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Chapter 5Australia Port Douglas Eagle’s Nest was an ideal location for Jack Hogarth. Set on the eastern edge of the oldest rainforest in the world, ten miles north of Port Douglas, it towered majestically, and incongruously over the landscape, its steel structure and glass windows shimmered in the sunlight. The white marble finish ensured it could be seen from miles away in any direction and its ornate swimming pool was envied by all who saw it. Built on a prominent hill high above Captain Cook Highway, the long coast road stretching down Queensland’s eastern coastline and parallel to the Great Barrier Reef, there was no other building like it in the entire area. It had been designed to be an impenetrable fortress and its single harbour carved into the rocky shoreline deterred all but t