Guidebook for Cairns City
Food Scene
Providore Amore - Gormet Food Merchants. BEST coffee in Cairns and it's right across the road! Amazing deli too with a wide variety of deli meats and cheese.
113 Sheridan St
Providore Amore - Gormet Food Merchants. BEST coffee in Cairns and it's right across the road! Amazing deli too with a wide variety of deli meats and cheese.
Open Friday to Sunday. Over 180 stalls with exotic fruit, vegetables, flowers, delis, fresh baked breads, dairy, seafood, international food and beverage stalls, bric-a-brac, clothing, jewellery, coffee and chocolate! Support our local farmers and pay the markets a visit.
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Rusty's Market
89 Grafton StOpen Friday to Sunday. Over 180 stalls with exotic fruit, vegetables, flowers, delis, fresh baked breads, dairy, seafood, international food and beverage stalls, bric-a-brac, clothing, jewellery, coffee and chocolate! Support our local farmers and pay the markets a visit.
If you want to get fancy, this is the best restaurant in Cairns. Multi award winning with Asian fusion dishes, it's very romantic with a soft and intimate atmosphere. If you're a foodie you have to try it. Not for the budget holiday.
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Tamarind Restaurant
6-8 Wharf StIf you want to get fancy, this is the best restaurant in Cairns. Multi award winning with Asian fusion dishes, it's very romantic with a soft and intimate atmosphere. If you're a foodie you have to try it. Not for the budget holiday.
Awesome little café and art gallery with amazing food and great service
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Flying Monkey Cafe
154 Sheridan StAwesome little café and art gallery with amazing food and great service
Domino's Pizza Cairns City
117 Sheridan StreetPizza delivery or walk across the road
Great restaurant for casual dinner or large groups. Awesome small plates selection and really good value for your money. Also a great location right on the water front.
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Boatshed
Great restaurant for casual dinner or large groups. Awesome small plates selection and really good value for your money. Also a great location right on the water front.
Jamdrop Cafe Cairns
193 Lake StFantastic authentic Greek food, atmosphere is fun and crazy with plate breaking and belly dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. There is also takeaway gyros available for a quick and easy dinner.
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Fetta's Greek Taverna
99 Grafton StFantastic authentic Greek food, atmosphere is fun and crazy with plate breaking and belly dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. There is also takeaway gyros available for a quick and easy dinner.
Swiss Cake & Coffee Shop
91-93A Grafton StCute little bakery just down the road, the fruit tarts are divine.
Ribs with bibs! Right on the Pier boardwalk over looking the water, this awesome restaurant has consistently good food.
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Waterbar & Grill Steakhouse
1 Pier Point RdRibs with bibs! Right on the Pier boardwalk over looking the water, this awesome restaurant has consistently good food.
Fusion Art Bar & Tapas is a new and exciting space in the heart of Cairns. They specialise in good coffee, fine wine and great food. It has an industrial, up cycled and vintage look with old exposed red brick walls and high concrete ceilings. The establishment is 'fused' with UnderArt Gallery.
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Fusion Art Bar & Tapas
12 Spence StFusion Art Bar & Tapas is a new and exciting space in the heart of Cairns. They specialise in good coffee, fine wine and great food. It has an industrial, up cycled and vintage look with old exposed red brick walls and high concrete ceilings. The establishment is 'fused' with UnderArt Gallery.
AMAZING food, great service, just a walk through the park away from our apartment! They are open for breakfast and lunch. Soon they will be doing Friday night wine and tapas nights
Mi Piace Espresso Bar
119 Sheridan StAMAZING food, great service, just a walk through the park away from our apartment! They are open for breakfast and lunch. Soon they will be doing Friday night wine and tapas nights
Delicious homemade dumplings, buns and noodles! You can eat in or get takeaway, or even order to your door with UberEats.
Dumpling studio
136 Sheridan StDelicious homemade dumplings, buns and noodles! You can eat in or get takeaway, or even order to your door with UberEats.
Drinks & Nightlife
Great afternoon hang out spot, live music, restaurant section or more casual bar hang out spots with couches and bar menu. Strawberry Bang cocktails are worth a try too.
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Salt House
2 Pier Point RdGreat afternoon hang out spot, live music, restaurant section or more casual bar hang out spots with couches and bar menu. Strawberry Bang cocktails are worth a try too.
Right on the esplanade, this place has lots of atmosphere. Very popular with locals and tourists alike.
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Rattle N Hum
67 EsplanadeRight on the esplanade, this place has lots of atmosphere. Very popular with locals and tourists alike.
First Choice Liquor Cairns
86 Sheridan StLiquor store
Gilligan's
89 Grafton StTwo nightclubs in one, this is Cairns' largest party venue.
In our opinion this is the best wine bar in Cairns. It's open from Wednesday to Sunday and has live music, amazing wine and you can even create your own grazing plate!
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The Conservatory Bar
14 Lake StIn our opinion this is the best wine bar in Cairns. It's open from Wednesday to Sunday and has live music, amazing wine and you can even create your own grazing plate!
Parks & Nature
Great to get out and go for a walk for some fresh air and exercise along the pathways. Bike tracks are also available.
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Cairns Esplanade Markets
52-54 EsplanadeGreat to get out and go for a walk for some fresh air and exercise along the pathways. Bike tracks are also available.
Great if you have your own hire car, approximately 30 minute drive from Cairns. The hike takes around 45 minutes each way and is good for people with moderate fitness levels. There are beautiful views and gorgeous swimming holes to enjoy along the way.
Behana Gorge Road
Behana Gorge RoadGreat if you have your own hire car, approximately 30 minute drive from Cairns. The hike takes around 45 minutes each way and is good for people with moderate fitness levels. There are beautiful views and gorgeous swimming holes to enjoy along the way.
Reef Magic is family friendly and goes out to a pontoon with buffet lunch and glass bottom boat tours, Passions of Paradise is great for younger couples as it's more of a sailing boat and goes out to Michaelmas quay and various reefs, Silver Sonic boat is good for diving and snorkeling and goes to a few different reefs.
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Great Barrier Reef
Reef Magic is family friendly and goes out to a pontoon with buffet lunch and glass bottom boat tours, Passions of Paradise is great for younger couples as it's more of a sailing boat and goes out to Michaelmas quay and various reefs, Silver Sonic boat is good for diving and snorkeling and goes to a few different reefs.
This amazing tropical island is only a 40 minute ferry ride from the Reef Fleet Terminal. A lot more tourists go to Green Island so we prefer to go here as there is less people. Snorkeling, diving, swimming, kayaking, glass bottom boat tours, lighthouse hike, snorkeling, walking track to the stunning Nudey Beach. Foxy's bar serves up a great cocktail and lunch.
To get there , the Reef Fleet Terminal is less than 2kms from our apartment, an approx 8 minute drive without traffic.
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Fitzroy Island
This amazing tropical island is only a 40 minute ferry ride from the Reef Fleet Terminal. A lot more tourists go to Green Island so we prefer to go here as there is less people. Snorkeling, diving, swimming, kayaking, glass bottom boat tours, lighthouse hike, snorkeling, walking track to the stunning Nudey Beach. Foxy's bar serves up a great cocktail and lunch.
To get there , the Reef Fleet Terminal is less than 2kms from our apartment, an approx 8 minute drive without traffic.
Muddy's is a modern, fun, safe, splash playground and parkland. Also has a disabled-use Liberty Swing and a café.
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Muddy's Cafe
174 EsplanadeMuddy's is a modern, fun, safe, splash playground and parkland. Also has a disabled-use Liberty Swing and a café.
Cairns Esplanade Fun Ship Playground
EsplanadePlayground
Newly redeveloped and finished in August 2016, Munro Martin Parklands is a premier gathering place and outdoor performance space. Tropical plantings, vine covered pergolas and arbours and open-air plaza will host a wide range of shows from full orchestras to music concerts and theatre performances.
Open to the public from 6am to 8.80pm.
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Munro Martin Parklands
123 Sheridan StNewly redeveloped and finished in August 2016, Munro Martin Parklands is a premier gathering place and outdoor performance space. Tropical plantings, vine covered pergolas and arbours and open-air plaza will host a wide range of shows from full orchestras to music concerts and theatre performances.
Open to the public from 6am to 8.80pm.
Shopping
Cairns' biggest shopping centre with fashion stores, health and beauty, supermarket, liquor shop, services, homewares, food court and more. Approximately a 12 minute walk from the apartment.
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Cairns Central Shopping Centre
21 McLeod StCairns' biggest shopping centre with fashion stores, health and beauty, supermarket, liquor shop, services, homewares, food court and more. Approximately a 12 minute walk from the apartment.
Essentials
Sheridan ST News
Catch up on the local news and see what's happening around town.
24 hour medical centre, 140m down the road.
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The Cairns 24 Hour Medical Centre
24 hour medical centre, 140m down the road.
Cairns Base Hospital is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland if anything major should go wrong.
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Cairns Hospital
Cairns Base Hospital is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland if anything major should go wrong.
Chemist just down the road
Ramsay Pharmacy Cairns Medical Centre (formerly Cairns Apothecary Pharmacy)
156-160 Grafton StChemist just down the road
Massive Woolies with a bakery, hot food and café, also has a full sushi bar with freshly made sushi,
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Woolworths Cairns
103 Abbott StMassive Woolies with a bakery, hot food and café, also has a full sushi bar with freshly made sushi,
Sightseeing
Experience spans 7.5kms over Australia's pristine tropical rainforests. Takes approx 1.5hrs one way or 2-2.5hrs return. Commence or conclude at either Smithfield or Kuranda. Coaches are available for transfer.
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Skyrail Regenwoud Kabelbaan
6 Skyrail DrExperience spans 7.5kms over Australia's pristine tropical rainforests. Takes approx 1.5hrs one way or 2-2.5hrs return. Commence or conclude at either Smithfield or Kuranda. Coaches are available for transfer.
Located just 40 minutes north of Cairns and 25 minutes south of Port Douglas, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is simply the best place to see crocodiles and local wildlife in Tropical North Queensland. With over 2100m of timber boardwalks and pathways leading you on a journey of discovery through woodlands and rainforest where you can see an array of wildlife, including beautiful tropical birds, reptiles, insects and other native fauna.
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Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
Captain Cook HighwayLocated just 40 minutes north of Cairns and 25 minutes south of Port Douglas, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is simply the best place to see crocodiles and local wildlife in Tropical North Queensland. With over 2100m of timber boardwalks and pathways leading you on a journey of discovery through woodlands and rainforest where you can see an array of wildlife, including beautiful tropical birds, reptiles, insects and other native fauna.
Reef Fleet Terminal
LOT 2 Spence StreetWhere to catch the reef boats from
Entertainment & Activities
Public swimming pool. FINA standard 50m Olympic pool, warm water therapy, flow rider (artificial wave pool), swimming lessons, toddler splash pool,
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Tobruk Memorial Pool
370 Sheridan StPublic swimming pool. FINA standard 50m Olympic pool, warm water therapy, flow rider (artificial wave pool), swimming lessons, toddler splash pool,
This is the world's first challenge ropes course in a wildlife park. In the Reef Hotel Casino, half day or full day tours are available. You can cuddle a koala, enjoy wildlife presentations, experience adventure on the zoom courses with three ziplines.
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Cairns ZOOM en Wildlife Dome
35-41 Wharf StThis is the world's first challenge ropes course in a wildlife park. In the Reef Hotel Casino, half day or full day tours are available. You can cuddle a koala, enjoy wildlife presentations, experience adventure on the zoom courses with three ziplines.
Active Living Free Fitness - here is a timetable for the free fitness classes held by our local council on the Esplanade. There is yoga, pilates, strength training, boxing, aqua zumba, bouldering, interval training, and meditation. http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/esplanade/whats-on/active-living
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Cairns Esplanade Lagoon
54 EsplanadeActive Living Free Fitness - here is a timetable for the free fitness classes held by our local council on the Esplanade. There is yoga, pilates, strength training, boxing, aqua zumba, bouldering, interval training, and meditation. http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/esplanade/whats-on/active-living