Cairns Travel Guide
This city was first called Trinity Bay, and was later renamed Cairns in honor to the Governor of Queensland, William W Cairns. Cairns is located in Queensland, about 1720 kilometres (1070 miles) from Brisbane and about 2500 kilometres (1600 miles) from Sydney by road and has a population of approximately 130,000 inhabitants, is one of Australia’s most popular tourist destinations, and has two World Heritage Sites, the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforest. Cairns is very accessible because its transport service is very efficient.
The main industry in Cairns is the agriculture, the city has developed thanks to the exportation of sugar cane, banana and other tropical fruits from the surrounding coastal and Tableland regions. In 1984 Cairns was selected as the site of an international airport, and now one of its major industries is the tourism.
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There are also man-made attractions in Cairns, as examples are the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway that is also a gateway to islands of the Great Barrier Reef and the grasslands of the Gulf Savannah. Cairns is now a bustling tourist center with many tour excursions, many small theme parks were constructed as the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and the Kuranda Skyrail Gondola Cableway.
The city of Cairns
Cairns is located on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, the climate in Cairns is tropical, and the city is a popular travel destination because of its many attractions as the Great Barrier Reef or the Daintree National Park. There are many accommodation and dining options as well as night entertainment bars and clubs, it’s also a good base to discover the Atherton Tableland, Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation and beyond.
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Between the ctivities you can do in Cairns are the Cairns Civic Theater, where are presented dance and theater performances, amateur or professional ones, the new Center of Contemporary Arts als oa theater venue, the Tanks Arts Center hosts an collection of World War II oil tanks, the Rondo is home to Cairns Little Theater organize several theatre performances along the year. If you like the movies you can assist to any of Cairns Cinemas: Cairns City Cinema or Cairns Central Cinema.
The best season to visit Cairns is from June to October, temperatures are comfortably hot and almost no rain. In November the prices of accommodation are very cheap so maybe you’ll prefer visit this city in this month. There are some rules on the beaches during this period because poisonous jelly fish can be seen on the coast.
Cairns Travel Guide – Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Cairns Travel Guide – Daintree National Park
Daintree National Park
Cairns has taken the role as capital to Far North Queensland, and is backed by beautiful rainforest and only a short distance from the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. Whatever activity you want to get involved in you are likely to find it at Cairns, whether its bungee jumping, canoeing, horse riding, scuba diving, skydiving or white water rafting.
The main street along Cairns shoreline is the Esplanade, where you will find many of the accommodation places, and several restaurants. There are also plenty of pubs and clubs around here, with many offering live music and an almost guaranteed good time.
More restaurants and many of Cairns shops and shopping arcades can be found on the roads off of Sheilds Street, near Cairns Harbour. The Pier Marketplace hosts some wonderful little boutiques, although if you are looking for a bargain you should head here at the weekend when the Mud Markets are held. More weekend markets can be found along Spencer Street at the busy Rusty’s Bazaar.
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Around Cairns there are a number of historical buildings worth visiting, as well as the interesting Cairns Museum, Cairns Regional Gallery, and Royal Flying Doctor Service. For those of you who may not be brave enough to go out to the Great Barrier Reef, you can see plenty of sealife at the Undersea World.
Another great place to visit in Cairns is the fantastic Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Centre which holds various Aboriginal performances and educational demonstrations on the Aboriginal culture and history.
There are some wonderful gardens around Cairns, and beautiful landscapes to see. It is definitely worth following the Esplanade Walking Trail along the pretty coastline (ignoring the brown sea around Cairns).
Just north of Cairns are the lovely Flecker Botanic Gardens, and the nearby boardwalk through some fabulous rainforest to the Centenary Lakes and Saltwater Creek with further rainforest within the Whitfield Range Environmental Park.