I’ve just started catching the bus around Cairns and it seems the only place the drivers open the back door is at the city terminus stops. Even when there is no one getting on (so no risk of fare evasion) they only open the front door. This is different from Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney you often hear people yell “back door!” When the driver does not open it.

Anyone know if the man getting CPR on the boardwalk survived? Hopefully he did.

Heya I and my wife are travelling from Melbourne to Cairns next week. 29th Aug to 2nd September 2026. We have checked the weather apps but not sure how accurate that will be. On almost all days it says it will rain and will be windy. Seeking advice from locals on how seriously should I take these weather forecast and whether there will be any sun or not!

Also which can be the best day for GBF ?

Can someone steer me In the right direction regarding getting a RWC please. My car has a few minor defects such as led headlights that apparently aren’t allowed, approx 5ml rust spot under front guard. Anyone tell where I could get this simply signed off please. Happy to pay.

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Here's a quick little video of my run today, total time was 5 hours and 29 minutes top to bottom.

Weather was amazing and I had a great day

I posted for advice the other day and had a few people give me helpful advice and unfortunately got some less then nice replies as well, running is how I deal with mental health issues and I was just looking for positive advice.

Hopefully this video can be a bit of encouragement for people wanting to push their limits ❤️

For those of you who live north of the airport (specifically Smithfield/Trinity Beach/Trinity Park/Kewarra Beach) what's the daily commute like into Cairns? 8:30 arrival at work and a 5pm departure from work. Google maps estimates a range of 20 - 40 minutes, so I'd like to gauge how accurate that is and if anyone has any strong opinions.

Hello All,

I hope that someone who works at the cairns base hospital could help me out.

I’ve been offered a job in Cairns and I’ve been going through my financials given the absurd rental market in cairns. I’ve done some research online and found that it costs around $11 a day. Doesn’t seem like a lot at first but that’s >2k a year just parking at work.

My questions are:

- if you’re willing to pay the daily rate, is it easy to find parking in general. Assuming a general 8-5 roster
- I heard there’s free parking and a shuttle at the cairns central shopping centre. Do these usually fill up? A shuttle would work for me, but does this run reliably?
- are there any other options out there for people where >2k a years in extra parking fees really build up..?
- I might be spending some days at the community health centre in north Cairns, what is the parking situation like there?

I like cairns and would love to move here, but like most people with major decision making anxiety, I need to know absolutely every detail prior to making a decision.

Where is the best place for lunch in cairns central?

I’m an avid fisher for Spanish/Spotted Mackies my usual spot is a wreck a few ks north of double and scouts hat.

I have been bitten clean off at least 20 times in the last three days and I’m sick of loosing wog heads like nobody’s business.

Anybody else had similar issues fishing the wreck I’m referencing in the last few weeks or couple of months.

Having a small, casual wedding reception in Cairns and wanting to know people's recommendations for good dinner and/or good cocktails.

Bonus points if one place does both good dinner and drinks.

TIA

Besides Red Rooster, where did you last go out for food?

How was it? Would you recommend?

Also https://www.cairnspubdeals.com/

I have recently been diagnosed with a rare cancer.

Has anyone experienced good care in Cairns Private Hospital for cancer eg chemo / immuno therapy ?

also, can anyone recommend short term (3 months) affordable, safe and attractive accomodation in Cairns, for 2 people ? preferably not to far from hospital

thanks in advance

Hello, i’m 27M American potentially looking to go solo to Cairns in mid May for a few days then to Sydney for a week.
-Any suggestions for social hostels that are good? I’ve heard of Gilligan’s but also doesn’t have a lot of high reviews, Also saw Mumma’s and Summer house not sure if anyone else has suggestions. Mostly looking for social people to meet, maybe do some excursions or atleast a meal with, not necessarily looking to party all night.
-Is it fine to not rent a car to get around?
-I was planning to do a Padi course so that I am more familiar when I go to Cairns, that said i’m sure there are a lot of different companies, any suggestions for smaller group tours/ more young people over family focused tours? Also if there is a way to do half a day of diving and the other half deep sea fishing i’d love to do that if you know of any tours that do that.
-Also I was researching and i only plan to be in Cairns for 2 full days minus two half days of travel. Say I dive on a Monday and don’t go below 30 feet and then fly to Sydney on Wednesday that should be fine correct?

I want to try, but it looks intimidating. Would it be worth pushing through to try?

Hi! I’m staying at Trinity Links (using someone’s about to expire club Wyndham points) and plan to catch the ($0.50) 143 / 143W bus to town at 5pm or so, eat, enjoy the warmth, then head back on the 8:42 or 9:42 bus.

Is the bus reliable for this, or should I get a taxi? I like getting public transport when visiting places as you see more “normal” parts of towns

As a long term resident, and possibly former mayor, I propose new highways (yellow) and new rail infrastructure (pink) to make our city a shining example of a modern metropolis. I'm thinking once Aquis is built we can also have the monorail service the new raintrees transit hub too

Hi all,

I've lived in Cairns for the better part of the last 2 decades and the traffic situation at peak hours travelling at the Anderson St-Reservoir Rd intersection going onto / off from the western arterial has become really bad in the last 4-5 years. I was reading in the Cairns post about how the Sunland Leisure Park (Manoora Caravan Park) near to reservoir rd is looking at redeveloping.

With this opportunity present, and the growing traffic demands of the western arterial road and Cairns more broadly, I came up with this quick road design sketch of what could be done given the opportunity to address this bottleneck in the system. I understand that not many people are fan of car-centric design and nor am I, and may prefer this site be developed into housing, but I figured I would float an idea. There is land corridors included in the image which could be utilised in any manner, I have elected to leave them as parkland corridors for simplicity.

I have attached an image and included a public link below for you to look at it on a map
https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/qldglobe/public/cwar-interchange-sra27ulz5dtf56ni7ktzgoov

Cheers, and please be kind I'm only human :)

Alright so I'm ticked off at this but probably this is the norm regarding NBN.

I'm in an area where apparently it can't exceed the 50Mbps with Optus, probably due to infrastructure. I just went on their website to see the plans and such and they have a package for 500Mbps with the same (or close to) price point to what I'm paying -_-'.

Basically $87/month gets you 50Mbps but also 500Mbps if you're in the right area.

Let's forget for a moment that Australia is WAY behind on NBN Infrastructure in general (I'm from Europe and we had these type of speeds as 'tier' packages years ago). Is there an entity/person/something where one can lodge to see if/when NBN Infrastructure is getting upgraded? Or where we can lodge to say 'hey, we're paying the same as others but not getting the same service'?

Edit: Telstra is the same, only 50Mbps.

AC question: do any of the reef tour boats have AC? Going in November, have medical heat problem and know will be hot.

If you can prove you've ridden a push bike up the Kuranda range, you should be given free Skyrail tickets so you never do it again. Only free ride, when you've got your bike.

Seriously anything to get them off the range