Guidebook for Cairns & surrounds

Scott & Kris
Guidebook for Cairns & surrounds

Food scene

Great breakfast place, great coffee, great vibe. Try the chilli eggs. Check their website for menu and opening times.
24 helybéli ajánlásával
Caffiend
72 Grafton St
24 helybéli ajánlásával
Great breakfast place, great coffee, great vibe. Try the chilli eggs. Check their website for menu and opening times.
The next best thing to being in Bali. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
39 helybéli ajánlásával
Bayleaf Balinese Restaurant
Lake Street
39 helybéli ajánlásával
The next best thing to being in Bali. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
Excellent food, location and service. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings essential.
96 helybéli ajánlásával
Waterbar & Grill Steakhouse
1 Pier Point Rd
96 helybéli ajánlásával
Excellent food, location and service. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings essential.
Excellent food, service and location. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
19 helybéli ajánlásával
Splash Seafood Restaurant
103 Esplanade
19 helybéli ajánlásával
Excellent food, service and location. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
Enjoy a wonderful meal while admiring the massive fish tank. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Dundee’s at the Cairns Aquarium
5 Florence St
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Enjoy a wonderful meal while admiring the massive fish tank. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
The best Thai in Cairns. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
Iyara By Sakare
91 Esplanade
The best Thai in Cairns. Check their website for menu and opening times. Bookings recommended.
Great fish & chips with a view. Check their website for menu and opening times.
96 helybéli ajánlásával
Muddy's Cafe
174 Esplanade
96 helybéli ajánlásával
Great fish & chips with a view. Check their website for menu and opening times.
The best Gelato in Cairns.
Gelocchio
93 Esplanade
The best Gelato in Cairns.
Forget Villa Romano or La Pizza, the best pizza and beers in Cairns is here.
40 helybéli ajánlásával
Rattle N Hum
67 Esplanade
40 helybéli ajánlásával
Forget Villa Romano or La Pizza, the best pizza and beers in Cairns is here.
Great steaks and service. Check their website for menu and opening times.
Hog's Australia's Steakhouse Cairns
39 Shields Street
Great steaks and service. Check their website for menu and opening times.
Wonderful Greek food and excellent service. You need to book, tell them Scott & Kris sent you.
Yaya’s Hellenic Kitchen and Bar
Wonderful Greek food and excellent service. You need to book, tell them Scott & Kris sent you.
Great place to hang out over a beer and food.
41 helybéli ajánlásával
Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf
Wharf Street
41 helybéli ajánlásával
Great place to hang out over a beer and food.
They do a pretty good breakfast on the corner of The Esplanade and Aplin st Cairns City.
7 helybéli ajánlásával
La Pizza
93 Esplanade
7 helybéli ajánlásával
They do a pretty good breakfast on the corner of The Esplanade and Aplin st Cairns City.
Enjoy your seafood on a boat on the Marina.
48 helybéli ajánlásával
Prawn Star
48 helybéli ajánlásával
Enjoy your seafood on a boat on the Marina.
Very Balinese feeling and just overlooking the marina.
239 helybéli ajánlásával
Salt House
2 Pier Point Rd
239 helybéli ajánlásával
Very Balinese feeling and just overlooking the marina.
Every town should have one.
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns RSL Club
119 Esplanade
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Every town should have one.
Hello Harry (The Burger Joint) Cairns
Damn good burgers.
Cheap and cheerful Thai on Aplin St Cairns City.
Cafe Thailand
93 Esplanade
Cheap and cheerful Thai on Aplin St Cairns City.
For lovers of Indian food.
Spicy Bite Indian Restaurant Cairns
53 Esplanade
For lovers of Indian food.
Beautiful Italian food in upmarket surroundings.
Piccolo Cucina
17 Abbott St
Beautiful Italian food in upmarket surroundings.
Great coffee and breakfast that budget friendly and good service.
Envy Espresso
Great coffee and breakfast that budget friendly and good service.
It’s all about the chocolate.
Coffee Works Cairns
It’s all about the chocolate.
Cheap and cheerful Mexican food.
Zambrero
55 Lake St
Cheap and cheerful Mexican food.
A Guinness or 3.
20 helybéli ajánlásával
P.J.O'Brien's Irish Pub
87 Lake St
20 helybéli ajánlásával
A Guinness or 3.
A unique breakfast or lunch experience overlooking the Cairns inlet. Right next to Hemmingways Brewery.
23 helybéli ajánlásával
Wharf ONE Cafe
23 helybéli ajánlásával
A unique breakfast or lunch experience overlooking the Cairns inlet. Right next to Hemmingways Brewery.
Great food and views.
89 helybéli ajánlásával
Dundees on the Waterfront
1 Marlin Parade
89 helybéli ajánlásával
Great food and views.
Cairns highest Bar and Tapas.
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Rocco by Crystalbrook | Esplanade
141 Esplanade
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns highest Bar and Tapas.
Rooftop Bar & Restaurant.
Restaurant Oak & Vine - Cairns
Rooftop Bar & Restaurant.
Good old fashioned breakfast and brunch at very reasonable prices.
Pete & Paulz Breakfast Bar
Good old fashioned breakfast and brunch at very reasonable prices.

Things to see and do.

Local Fruit and Veg in an undercover, open air market. Also some food truck takeaways available. Open daytime Thurs - Sun
225 helybéli ajánlásával
Rusty's Market
89 Grafton St
225 helybéli ajánlásával
Local Fruit and Veg in an undercover, open air market. Also some food truck takeaways available. Open daytime Thurs - Sun
A visit to Cairns is not complete without a visit to the marvellous Botanical Gardens in the upmarket suburb of Edge Hill.
235 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns Botanikus Kert
78-96 Collins Ave
235 helybéli ajánlásával
A visit to Cairns is not complete without a visit to the marvellous Botanical Gardens in the upmarket suburb of Edge Hill.
If you're into art, this is the place for you.
145 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns Art Gallery
40 Abbott St
145 helybéli ajánlásával
If you're into art, this is the place for you.
World class facilities with regular shows.
13 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
9-11 Florence St
13 helybéli ajánlásával
World class facilities with regular shows.
The biggest and best shopping centre in Cairns
173 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns Central Shopping Centre
21 McLeod St
173 helybéli ajánlásával
The biggest and best shopping centre in Cairns
For the more adventurous.
Raging Thunder - Tully River Rafting
36 Feluga Rd
For the more adventurous.
No trip to Cairns is complete without a visit to Kuranda
18 helybéli ajánlásával
Kuranda Village Centre
Coondoo Street
18 helybéli ajánlásával
No trip to Cairns is complete without a visit to Kuranda
Great family fun.
Go Bowling Cairns
93 Pease St
Great family fun.
Popular with locals and tourists alike.
281 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns Esplanade Lagoon
54 Esplanade
281 helybéli ajánlásával
Popular with locals and tourists alike.
Some lovely old world architecture.
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Cairns Library
151 Abbott St
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Some lovely old world architecture.
For those who like a flutter or 2.
63 helybéli ajánlásával
Pullman Reef Hotel Casino
41 Wharf St
63 helybéli ajánlásával
For those who like a flutter or 2.
Sophisticated bar offering tapas & build-your-own charcuterie boards, plus a robust beverage menu.
60 helybéli ajánlásával
Three Wolves
32 Abbott St
60 helybéli ajánlásával
Sophisticated bar offering tapas & build-your-own charcuterie boards, plus a robust beverage menu.
Nightclub
103 helybéli ajánlásával
Gilligan's
89 Grafton St
103 helybéli ajánlásával
Nightclub
Bar and dancing til the early hours.
95 helybéli ajánlásával
The Pier Bar
1 Pier Point Rd
95 helybéli ajánlásával
Bar and dancing til the early hours.
Get close and personal with a crocodile.
197 helybéli ajánlásával
Hartley Krokodil Kalandjai
Captain Cook Highway
197 helybéli ajánlásával
Get close and personal with a crocodile.
Concerts, kids' theater & rotating art exhibitions in a large post-industrial arts space.
190 helybéli ajánlásával
Tanks Arts Centre
46 Collins Ave
190 helybéli ajánlásával
Concerts, kids' theater & rotating art exhibitions in a large post-industrial arts space.
privately-owned museum dedicated to tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War and post war periods.
61 helybéli ajánlásával
Az ausztrál páncél- és ágyúmúzeum
2 Skyrail Dr
61 helybéli ajánlásával
privately-owned museum dedicated to tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War and post war periods.
It’s pink, it’s camp, it’s fabulous!
Flamingos Tiki Bar
43 Esplanade
It’s pink, it’s camp, it’s fabulous!
Jazz and Blues bar
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Elixir Music Bar
92 Abbott St
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Jazz and Blues bar
What a great way to see the city.
The Reef Eye
What a great way to see the city.

Sightseeing

Combine with a ride with the Kuanda Train for an awesome day out.
284 helybéli ajánlásával
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
6 Skyrail Dr
284 helybéli ajánlásával
Combine with a ride with the Kuanda Train for an awesome day out.
Combine with a ride with the SkyRail for an awesome day out.
32 helybéli ajánlásával
Kuranda Látványos Vasút
32 helybéli ajánlásával
Combine with a ride with the SkyRail for an awesome day out.
One of the few places in Australia where you can cuddle a Koala
61 helybéli ajánlásával
Esőerdő Nemzeti Park
1030 Kennedy Highway
61 helybéli ajánlásával
One of the few places in Australia where you can cuddle a Koala
Take the amazing walk through beautiful rainforest on an elevated platform to see the falls. Accessed via Kuanda.
31 helybéli ajánlásával
Barron-vízesés
Coondoo Street
31 helybéli ajánlásával
Take the amazing walk through beautiful rainforest on an elevated platform to see the falls. Accessed via Kuanda.
A must see while in Cairns
53 helybéli ajánlásával
Millaa Millaa-vízesés
Falls Road
53 helybéli ajánlásával
A must see while in Cairns
Be amazed at this natural wonder.
25 helybéli ajánlásával
Függöny Fügefa
25 helybéli ajánlásával
Be amazed at this natural wonder.

City/town information

One of the best in Far North Queensland
Trinity Beach
One of the best in Far North Queensland
The most beautiful cove near Cairns. Swimming is available all year round.
61 helybéli ajánlásával
Palm Cove Beach
111 Williams Esplanade
61 helybéli ajánlásával
The most beautiful cove near Cairns. Swimming is available all year round.