Positioned on the lily ponds within the ever popular Club Tropical Resort on Port Douglas’s Main Street, 115 offers an enviable holiday apartment for the discerning designer to create the perfect tropical escape. The terrace opens straight onto the water, fountains and tropical foliage framing an outlook that feels private despite sitting in the heart of town, the pond catches the colour of the sky as the day turns over.

The ponds themselves are one of the resort’s quiet signatures: a sunken garden of water lilies, fountains and lush planting that winds through the grounds and softens the pace the moment you step outside. Sit on the terrace with the sound of moving water nearby, watch the light shift across the surface through the afternoon, and it is easy to forget the main street is only steps away. This outlook, more than anything else, sets 115 apart from the rest of the resort.

Few addresses in town offer this much on foot. The resort sits directly opposite Anzac Park, home to the famous Sunday markets, with Rex Smeal Park a short stroll further on and the marina just 500m away. At the other end of the street, Four Mile Beach is barely a kilometre from your door, with restaurants, cafes and bars lining the footpath the entire way, everything Port Douglas is loved for is within easy reach.

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