Terrific Travel Tips

Fun, tropical sun and photographs of a blissful Queensland vacation, these are ideal elements for a holiday of your life when you come to Cairns and Far North Queensland.

Blessed with an ideal climate most of the year, featuring temperatures in the Summer months (October-April) of 29-33 degrees C, and Winter months (April-October) 25-29 degrees C, Cairns can offer some of the world’s most vibrant natural tourist attractions, the barrier reef, the rainforest and the Australian Outback, and they are all here awaiting your visit.

The very friendly locals of Tropical North Queensland will display the kind of friendly and efficient service that has become the envy of other tourism areas. Adventure tourism, night life, dining and shopping add to the excitement and attraction of this unique destination.

If you have been here previously, welcome back. If you are here for the first time, bathe in our tourist offerings and make the most of your vacation.

Queensland’s finest regional city, Cairns is the international gateway to Tropical North Queensland. It is an exciting cosmopolitan city with warm, sunny tropical days contrasted by cooling ocean breezes. Enjoy a stroll along the central Esplanade or satisfy your hunger in one of Cairns’ many multi-cultural, diverse and prize-winning restaurants.

Cairns gives access to the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforests along with the Australian Outback. Cairns, with its international and domestic airport, is the first stop for most visitors who want to see the real Australia.

Relax on the tropical beaches, dive on the reef and experience the unique tropical rainforests that date back to when Australia was part of ancient Gondwanaland, thousands of eons ago.

Take a swim in the modern Cairns Esplanade lagoon, then cast your eyes across the serene waters of Trinity Inlet and you will see coastal mountains and mangrove habitats that have not changed since the site was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770.

The beautiful Esplanade Lagoon is the perfect place to spend a lazy day soaking up the sun and dipping in the lagoon’s cool and inviting water. There are many shaded spots to take refuge from the sun in the heat of the day, as well as barbeque facilities. The boardwalk has unique displays of Cairns’s local history and has many exercise facilities for those keen on getting a bit more active.

Cairns is extremely well suited to walking, or travel by bicycle. Well trodden routes and dedicated walking tracks are abundant or a visit to the Cairns Botanical Gardens is not to be missed. 38 hectares of native Australian gardens are maintained to big city botanical garden standards, and many plants found here cannot be seen elsewhere. Located among the plants is a coffee shop and restaurant, it is open every day for breakfast and lunch. Admission to the gardens is free.

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