Cairns Area Attractions
Cairns Area Attractions Directory
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Multi award winning, world recognised, elegant, personal and ambient, the Reef House Spa - Palm Cove, 'Spa Capital of Australia' offers amazing resort spa experiences in surroundings so unique they are world heritage listed.
This is a Spa for men and women and is open to house guests and visitors. The Spa facilities include five state of the art treatment rooms, three dual wet/dry, two Vichy Showers and two spa baths. The serenity room overlooks the garden, pool and waterfall.
Fusing ancient ...Reef House Spa - Sebel Palm Cove
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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” Aircraft Display in a pleasant Australian landscaped setting, browse through the Museum of historical and contemporary displays, purchase quality souvenirs and gifts (ideal for Christmas) including calendars and Christmas cards from The Outback Shop and use the shaded picnic facilities.
The kids w...Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitors Centre
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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 kilometres, Skyrail has comfortable six person gondola cabins which glide just metres above the canopy, providing spectacular and uninterrupted views of the rainforest, tropical Cairns, the Coral Sea and the lush Cairns Highlands. Witness the wonders of the world's oldest continually surviving rainforests ...Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
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Barron Gorge National Park is the traditional home of the Djabaguy people who have many special connections to this place. Smiths Track runs between Speewah on the Tableland and Kamerunga nearer the coast.
This 8.6 kilometre one-way walk includes a variety of natural and historical features. Beginning at the Speewah Trailhead, the walk shares with the Douglas Track before diverging up the hill to an old road. Smiths Track winds its way through beautiful forest with large Kauri pines down to th...Smiths Track
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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. These walls, which drop to beyond 100m, are festooned with a spectacular array of corals, large gorgonians, long sea whips, spike soft coral trees and sponges, which provide shelter for hosts of multicoloured reef fish. All make for great photos.Southern Small Detached Reef Dive Site
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Splash Seafood Restaurant is the best place to enjoy the bounty of the sea is by the sea. Splash Seafood Restaurant, one of the finest Cairns Seafood Restaurants, is the perfect place to enjoy the delightful marine cuisine of Tropical North Queensland.
Located on the Cairns Esplanade overlooking the Coral Sea, Splash Seafood Restaurant serves up the freshest of ingredients with friendly flair. Children are welcome. Splash Seafood Restaurant has special Children's Menus, highchairs, colour-in...Splash Seafood Restaurant
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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 the abundance of nudibranchs, flatworms, pipefish and other little critters. Steve's memorial plaque at 22 metres and a flame file shell (a carnivorous shell) at 13 metres are a must see. Look for five species of anemone fish at the top, and purple and gold anthias.Steve`s Bommie
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The 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 and night club, and a luxurious five-star Sofitel.
The Reef Casino is the only venue in Cairns that offers table games. There are 44 gaming tables and it features over 500 exciting and new gaming machines. Club Prive, the private gaming room, features higher stake gaming in exclusive surroundings.
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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 3m gap between is utterly filled with schools of fusiliers and snapper. Swim-throughs, overhangs and crevices to explore, deep dives and pinnacles to swim around. A huge variety of pristine corals. Look for Barracuda, Reef sharks, Moray & Garden Eels, Lagoon Rays and Turtles.The Three Sisters Dive Site
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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's tail splashing in the water, hence the site's name. Sleeping white tipped reef sharks and bumphead parrot fish are common on morning dives and sleeping turtles on night dives. An excellent wall dive site.The Whale Dive Site
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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, rabbitfish, damsels, angelfish and pipefish, large gorgonian fans and soft coral. Anemones host commensal fish, and boulder coral heads have multi-coloured Christmas worms. The area is home to larger pelagic fish, including mackeral and tuna; also trevally, wrasse, spangled emperor, red bass, blue and g...Thetford Reef Dive Site
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Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park is Australia's most awarded attraction and the only Aboriginal experience providing a direct benefit to the local Aboriginal People. Situated on 25 acres of land north of Cairns, this multi award-winning centre is a stunning theatrical interpretation of Aboriginal culture.
Tjapukai represents part of Australia's Aboriginal face abroad, working closely with Tourism Australia and Tourism Queensland, and is often called upon by journalists and documentary film ma...Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
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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 clam and several species of sea cucumbers. Staghorn thickets hide many smaller reef fish. A good mix of soft and hard coral - check under plate coral for hovering trout, sweetlip and occasional barramundi cod.Turtle Bay Dive Site
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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 kilometres in length, these enormous, hollow rock tubes formed about 190,000 years ago. Channelling rainwater, they provide a habitat for intriguing communities of plants and animals. Visit the lava tubes on an organised tour. Walk around the rim of Kalkani Crater. Explore the self-guided walking trails. Wat...Undara Volcanic National Park
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Verdi's Licensed Italian Restaurant has been popular with locals and visitors for over 21 years, offering indoor and al fresco dining in the heart of the Cairns central business district and Shields Street dining precinct, within walking distance from all cinemas and entertainment venues. Renowned for its food, service and fun-loving staff, they specialise in pastas, wood-fired pizzas, seafood and steaks. The bustling, casual and fun atmosphere has become Verdi's trademark and its Bar is a favou...Verdi`s Licensed Italian Restaurant
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