Port Douglas Crocs Australian Football Club is an
Australian rules football
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club based to the north of that region in
Port Douglas, Queensland and is the club sited furthest north on the east coast of
Australia
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.
The football team currently plays in the
AFL Cairns League. Whilst the league is based in
Cairns, Queensland, Port Douglas is a popular tourist destination and is close to both the
Great Barrier Reef and the
Daintree National Park
The Daintree rainforest is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane and northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In 1988 it became a World Heritage Site. The par ...
rainforest.
History
The Port Douglas Football Club was established by Ernest Baxter and Andrew Smith in 1989.
Club History
on club's website
Home ground
Port Douglas Sporting Complex - Wharf Street, Port Douglas
Honours
* AFL Cairns (9): 1991, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
** ''Reserves premierships (7)'': 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2017, 2020
References
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External links
Official site
Australian rules football clubs in Queensland
1989 establishments in Australia