How to get a Thorsborne Trail permit for 2027
2027 Thorsborne Trail permits open at 10am on 15 December 2026 and peak dates sell out within the hour. How to book, what it costs and how to line up the ferry.
Planned Burns in Far North Queensland Parks: What They Mean for Your Walk
Why Queensland Parks burns between June and October, how to read a park alert before you walk, and what smoke means for the Tablelands drives.
Is Double Island reopening? What we know
Double Island off Palm Cove has a new leaseholder and an AUD 40 million plan. Here is what has been announced, what has not, and what you can do out there today.
Cairns This Week: 12 to 18 October 2026
What is on, what is shut, and what has changed around Cairns and the Far North for the…
Kuranda Range night closures return from 18 October
The Kuranda Range Road is closing overnight again. Transport and Main Roads updated its Kennedy Highway (Kuranda Range…
Curtain Fig Tree, Yungaburra: Why It Hangs Like That
A 500-year-old fig with a fifteen-metre curtain of roots, an hour from Cairns. Why it grew sideways, the boardwalk, and why you should come back after dark.
Tattooed Sailor Coffee Roasters: The Cairns Roastery on Newell Street
Cairns has its own coffee roastery, in a Bungalow shed, and it also trades as Newell Street Cafe. The blends, the prices, and the Mareeba-grown one.
Paint and Sip in Cairns: What Actually Happens at One
What a paint and sip night in Cairns is actually like, what it costs, where they run and who they suit. Written by the people who run one, and we say so.
Paper Crane Cairns: The Asian Restaurant Behind the Esplanade
Paper Crane sits on the ground floor of Crystalbrook Riley beside the lagoon pool, and anyone can book it. The menu, the set menus, the weekly deals and how to get a table.
Scenic flights from Cairns: helicopters, planes and cay landings
Prices, durations, departure points, weight limits and cay landings for Cairns scenic flights and helicopter tours, plus an honest answer on who should skip it.
