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or those of you who haven’t heard the name Tony McGrath, he is an extra-ordinary individual
who has influenced this region for 33 years. In fact, he has that unique attribute, passion, that
Fhas allowed him to influence every region in which he has chosen to work over the last 65 years.
In 1974 he started his first successful real estate business in Toronto, NSW and by 1979 he had two
thriving offices in Toronto. During that time as a keen fisherman he came up north regularly to compete in
the prestigious annual Lizard Island competition.
He generally stayed in Cairns overnight but on each visit from 1982 he drove up to Port Douglas for a day
trip. Inevitably, as so often happens to visitors to this amazing town, he and his wife became more and more
drawn to the idea of living in Port. Tony’s wife, Greer, actually went as far as to issue an ultimatum that she
wanted him to sell up and move the family and business to Port Douglas.

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