Destination · 4 guides
The tropical end of the country, where the water stays warm.
Cairns
The shape of a three-day Cairns trip — one beach day, one rainforest day, one reef day — plus what to book first, how much driving is involved and how to stretch it to four.
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Great Barrier Reef
Why we chose Green Island for our first Great Barrier Reef day — a 45-minute crossing, a glass-bottom boat the whole family could share, and reef you walk into from the beach.
4 min read
Daintree
The drive north from Cairns into the world's oldest tropical rainforest — how the Mossman Gorge shuttle works, which walks are worth it, and why Port Douglas is the right way home.
4 min read
Cairns
An easy first day in Tropical North Queensland — a palm-lined beach up the coast, the best markets in town and the free saltwater lagoon that saves every Cairns holiday.
4 min read
