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