Tropical North Queensland
Destination guide
Cairns
Cairns and Tropical North Queensland
Your guide to where to stay, eat and the must-see highlights. From the world’s oldest rainforest to a buzzing culinary scene and natural highlights galore.
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Need a cure for the winter blues? Where to eat, drink and find great coffee in sunny Port Douglas
Tropical North Queensland is basking in a reinvigorated dining scene thanks to a burst of exciting arrivals.
- by Larissa Dubecki
Tony Wright’s column
Telecommunications
A busted phone in a tropical death alley
We often try to ignore our phones today, but once, in a spooky tropical town in Queensland, I would have given much for a public phone that worked.
- by Tony Wright
Underrated engineering marvel should be a top Queensland attraction
Mamu Tropical Skywalk offers a bird’s-eye view of croc-infested waters and rainforest 80 million years older than the Amazon.
- by Isobel King
Coral recovery at the Great Barrier Reef: Tour operators doing their bit
I'm engulfed by fish and the visibility is so clear that I can easily make out the coral gardens and shallow reefs I'm headed for.
- by Isobel King
Daintree rainforest, Queensland: Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre guided walk through the forest older than the Amazon
You can't really explore the Daintree without meeting the people who know it best.
- by Steve Meacham
Daintree rainforest wildlife: Pythons a problem without their natural predator - us
Luminous fruit, fierce cassowaries, blue neon bees and a booming population of pythons: these are the things you could see in Far North Queensland.
- by Lee Tulloch
Grow-your-own coral: How science is giving the Great Barrier Reef a helping hand
Great Barrier Reef coral has just been given a helping hand.
- by Kerry van der Jagt
Torres Strait Islands tours: Remote spot now easier to reach
New and innovative Indigenous-owned tourism ventures are flourishing across Queensland's top end
- by Kerry van der Jagt
Airport review: Cairns T2 Domestic Terminal
Thanks to a $55 million terminal upgrade, Cairn's bright and breezy terminal instantly connects visitors with Tropical North Queensland.
- by Kerry van der Jagt
Cairns Indigenous experience tour: A must-do in Australia's tropical playground
I always try to connect to a place by doing something local and, hopefully, memorable.
- by Lee Tulloch