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Getting to and around Cairns

Airport transport

cairns airport transfers

The Airport Bus is the most economical way to get to the city, it is not far but is it is a bit cheaper than a taxi if you're by yourself and they drop off at accommodation. Note that Cairns is a very spread out city and some accommodation places are that far off the beaten track that it will not be serviced by buses.
If you're hiring a car in Cairns many hire companies will even pick you up from the airport so you can save yourself the fare.
Cairns Airport has a reputation of being one of the most difficult airports to get through customs, Brisbane, Sydney and Darwin are a breeze compared to this one. The webmaster of this site is high on the suspicious list there, when they still hadn't managed to find drugs on me after ten years of searching they decided to search my laptop for pedophile photos! I was a bit offended and hope they will one day just realize that I simply like travelling and that is the reason I fly to other places, not for illicit reasons.
Airport Connections will transport you from the airport to any hotel in and between Cairns, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation. More info....

Bicycle

There are quite a few places around town to hire a bicycle, Bandicoot Bicycle on 59 Sheridan St. is one of them.

Bus

Though Cairns has nowhere near the population of some of the main cities in the south it is very spread out, the northern suburb of Palm Cove lies 25 km. from the city centre while the soutern suburbs lie another15 or so km. down the road, the city also reaches inland about 15 kms. out to Redlynch and Crystal Cascades.
The local bus company is Sunbus and you can visit sunbus.com.au to plan your movements around Cairns. In the citycentre most of the buses leave from Lake St. next to the mall.

Day Tour

cairns skyrail great barrier reef scenic flight
Tour highlights
© Down Under Dive

If your time is limited this ultimate daytour will show you all the best things in only one day; Kuranda train, Skyrail, scenic helicopter flight, the Great Barrier Reef etc. More info....

On foot

Pick up the brochure 'Cairns Heritage City Walk' at the tourist information for a self guided walk around many of the historic buildings in the city centre. Some of the buildings go back a long way like the one below that was built in 1890, it has survived three fires and nowadays houses Johnno's blues bar.

johnno's cairns

 

Rental car

Rent a car to get around! RentNewCars.com.au is an Australian company that exclusively distributes Europcar & Thrifty's Australian fleet of 16,000 new vehicles and offers access to over 200 locations around Australia via the RentNewCars web site. They also guarantee that through their True Quotes™ Promises that your final corrected payment will be the same as what they quoted - and if they are wrong then they will refund you DOUBLE the difference to your credit card.

Taxi

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Flights to Cairns:

With Cairns being a bit remote your preferred choice might be to fly there to save time.

Airfare.com.au is a good place to start looking for both cheap airfares to Australia and budget domestic airfares within Australia. Browse and book online.

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