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Port Douglas Wharf, Historic wharf on Dixie Street in Port Douglas, Australia.

Port Douglas Wharf is a timber wharf about 70 metres long and 18 metres wide, built parallel to the channel at the entrance to Dickson's Inlet. A gable-roofed storage shed, 30 metres by 8 metres, stands on timber piles over the water on the eastern side, its roof trusses mainly of Oregon timber. A stone-pitched ramp remains beside the earth-filled access.

Built in 1904 to handle sugar exports and connect the region to distant markets, the wharf was central to local commerce. Its importance as a trading hub gradually declined during the 20th century.

The wharf represents how the port shaped the region's identity and connected it to the wider world through trade. Today, locals and visitors gather here to experience the maritime heritage that defined Port Douglas for generations.

The wharf stands at the entrance to Dickson's Inlet, roughly opposite the western end of Warner Street, a short walk from the town centre. The decked approach ramp slopes down from the shore to the wharf, and the 1904 stone-pitched ramp is still visible beside the later earth-filled access. The structure is most easily seen from the water and the surrounding hills.

The 1911 cyclone was reported to have demolished the 1904 wharf and storage shed, yet the structure stands today, extended in the 1920s. From October 1979 diver Ben Cropp held a twenty-year lease on the shed, running a shipwreck museum there that also served as his living quarters until he moved it to Cairns in 2000.

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