Hva som skjer i Port Douglas (Great Barrier Reef), Australia gjennom året

Toppsesong — Queensland summer holidays, Summer holidays i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr), Queensland summer holidays (11. des – 27. jan (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Helligdag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Good Friday to Easter Monday is a four-day national long weekend, usually next to or inside the autumn school holidays. Australians travel in large numbers, so flights, campsites and accommodation book out early and cost more, and most shops close on Good Friday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Easter long weekend, Autumn / Easter break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Easter long weekend (3.–6. apr), Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Port Douglas Carnivale

• Sesong

  Dry season

  1. mai – 31. oktMye folk

  May to October is when the reef boats run almost every day, the Daintree road is dependable and the town is full. It is also when the rates and the restaurant queues are at their highest.

• Festival

  Port Douglas Carnivale

  22.–24. maiMye folk

  A long weekend in May with a street parade down Macrossan Street, a beach day and a lot of long tables. Ten thousand people in a town of three and a half thousand. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Natur

  Dwarf minke whales

  1. jun – 31. jul · vanligvisHvalsesongBestill tidlig

  The minkes turn up on the Ribbon Reefs for June and July, the only place with permits to snorkel with them. The trips are liveaboards out of here and Cairns, not day boats.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Winter (July) break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt), Dwarf minke whales (1. jun – 31. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Dry season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Spring break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Spring break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Stinger season

  1. nov – 31. maiInsekter og sykdom

  Box jellyfish and irukandji are in the water from November to May. Four Mile Beach gets a netted enclosure for the season and swimming outside it is a bad idea, however inviting it looks. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Cyclone season

  1. nov – 30. apr

  November to April brings the rain and the cyclone risk together. The Daintree ferry stops when the river runs hard, and the reef trips stop when the swell does not. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Queensland summer holidays, Summer holidays i Australia

• Helligdag

  Queensland summer holidays

  11. des – 27. jan · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folk

  The town fills again over Christmas despite the heat and the stingers, because the resorts are here and the school holidays are six weeks long. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)