If someone had blindfolded me on my first evening in Cairns and left me on a street corner with every sign covered, I don’t think I could have told them I was in Australia. That’s not a...
If someone had blindfolded me on my first evening in Cairns and left me on a street corner with every sign covered, I don’t think I could have told them I was in Australia. That’s not a...
Cairns isn’t really the destination – it’s the gateway. I flew this route in January 2026 while making my way around Australia. Five days in Melbourne, then a straight shot north...
Cairns punches above its size for a city built around one purpose: getting you to the Great Barrier Reef. The Esplanade alone has three Crystalbrook-branded five-stars within a few blocks of each...
Cairns has an odd secret for a city built entirely around the Great Barrier Reef: the CBD itself has no beach. The Esplanade waterfront is a mudflat at low tide, crocodile warning signs and all, and...
The mosquitoes found me before the tree did. I was standing under a strangler fig that had been alive for something like 500 years, and all I could think about was my ankles. That was the first ten...
Kuranda Koala Gardens sits inside the Heritage Markets, a short walk from either the Skyrail terminal or the railway station, and it’s easy to underestimate from the outside. It’s small...
There’s a particular kind of decision fatigue that hits the moment you start researching Kuranda from Cairns. Cable car or train? Which one first? Do you need a car? I went through all of it...