Cairns Esplanade
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What a fine example of tourist trap. Everything shopping, dining and tripping. Absolutely spoilt for choice here in respect to dining.
What a fine example of tourist trap. Everything shopping, dining and tripping. Absolutely spoilt for choice here in respect to dining.
It appears every town now has to have a lagoon. Where I come from a lagoon is a muddy, reedy pool of semi stagnant water with a stinky muddy bottom. Never have I seen a clear weed free chlorinatedRead more
A great view over Cairns. Today a view right over the town where we just came from. The ocean shimmering in the morning sun.
Copperlode dam is where the water supply for Cairns comes from. The dam is not large but holds back an enormous amount of water.
The picnic area is outstanding. There is quite a slow winding steep drive in. Definitely not suitable for vans. Fortunately we left ours behind for this visit to Cairns. Here are great views over theRead more
A 1.5k walk is rewarded with nice falls along the creek. There are many young people here swimming in the chilly water. The walk up to the main falls is along a road used to access the Cairns waterRead more
The local council here purchased this area to protect remnant vegetation. Volunteers have worked with council to make this outstanding wetlands area.
Three lakes have been formed and good pathsRead more
One nice place to stay around Mareeba is just a few kilometers to the north. Birds on Barron is a former tobacco farm. All these farm licences to grow tobacco were bought up by a government buy backRead more
I have visited this spot a few times. The first time was many years ago and it would be unusual to see another person. Today ovely national park was quite bust y with people like us stopping for aRead more
We have found a nice spot where a lot of birds come to drink. There are many Double Barred finches, wattle birds, noisy miners and Kurrawong. There are small Honeyeater but we are not sure exactlyRead more