Cairns Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Day 51 Saturday 21sth Feb - Sydney to Cairns Got up at 7am and got the free breakfast downstairs of toast, juice and coffee then grabbed my stuff and checked out. The shuttle bus came just after 8am and we picked up a few people on the way then were at the airport quite quickly. Check in was a pretty long queue and they have started doing like G...

Ultima escala en Australia, y por fin en el calorcito tropical del norte! Phil se marcho (no sin antes darnos una buena cena a base de cocodrilo, canguro y emu) y nos quedamos descansando de toda la paliza de los tours a toda pastilla en un hostel que la verdad dejaba mucho que desear (incluida rata amiga en la cocina). Despues de vegetar un par...

To celebrate Belinda's mum's birthday, we all decided to head up to Port Douglas for the weekend. By all I mean, Belinda and the kids (Ben was at sea), Belinda's parents and her brother and family. Port Douglas is only an hours drive north of Cairns and is a beautiful little beach village where people travel from all over the country to holiday....

Hey everyone! Our next tour took us up to the small, rich, luxurious, celebrity filled, costal resort village of Port Douglas home to the famous nine mile beach. The mini bus picked us up early and drove us along the winding costal roads with amazing views of the various beaches and seaside stops along the way. We arrived and decided to take a t...

On my way to Cairns! Had a heck of a time trying to get to the airport. The driver of my shuttle attempted to stop at McDonalds drive thru when I had 90 min to get to the airport, check in and catch my flight. I was the only American on the shuttle and of course the only one to open my mouth and say "hey, you can't do this...I have a flight to c...

This overnighter on the bus from Airlie to Cairns is even tougher than the previous one. In my rush to get a good seat, and perhaps still overwhelmed by my birthday buddy, I forget to take my fleece and a long-sleeved shirt out of my backpack. As a result, I have no makeshift pillow and my bare arms are exposed to the relentlessly icy air-condit...

So after a very tiering day driving up to Tennant Creek from Uluru, we slept like babies and awoke early again the next morning, setting off feeling like we had actually never left the driving seat! Today we were leaving the Northern Territory behind and travelling over the state border to Queensland, same country, very different place, 30 mins ...

It's taken me all of 2 weeks to become addicted to Home & Away and Neighbors again!! I haven't watched either in about 15 years and most of the original characters have gone but there are a few faces I remember (Alf, Sally, Irene/Karl, Toadi, Sky who was a baby last time i saw) and it's all getting rather exciting. I remember both used to be mil...

Since our last entry we wnet on an amazing sailing trip in the whitsunday islands, one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. Spent three days and two nights on the raggamuffin where relaxed and chilled to our hearts were content, and got fed some grea food. Did some snorkelling and visited whitehaven beach, white sand and clear blue wa...

So Pearl left today. It feels so very strange. I can't believe that I won't be seeing her in a few minutes. Who will remind me to eat? Who will keep me on time and present at all pick up points for tours? Who will keep track of all my tickets and passes? What? I have to do that myself now??? Sheesh. Never get use to having an executive assistant...