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.
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Caffiend
72 Grafton St
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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.
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Bayleaf Balinese Restaurant
Lake Street
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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.
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Waterbar & Grill Steakhouse
1 Pier Point Rd
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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.
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Splash Seafood Restaurant
103 Esplanade
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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.
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Dundee’s at the Cairns Aquarium
5 Florence St
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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.
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Muddy's Cafe
174 Esplanade
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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.
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Rattle N Hum
67 Esplanade
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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.
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Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf
Wharf Street
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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.
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La Pizza
93 Esplanade
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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.
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Prawn Star
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Enjoy your seafood on a boat on the Marina.
Very Balinese feeling and just overlooking the marina.
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Salt House
2 Pier Point Rd
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Very Balinese feeling and just overlooking the marina.
Every town should have one.
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Cairns RSL Club
119 Esplanade
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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.
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P.J.O'Brien's Irish Pub
87 Lake St
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A Guinness or 3.
A unique breakfast or lunch experience overlooking the Cairns inlet. Right next to Hemmingways Brewery.
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Wharf ONE Cafe
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A unique breakfast or lunch experience overlooking the Cairns inlet. Right next to Hemmingways Brewery.
Great food and views.
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Dundees on the Waterfront
1 Marlin Parade
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Great food and views.
Cairns highest Bar and Tapas.
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Rocco by Crystalbrook | Esplanade
141 Esplanade
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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
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Rusty's Market
89 Grafton St
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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.
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Cairns Botanic Gardens
78-96 Collins Ave
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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.
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Cairns Art Gallery
40 Abbott St
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If you're into art, this is the place for you.
World class facilities with regular shows.
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Cairns Performing Arts Centre
9-11 Florence St
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World class facilities with regular shows.
The biggest and best shopping centre in Cairns
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Cairns Central Shopping Centre
21 McLeod St
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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
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Kuranda Village Centre
Coondoo Street
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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.
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Laguna de la explanada de Cairns
54 Esplanade
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Popular with locals and tourists alike.
Some lovely old world architecture.
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Cairns Library
151 Abbott St
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Some lovely old world architecture.
For those who like a flutter or 2.
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Pullman Reef Hotel Casino
41 Wharf St
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For those who like a flutter or 2.
Sophisticated bar offering tapas & build-your-own charcuterie boards, plus a robust beverage menu.
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Three Wolves
32 Abbott St
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Sophisticated bar offering tapas & build-your-own charcuterie boards, plus a robust beverage menu.
Nightclub
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Gilligan's
89 Grafton St
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Nightclub
Bar and dancing til the early hours.
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The Pier Bar
1 Pier Point Rd
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Bar and dancing til the early hours.
Get close and personal with a crocodile.
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Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
Captain Cook Highway
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Get close and personal with a crocodile.
Concerts, kids' theater & rotating art exhibitions in a large post-industrial arts space.
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Tanks Arts Centre
46 Collins Ave
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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.
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El Museo Australiano de Armaduras y Artillería
2 Skyrail Dr
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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
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Elixir Music Bar
92 Abbott St
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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.
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Teleférico del Bosque Tropical Skyrail
6 Skyrail Dr
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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.
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Kuranda Scenic Railway
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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
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Parque Natural de la Selva Lluviosa
1030 Kennedy Highway
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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.
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Cataratas de Barron
Coondoo Street
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Take the amazing walk through beautiful rainforest on an elevated platform to see the falls. Accessed via Kuanda.
A must see while in Cairns
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Cascada Millaa Millaa
Falls Road
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A must see while in Cairns
Be amazed at this natural wonder.
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Árbol de higuera de cortina
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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.
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Playa de Palm Cove
111 Williams Esplanade
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The most beautiful cove near Cairns. Swimming is available all year round.