Getting to and around Cairns
Airport transport
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
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.
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
Black and White Taxis- 131008
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.
