Cairns Attractions

 

Dundees Restaurant On The Waterfront - Cairns

Dundee’s Restaurant captures the three ingredients of success at its best. Great Food, Great Location and Perfect Ambience. Locals can share in this magical location seven days a week, sharing an ear... more...

Cable Ski Cairns - Cairns

Cable Ski Cairns offers a unique watersport experience for young and old. A man made freshwater lake offers wakeboarding, kneeboarding, and waterskiing for beginners through to advanced riders. An ope... more...

Cairns Night Zoo - Palm Cove

The Cairns Night Zoo - A great Aussie night out! Come and see what the Aussies get up to after dark! Come and enjoy a delicious barbecue of steak, chicken, fish, fresh prawns, salads and desserts. You... more...

Cairns Regional Gallery - Cairns

Cairns Regional Gallery is Far North Queensland's only visual art museum and in 2005 it celebrates it's 10th Birthday: a decade of documenting and presenting history, heritage and contemporary culture... more...

Cairns Tropical Zoo - Palm Cove

The award winning Cairns Tropical Zoo is located on the Captain Cook Highway at Palm Cove, just 20 minutes north of Cairns. The zoo is six hectares of tropically landscaped gardens featuring a natural... more...

Centre of Contemporary Arts (CoCA) - Cairns

The Cairns Centre of Contemporary Arts (CoCA) brings together a variety of exciting art forms under one roof. Resident company, JUTE (Just Us Theatre Ensemble), a professional renowned theatre compa... more...

Hartleys Crocodile Adventures - Palm Cove

Hartley's Crocodile Adventures is simply the best place to see crocodiles and local wildlife in the North. With over 2100 metres of timber boardwalks and pathways leading you on a journey of discovery... more...

Ken Duncan Panographs Pty Ltd - Cairns

Recognised as one of Australia's most iconic image makers visiting the stunning Ken Duncan Gallery right in the heart of the city is a must do. Ken Duncan is Australia's original pioneer of panoramic ... more...

Kuranda Scenic Railway - Cairns

The original Kuranda Scenic Railway is a spectacular journey comprising unsurpassed views of dense rainforest, steep ravines and picturesque waterfalls. This famous railway winds its way on a journey ... more...

Ochre Restaurant and Catering - Cairns North

The Ochre is recognised both nationally and internationally as one of the most innovative modern Australian restaurants not only in Cairns, but Australia. Formerly Red Ochre Grill. Ochre restaurant o... more...

Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitors Centre - Edge Hill

The Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitors Centre is a unique Australian experience. You will be able to view, a film called “A day in the life of the Flying Doctor", a Traeger pedal radio, a “Queenair”... more...

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway - Smithfield

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a unique rainforest experience taking you on an unforgettable journey over Australia's World Heritage protected Tropical Rainforests. Spanning seven and a half kilometr... more...

Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park - Smithfield

Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park showcases the 'People of the Rainforest's' indigenous culture, allowing you to watch theatrical performances and engage in interactive activities to learn the traditi... more...

Cod Hole Dive Site - Cairns

Cod Hole, located on Ribbon Reef no.10 on the Great Barrier Reef, is best accessed from Cairns or Port Douglas. Internationally recognised underwater photographers Ron and Valerie Taylor were the firs... more...

Green Island Fringing Reefs - Cairns

Green Island, located off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, is a true coral island surrounded by sandy beaches and a huge coral reef system. 4m above sea level, 606 metres long, 200 metres wide and ha... more...

Lilo Restaurant and Bar - Cairns

Enjoy Lilo Restaurant and Bar’s innovative modern Australian cuisine with Asian and European influences. Dishes include Local Crispy Skin Barramundi, with avocado mash, citrus salsa and blackened lime... more...

Pullman Reef Hotel Casino - Cairns

Pullman Reef Hotel Casino is Cairns' premier entertainment centre. This uniquely designed building features Australia's finest boutique casino, an extensive range of restaurants and bars, cabaret show... more...

Salt Temple Wine Bar and Restaurant - Cairns

Salt Temple Wine Bar and Restaurant overlooking the Cairns Esplanade, Level One of the Mantra Esplanade, will tantalize your taste buds with their Tastes of the World Menu. Enjoy the ambience of enter... more...

C'est Bon French Restaurant - Cairns

C'est Bon is exquisitely French, amazingly affordable dining at C'est Bon French Restaurant is a truly unforgettable dining experience. Join Junelle and the team with Chef Samuel Daquin from Lille in ... more...

Great Detached Reef Dive Site - Cairns

Located off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Detached Reef is a large complex of several reefs on an older fossil surface. This reef has about 46km of edge. Wall diving and very steep down ... more...

Barron Falls Lookout Track - Cairns

There are several modes of transport through Barron Gorge National Park, including the historic Kuranda train and the Skyrail cableway. They provide spectacular views of the gorge and the Barron River... more...

Bartle Frere Trail (Western approach) - Cairns

Suitable only for fit, experienced and well-prepared bushwalkers, the 15 kilometre Bartle Frere trail extends from the Atherton Tableland to the coastal plain across the impressive Bellenden Ker Range... more...

Bartle-Frere Trail (Eastern Approach) - Cairns

Suitable only for fit, experienced and well-prepared bushwalkers, the 15 kilometre Bartle Frere trail extends from the coastal plain to the Atherton Tableland across the impressive Bellenden Ker Range... more...

Blue Arrow Circuit - Cairns

The adventurous Blue Arrow Circuit loops through Mount Whitfield Conservation Park. It is a continuation of the shorter Red Arrow Circuit and branches off beyond a lookout that provides views of Cairn... more...

Cobia Hole Dive Site - Cairns

Located off Lizard Island, on the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Cobia Hole is a pinnacle of rocks covered with marine organism including sponges, soft coral, coralliamorpharians, feather stars, sea ... more...

Coral Gardens Dive Site, Flynn Reef - Cairns

Coral Gradens, on the the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, features a wall that stretches from 5m to the surface along the reef edge, dropping away down 10 to 20m. Superb variety of corals on the platea... more...

Douglas Track - Cairns

Barron Gorge is the traditional home of the Djabaguy people who have many special connections to this place. The Douglas and Smiths tracks, traditional pathways for the Djabaguy for thousands of yea... more...

Fish Bowl Dive Site - Cairns

Hastings Reef in the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns is a large, popular diving and snorkelling reef and home to the "Fish Bowl". This site offers great protection from the prevailing South Easterly win... more...

Fitzroy Island Summit Circuit - Cairns

Fitzroy Island National Park is rugged and diverse with granite outcrops, open woodlands, rainforest, mangroves and coral beaches. This continental island was connected to the mainland before sea leve... more...

Flecker Botanic Gardens - Edge Hill

Welcome to Flecker Botanic Gardens, the only wet tropic botanic gardens in Australia. At Flecker Botanic Gardens, the collections reflect their tropical diversity, with plants from the steamy jungles ... more...

Flinders Group National Park - Cairns

Flinders Group National Park protects seven remote and ruggedly attractive islands with a rich cultural landscape and heritage. The islands contain important Aboriginal story and burial sites, along w... more...

Goldfield Trail - Cairns

The Goldfield Track follows a historic path for 19 kilometres through the rainforest of Wooroonooran National Park, linking The Boulders Scenic Reserve (Babinda) and Goldsborough Valley. The trail i... more...

Iron Range National Park - Cairns

Iron Range National Park is a remote coastal park in northern Cape York Peninsula, protecting the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Australia. Rainforest, eucalypt and paperbark forests a... more...

Jardine River National Park and Heathlands Resources Reserve - Cairns

Jardine River National Park and Heathlands Resources Reserve is a true wilderness at the tip of remote Cape York Peninsula. It includes much of the catchment of the Jardine River, Queensland’s largest... more...

Josephine Falls Walking Track - Cairns

Josephine Creek begins as a trickle high on the south-east side of Bartle Frere, Queensland's highest mountain. By the time it reaches Josephine Falls, the trickle has become a substantial creek, whic... more...

Kauri Creek rainforest walk - Cairns

Crater lakes, huge strangler figs, rainforest walks, lakeside camping areas and places of important local history are some of the interesting features along the 28 kilometres Danbulla forest drive. T... more...

Michaelmas and Upolo Cays National Park - Cairns

Part of Michaelmas and Upolo Cays National Park, Michaelmas Cay is one of the most important seabird breeding sites on the Great Barrier Reef. Michaelmas Cay is a small, low sand cay, covered by grass... more...

Michaelmas Cay Dive Site - Cairns

Michaelmas Cay, on the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, is 10km long reef with a sand cay. Explore the bommies, walls, swim-throughs, gullies, small caves and overhangs. See Giant clams, blue-spotted ra... more...

Moore Reef Dive Site - Cairns

At Moore Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, you can dive over staghorn thickets on sand that slopes and drops to 22m. Explore around the bommies or stay close to the reef edge. There is an ab... more...

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park - Cairns

Mount Whitfield Conservation Park protects the closest rainforest to Cairns. The rainforested slopes of the Whitfield Range form a dramatic backdrop to the city. Walking tracks climb through shady rai... more...

Nandroya Falls Circuit - Cairns

Nandroya Falls circuit is part of a network of walks in the Palmerston section of Wooroonooran National Park, an integral part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Its fertile basalt soils and extr... more...

Norman Reef Dive Site - Cairns

Off Cairns on the Great barrier Reef lies Norman Reef, where Maori Wrasse, moray eels, giant clams, anemones and their commensals are permanent features. Large bommies, staghorn thickets and hillocks ... more...

Normanby Reef - Cairns

Normanby Reef is located in the Frankland Islands on the Great barrier Reef, a group of relatively untouched national parks about 12 km off the coast near Cairns. They are a group of continental islan... more...

Osprey Reef - Cairns

Osprey Reef is one of the most spectacular dive sites in the world, located off Cairns in the Coral Sea. The North Horn site on the reef is a remote sea mount rising 1000 m from the ocean floor. Ther... more...

Pixie Pinnacle Dive Site - Cairns

On the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, rising 30m and about 15m across, Pixie Pinnacles is a huge cone shaped 'pyramid' that is covered in corals hard and soft, gorgonians, sea whips and sponges. Under... more...

Rainforest Circuit Track - Cairns

This walk, also known as the Rex Creek circuit, is in the Mossman Gorge section of Daintree National Park, which is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Along this circuit there are views of M... more...

Smiths Track - Cairns

Barron Gorge is the traditional home of the Djabaguy people who have many special connections to this place. The Douglas and Smiths tracks, traditional pathways for the Djabaguy for thousands of years... more...

Southern Small Detached Reef Dive Site - Cairns

Divers will see turtles, reef sharks, eagle rays, pelagic fish and occasional manta rays cruising the walls which encircle Southern Small Detached Reef, located off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef. T... more...

Steve's Bommie Dive Site - Cairns

Located off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, an isolated pinnacle known as Steve's Bommie attracts schools of bigeye trevally, barracuda, blue-lined snapper and moses perch. Macro photographers love ... more...

The Three Sisters Dive Site - Cairns

The Three Sisters, located off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, is a series of three large bommies. The first "Gorgonian Gorge"; the second and third sisters rise to within 1m of the surface and the ... more...

The Whale Dive Site - Cairns

The Whale, located off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, is a large isolated coral bommie with abundant marine life. On a low tide, waves break at the top creating a plume of water similar to a whale'... more...

Thetford Reef Dive Site - Cairns

Thetford Reef, off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, is almost 2 kilometres long with scattered coral heads, sandy floor in-between and lots of swim-throughs. Look for giant clams, butterflyfish, rabb... more...

Turtle Bay Dive Site - Cairns

At Turtle Bay, off cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, you can come face to face with 'Killer' a giant 35kg Maori Wrasse who expects the Divemaster to feed him. See 'Dopey' the resident turtle, a giant ... more...

Frankland Group National Park - Cairns

Frankland Islands National Park covers five islands, all popular for their relatively untouched rainforest, mangroves and surrounding reefs. A colony of spectacled flying-foxes roosts on Russell Islan... more...

Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran National Park - Cairns

Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran National Park is that section of the park nestled at the base of the rugged Bellenden Ker Range, protecting World Heritage-listed rainforest in the Mulgrave valley. T... more...

Outback Opal Mine - Clifton Beach

To start your free visit to the Outback Opal Mine why not view the interesting eight minute documentary available in English, Japanese and German. Then take a walk through the simulated Opal mine to s... more...

Undara Volcanic National Park - Cairns

In Undara Volcanic National Park, ribbons of emerald-green vine thicket contrast with surrounding dry savanna woodland to mark the courses of some of the world’s longest lava tubes. Up to 45 kilometre... more...