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“ MY HUSBAND “Soft swaying palm trees ‘giants’, of the Pacific’ by enchanting crystal
#storiesofromance

clear blue waters. Champagne on ice & a bucket of prawns watching
the sunset after a magical day on the reef. Romance is Port Douglas.
PROPOSED AT
“First Date at the inlet, sunset
THE BEAUTIFUL
to Nautalis, honeymoon at The
NIRAMAYA DAY SPA. cruise, proposal up the walkway - MARY PALJETAK
Oaks, anniversary at Salsa and
IT WILL NOW BE any chance we get to go to The “Eloped and married
OUR FIRST FAMILY place it all began”
HOLIDAY TOGETHER - ALY MARTIN on 4 mile beach”
AT CHRISTMAS WITH
OUR BABY GIRL - ALICIA BARTLE
(DUE JULY!). MANY “My husband (from Zimbabwe) and I (from
SPECIAL MEMORIES Sydney) got married 20 years ago at our favourite
AWAIT! “ destination - Port Douglas. We’ve returned 8 times
and we always visit St Mary’s Church.”
“In 2008 we visited on our “baby
- TARYN MORRIS - NIKKI ARNOLD JP moon”, fell in love with Port D. Came
back in 2012 with 40 guests for our
wedding in paradise.”
“I met my husband in Port Douglas. We - CHANTEL NICOLOPOULOS
were both living at Dougies. (Ended up
with a room in the Glasshouse!)
I worked at Mango Jam and he
worked at Hyper PD (showing our
ages here). Our tents were next to
STORIES OF
each other and we were cooking Romance “My husband and
dinner at the same time one I had our first
night. We’ve been together 17
years!” holiday in Port
- EMILY GLASGO Douglas around
19 years ago. We
YOUR STORIES year and married
returned every

at the beautiful
We took to the streets to ask some real life couples
about their romantic tales of Port Douglas chapel. Now we
spend two or three
“I stumbled across St Mary’s months in the
& The Sugar Wharf on
holiday in 1991. Took my caravan park. I
daughter there in 2007 when think we’re in love”
she was 12, She told me she
wants to get married there - SUSAN KEEN KORN
when she grows up. Back we
went in 2017 with her fiancé
where they became husband
and wife.” “Love Port Dougie such a stunningly beautiful place, went
“
there with my fiance Chappo Chappos and we loved it that
-LORRAINE VASSALLO much we had to go back.”
- CAZZA HORZIE

“My husband and I returned to Port Douglas last August for
the second time. It will be an everlasting memory for me as
HAPPY MEMORIES OF PALM he sadly passed away on May this year. We really treated
FRONDS SWAYING IN THE ourselves in the most beautiful place we knew We celebrated
BREEZE. ROMANTIC MEALS AND 43 years of marriage. That’s what I call romance.”
- DIANNE DRAPER
LONG WALKS ALONG 4 MILE. “
MEETING UP WITH CHILDHOOD
FRIENDS. SO WE MOVED HERE. First ever family holiday with a baby &
toddler was to Port Douglas! We went
LIVING THE DREAM. back the following year! Then the year
after that got married on the Sugar Wharf
- NICOLA DADD on Easter Sunday this year! Amazing!
- LAUREN BOYCE
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