the Wharf buildings (rebuilt), the Courthouse (rebuilt), the Catholic church (rebuilt) and Chinese temple (not rebuilt). The Port Douglas War Memorial

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1024-572: Was unveiled on 10 February 1923 by Mrs Tresize. On 5 July 1943, a RAAF Vultee Vengeance (Serial Number A27-217) crash landed on the beach near Port Douglas. At its nadir in 1960 the town, by then little more than a fishing village, had a population of 100. In the late-1980s, tourism boomed in the region after investor Christopher Skase financed the construction of the Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort . The music video for Kylie Minogue 's 1988 single " It's No Secret "

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