Cyclists exit T1 in Palm Cove and head out along Cedar Road onto the Captain Cook Highway heading north to Port Douglas. Athletes continue up the Captain Cook Highway, taking in the breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and seaside rainforest that Tropical North Queensland and IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns is famous for. The undulating, and winding course will take athletes past Ellis Beach to the turnaround point, approximately 2.5km north of Thala Beach. From the turnaround point, cyclists will follow the Captain Cook Highway south, past Palm Cove and through Smithfield, down Sidlaw, Dunne and McGregor Roads before turning on to Yorkeys Knob Road and rejoining the Captain Cook highway down into Cairns CBD and into T2-Fogarty Park, Cairns.