Guidebook for Cairns & surrounds

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