Cairns Travel Stories

Tasty Tablelands tour offers so much more than coffee

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST

When we first arrive at Skybury, the Australian Coffee Centre, believed to be the country's oldest producing coffee plantation, a chatty cockatoo called Squawky is there to greet us. He says hello and offers us coffee.

Set sail into a perfect new year with a Port Douglas getaway

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST

It's the end of a long week and you have some serious unwinding to do. You could do this in the comfort of your own home ... or you could treat yourself to a fabulously glam weekend away at Port Douglas like we did.

Head to the hills and escape the heat at Lake Tinaroo

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST

While the heat and humidity in Cairns were making most locals feel lethargic and irritable, we were feeling fresh and alive while enjoying the cool breezes at our secluded retreat at Lake�Tinaroo.

Go inner city to enjoy the finer things in life at the Mercure

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:38:00 EST

Allow me to share my guilty secret - I really love�Cairns Esplanade.

Get away to a cliff-top hideaway close to home

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:09:00 EST

"OK, there was this astronomer, a�scientist and a..." It was a joke�made in self-deprecating sweetness.

A world-class holiday is just a short drive away at Palm Cove

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:44:00 EST

It's Bali without the hassle, Ko Samui�minus the litter, Fiji without the flight -�Palm Cove ticks all the boxes for a tropical�beachside holiday.

For the love of birds - Mareeba Wetlands bird tour

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:17:00 EST

Overseas visitors are amazed at the amount of lifers they can see in an hour here,�David "Chook" Crawford, our morning birding guide, tells us.

Freefall of a lifetime skydiving in Cairns

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:33:00 EST

I had only one issue following my first skydiving experience: how do you go back to normal life after you've jumped out of a plane?

Love is in the air at luxury lodge

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:41:00 EST

Heaven on earth can be found tucked away in the Atherthon Tableland hilltops.

Kuranda Scenic Railway celebrates 120 years

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:34:00 EST

This year on June 25th, the original Kuranda Scenic Railway celebrates 120 years since the first passenger service from Cairns to Kuranda; village in the rainforest.