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Port Douglas Carnivale is one of those exciting events not to be missed!
Each May for ten days or so,
Port Douglas Carnivale
transforms the area with an action-packed programme of events, ranging from a music festival and rodeo to an elegant food and wine evening on the waterfront, a seafood extravaganza and a stunning art competition.
The event is a showcase for colour and glamour, for masquerade parties and dancing in the streets… for amateur designers, intent on carving the best beach sand sculpture, for stalls of aromatic tropical fruit… freshly squeezed cane sugar, macadamia nuts, mango juice and coconuts… their tops lopped off in front of your eyes.
This is when artists can give full reign to their creative ideas, where they can design outrageous costumes, glorious masks, lanterns and lumbering, huge sculptures for parade through the town.
Fishing tournaments compete for your attention with fashion parades, the circus, a sailing regatta, street entertainers, the longest lunch, aboriginal cultural walks and art exhibitions, sporting competitions…the list goes on!
For a full list of activities and a dozen reasons why you shouldn’t miss this spectacular event, check out the
Port Douglas Carnivale website.
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