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Cairns
Activities for you to enjoy on your holiday |
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Koala
Court holiday apartments are central to all activities the region
has to offer.
There are major shopping centres filled with boutique shops
waiting for you to explore.
Down the road is the beautiful botanic gardens where you can
freely stroll at your leisure and enjoy the cool stroll from
shade offering trees.
When you are hungry you are spoilt for choice with dining opportunities
that you can either walk to, hire a car and drive to or we can
call a taxi for you, you can dine some where different every
night tantalising your tastes from Chinese to Thai or Aussie
there are Japanese restaurants and the ever popular Indian curries
all waiting for you to enjoy.
All of this is right at your door step when you stay with Koala
Court! |
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Now of course with such a beautiful area that we have in Cairns
Tropical North and the surrounding areas, including the Great
Barrier Reef and our National Rainforest you will be itching
to explore and experience everything first hand, well most tour
operators offer door-to-door service to Koala Court Holiday
Apartments and of course our Tour Desk staff are pleased to
assist with organising activities to ensure that you have the
best holiday and wanting to book your return trip! |
| Here are just a few ideas of what
you can do while you enjoy your holiday here with us |
- Great Barrier Reef tours
- Island Cruises
- Scuba Diving
- Snorkelling
- Fishing (game, light game, reef, estuary& river)
- Crabbing
- Rainforest tours
- Wildlife tours
- Kuranda Scenic railway
- Skyrail
- Outback and eco tours
- Aboriginal dancing & culture
- White water rafting
- Cape Tribulation Sea Kayaking
- Hot air ballooning
- Horse riding
- Cycling
- Para-sailing & Hang Gliding
- Jet Skiing
- Sailing
- Wind surfing
- Bird watching
- Tennis
- Squash
- Gymnasium
- Golf
- Go-karting
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| Visitor Information |
Blessed with ideal climate all year round,
Cairns is home to some of the worlds most interesting natural
attractions, the reef, the rainforest and the Australian Outback
- and they are all there waiting for your visit.
the very friendly Far Northerners will show you the kind of
warm and courteous hospitality that has become the envy of other
tourism areas the world over.
Summer All Year
Round
Average temperatures
Summer months (October-April) 29-33c
Winter months (April-October) 25-29c |
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What to do |
Taste a wide range of tropical fruits and enjoy
true tropical wines.
Explore the amazing outback areas that stretch westward from
the coastal plain.
Go white water rafting along a raging river, or get a real "living
on the edge" buzz from any of our very own extreme adventure
attractions.
Take a swim in the ultra modern free entry Cairns Esplanade
lagoon, then cast your eyes across the calm waters of Trinity
Inlet and you will see coastal mountains and mangrove areas
that have changed little since the site was named by Captain
James Cook in 1770.
Nightly entertainment you can enjoy Johno's Blues Bar with their
live bands, Dine the night away at any of the numerous first
class international restaurants, Dance at one of the local night
clubs, Wonder your way through the night markets or stroll along
the Esplanade.
The hardest thing to do is make your choice but what ever you
do you will create the kind of holiday experiences and memories
that will last a lifetime. |
Cairns Beaches |
| The beautiful unspoiled beaches of Cairns,
with their golden sand stretching more than 26 kilometres along
the Coral Sea. Sprinkled along the north coast of Cairns City
and within short driving distance, Cairns Beaches are a delightful
escape and an ideal location for some fun in the sun. |
10 minutes drive from Cairns Airport, is Machans Beach. This
is where you find local fishermen casting for bait fish and
dropping a line.
Holloways Beach, is the
next beach and is great for long strolls along the oceans edge.
Nearby is Yorkeys Knob with a 200 birth International
Marina - Half Moon Bay Marina and Yorkeys
Knob Boating Club where you can enjoy a meal and refreshing
drinks over looking the Marina.
Trinity Beach
is 15 minutes from the airport and offers fine dining and beauty
services on the beachfront.
Kewarra Beach is the next beach you come to
and is surrounded by lush tropical rainforest, rich with bird
life and spectacular butterflies.
Clifton Beach, features a premier golf course
- Paradise Palms Golf Course with an 18 hole
championship layout.
Palm Cove, 25 minutes from the airport, offers
a fabulous jetty for fishing & multitude of water sports
- sea kayaking, jet bikes, catamarans, surf skis, paddle boats,
aqua bikes & boogie boards for an action packed day on the
beach. |
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Tropical Rainforests |
| Australia's tropical rainforests are the oldest
continually surviving rainforests on Earth and have been internationally
recognised as one of the most ecologically fascinating natural
areas in the world. World Heritage listed in 1988, these rainforests
date back more than 100 million years and once covered the entire
Australian landscape. They were home to the dinosaurs and several
of the world's first flowering plant species. Located between
Cooktown and Townsville, covering an area of 900,000 square
hectares Australia's tropical rainforests are home to an amazing
array of the country's plant and animal life. |
Tours & Attractions |
| Snorkelling and Diving |
| It is surely one of life's most unforgettable
experiences to dive or snorkel the Great Barrier Reef for the
first time. You'll find yourself absorbed by this enticing underwater
world as you effortlessly glide among the coloured carnival
of corals and the millions of teeming fish that dart to and
fro, then rapidly disperse as a magnificent giant cod or conga
eel comes cruising through. |
Shopping |
| Cairns offers some fantastic shopping opportunities.
Your can enjoy everything from the laid back Esplanade to the
buzz of large suburban shopping malls. The popular Pier shopping
offers fine food, fashion and spectacular views of the marina.
The Cairns business district hosts everything from small souvenir
shops to shopping arcades & markets, where you will find
food courts and coffee shops with reasonable prices, live entertainment
(mostly during holidays) |
Dining and Entertainment |
Cairns restaurants are among the best in Australia
and have a great variety of dining experiences for you to enjoy,
from fast food to elegant dining, there is a style to suit any
taste. Because of our location by the sea, many Cairns restaurants
specialise in seafood and have access to local quality seafood
all year round.
Home to more than 140 restaurants and food outlets where you
can try everything from the finest, fresh local seafood to international
cuisine that feature Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Korean, Greek,
Malaysian, Thai and Indian origins. Australian bush tucker,
based on Kangaroo and Crocodile is for the more adventurous
who seek to taste and enjoy something different on the menu. |
Cairns Highlands |
| Escape to a cooler climate of the Far Northern
coast and enter a relaxed and picturesque wonderland - the Cairns
Highlands. Here you are offered a selection of day trip destinations
from Cairns, this region features a number of visitor friendly
national park sites, protecting the unique flora and fauna and
picturesque sites like Milla Milla and Malanda with their misty
mountains and panoramic views stretching as far as the eye can
see. |
Great Barrier Reef Tours |
| Tropical North Queensland reef and island experiences
are yours to enjoy with half day and full day tours available,
it is up to you how to get there, you can fly your way to the
islands via helicopter or you can ride on one of the many boats
that venture out. You can then enjoy your time with scuba diving,
snorkelling the reef, Seawalker the sea bed, parasail your day
away or enjoy a relaxing leisure ride on a glass bottom boat
so that you can explore and not get wet! |
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