Aria Book: Cairns

Cairns Australia

Cairns is a regional city, founded in 1876, that encompasses smaller townships in the far north of Queensland, Australia. It is a popular travel destination for international visitors because of its tropical climate and serves as a starting point for trips to the Great Barrier Reef and Far North Queensland. Main tourist attractions include: • Centenary Lakes (Collins Ave/Edge Hill, opposite the Botanic Gardens), featuring a rainforest boardwalk that runs directly through the forest and ends at several small lakes and creeks, plus a small park with picnic areas. Caution: the lakes are crocodile habitat. • City Botanic Gardens. • Lake Placid. • Mount Whitfield Conservation Park. • The Northern Beaches: although there is no beach in central Cairns, several beautiful tropical beaches to the north are easily reached by bus, including Trinity Beach, Yorkeys Knob, Palm Cove, Holloways Beach, Kewarra Beach and Clifton Beach. • Smithfield Conservation Park (McGregor Road, near James Cook University, north of the city centre), a large rainforest area with several walking tracks. • Many natural attractions around Cairns, such as the Great Barrier Reef, Copperlode Dam, Atherton Tablelands and Daintree Rainforest. • Cairns Regional Gallery. • Cairns Museum.

Recommended airport

Cairns Intl (CNS)

Nearby destinations

Cairns, Australia

Cairns Australia