The FDA Carstens Memorial is located on a traffic island in the centre of Macrossan Street, Port Douglas, in the principal business precinct between Grant and Wharf Streets.
On the eastern side of the base is the inscription:[REF]Erected and presented to the Douglas Shire Council by his loving wife, Pauline Carstens On two sides in small lettering at the base is the lettering "Melrose and Fenwick" and on another corner "Townsville" [REF].