Comments on: 7 Days in … Cairns!

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:33:49 +0000

In reply to jess.

Hi Jess, and thanx for your question. Personally, I would spend the whole 7 days in Cairns because I like to have the time to see and do as much as possible. There’s so much to do there that less time would mean you miss out on some things!! But that’s just my preference – whether or not you break your journey also depends where you are coming from and how you are travelling. If you’re driving from Sydney, for example, you’d HAVE to break your journey a couple of times, but that wouldn’t leave you much time in each of your stopovers, and even less time in Cairns. We stayed on the Northern Beaches – there is a range of great accommodation along the coast and I personally prefer this to staying in Cairns itself. But if you have no car, then staying in Cairns city is more central and there is public transport and tour pickups to make getting around easier. Enjoy!

By: jess

jess — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:37:12 +0000

Hi, Thanks for sharing this. I am also planning a 7 days trip to Cairns. Do you recommend to stay in cairns the who 7 days/8 nights or is it better to break the journey and stay in different places along the way? From reading your itinerary, it sounded like you stayed in Cairns? Any recommendations?

By: Iris

Iris — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:42:26 +0000

Aww. Nearly 20 years too late for me!
We got our visas extended in Cairns.
By golly. There was an Asian couple before us and the lady nearly screamed at them (their English was real bad). And I was next… (she as nice to me)

I remember we stayed at a free campsite for days, great for young travelers (did I mention the 20 years?).

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:51:18 +0000

I was completely surprised by Cairns! I was expecting a rough outpost in the wild rainforest. Instead we found a pretty stylish town with WiFi access in the public Esplanade. How cool is that!

And even sports bars are designed to please not only the men’s eyes…

From Cairns we took to a three day dive cruise on the Great Barrier Reef and to the Silky Oaks Logde.

All amazing trips!

By: NixBlog

NixBlog — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:10:17 +0000

Lovely panoramas of this fantastic place. I have always enjoyed my visits there.
The ginger flower is quite spectacular!

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:44:01 +0000

@Mary – This is the result of sifting through hundreds of photos to find the best – a skill I wish many FaceBook users would learn … Sadly, no photographic evidence of what we ate is available!

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:41:01 +0000

@Dianne – Please tell me you visited Mocka’s Pies!! And beautiful though it is, I wouldn’t want to be there during a cyclone!!
@PDP – Rumour has it Dunk Island was trashed during Cyclone Yasi, but I haven’t confirmed. Our visit to Dunk was WAAAAAAY long ago in 1998!!
@FruitCake – Hahaha!! If only … but I wonder would they let me blog from a prison cell??!!
@Cathy – Well … there’s always a blogging tax write off type holiday, surely??!!
@NixBlog – As have I! And ginger ANYTHING generally works for me!!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:34:57 +0000

Your photos are real stunners. This must have been an amazing week. Some of those views are breathtaking. I hope all is well. Have a great day. Blessings…Mary

By: Cathy at Wives with Knives

Cathy at Wives with Knives — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:22:27 +0000

Wow, what a beautiful place. I would love to plan a trip to Cairns and see that beautiful coastline. Alas, it’s a very long way from the Pacific NW.

By: FruitCake

FruitCake — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:17:33 +0000

The Cairns you show here is definitely not the Cairns I once drove through 35 years ago. In your photos, the water actually looks inviting.
As for the little tacker, you should have taken a swing at it with a golf club... "oops, I thought it was a cane toad".