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Where is Cairns?
Cairns is located in Tropical North Queensland, Australia in the Pacific Ocean.
Cairns operates in Australian Eastern Standard time UTC+10.
- East of Cairns, we have the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef.
- West of Cairns is the Atherton Tablelands, Chillegoe Caves.
- South of Cairns is Mission Beach and the Whitsunday Islands.
- North of Cairns is Port Douglas and the World Heritage Daintree Rainforest.
The city of Cairns is about 5 kilometres square; the city is flat and very easy to walk around, make sure that you take drinking water with you as our climate is always warm to hot.
About Cairns
Postcode is 4870
Elevation between 0 and 1,314 metres with a population of approximately 150,000
Covering an area of the 488.1-kilometre square. Cairns is the 5th most populated city in Australia.
Cairns is located in Tropical North Queensland Australia approximately 1700 kilometres (1057 miles) north of Brisbane, 2420 kilometres (1504 miles) north of Sydney.
Cairns is a wonderful tropical city that provides the perfect gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest
How to get to Cairns?
Flights to Cairns
Fly to Cairns from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane Adelaide, Darwin and Perth
International flights from Tokyo, Osaka and Bali operated by Jetstar
Flights from Singapore operated by Silk Air
Flights from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea operated by Air Niugini and Qantas flights
Flights from New Zealand operated by Air New Zealand
Flights from Shenzen in China operated by
Travel by Train to Cairns
Cairns is the final station of Queensland North Coast Railway line which follows the Eastern Seaboard from Brisbane including the high-speed train ‘The Tilt Train.’
Travel by bus to Cairns
Greyhound, Oz Experience passes available so that you can get on and off and explore all the vast regions of Australia
Hire a campervan to travel to Cairns
Also, a great option and will offer great flexibility to get you around and allow you the flexibility to discover Queensland at your own pace.
There are so many beautiful places along the way to explore.
Whichever way you choose to come to Cairns at we can assist you on how to get to Cairns and all the fun things to see and do while you are in Cairns.
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