Blogs from Cairns City, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 21

The restaurants of Cairns can also be something to be bragged about. Thanks to its accessibility to the sea (via the Great Barrier Reef, which is a great ecological magnet) Cairns is able to cater to a large audience of varied seafood palates. From your standard fish, to sea cucumbers and what not, thanks to the sheer volume of produce; Cairns was able to evolve its cuisine that revolved around the use of the sea. Being a center point of culture, Cairns used this fact to attract top-rated chefs to make their livelihood here. Over 180 of these restaurants exist predominantly around Cairns, and with each restaurant; there is always something new to offer. Indonesian, Thai, Indian, Japanese, Korean...a whole slew of these flavors and more exist within the borders of the city. Urban food ... read more

The Atherton Tablelands is considered THE agricultural center when it comes to Cairns. Gourmet traveling, farming and dairies are all culminated in this one place. The Tablelands has started out as a forest, but with the discovery of tin and gold in the area, settlers pushed through and slowly developed the area. From farms, it went to dairies; from forests, it became communities. This happened a few centuries ago, but the efforts of modernization continue to linger even still among the lands. The Atherton Tablelands can be found West off of Cairns. Cairns is also the hub of modern and aboriginal art. Art galleries abound, showcasing and presenting the different styles and works of both local aboriginal, and international artists. And the pinnacle of tourism in Cairns? The free tourist attractions that also part of the ... read more

If you are one on a journey of gastronomic heights, Cairns can cater to some of most twisted whims. This city up above Down Under also knows how to combine exotic eating with fine dining. Independent food trips is fast becoming one of the hottest trends in food trips (no more of those stuffed restaurant and food-nook-and-cranny-houses you get brought into). So get your camper vans ready, go on a food trip (bring your family along to heighten the experience), and bring your tastebuds to a whole new reality of eating! Why not start off with the meat of the infamous crocos? Crocos, or bush tuckers as they like to call it, are quite tender and juicy as opposed to the reputed stringy meat that some might think. The taste, is arguably more pork than ... read more

Woke up at 4:45am to catch the flight at 6:25am to Cairns. I don’t mind sacrificing some sleep for cheaper air ticket :P The domestic airport was obviously a lot more busy than two weeks ago when we went to Tasmania as the summer holiday starts for school kids. We did not realize there is 1hour time difference between Sydney and Cairns and that the flight was actually 3 hours instead of 2. Anyway, so we arrived at Cairns at 8:35am local time. A local guide, Queenie, whom we used to arrange some of the tour bookings came to pick us up from the airport, and she gave us a brief city tour around Cairns. The city of Cairns mainly consists of 6 streets, full of souvenir stores and restaurants. Queenie said Cairns has the size ... read more

Hi, Today hasn't been too action packed I'm afraid. I shall be off for a couple of days on a liveaboard dive vessel and checking out of the hostel in the morning so I just need to get my stuff packed up and sorted again. I just popped into town, primarily to get a new memory card for my camera since I finished the first one yesterday. Whilst in town I stopped into the Cairns museum. This is much smaller than previous ones I've visited but for once I actually arrived at the right time to get the tour. This meant that I got to pose with tiger shark jaws, a crocodile skull and sawfish saw! The museum itself had what I am now thinking of as the typical array of exhibits- some bits about how ... read more