Travel NQ’s Guide to Cairns Beaches

Travel NQ’s Guide to Cairns Beaches

While Cairns is best known for the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage rainforest, this tropical North Queensland city is also home to a string of beautiful golden beaches. All ten of the beaches in Cairns are located to the north of the city in a string of coastal...
Road Trip: Cairns to Cobbold Gorge

Road Trip: Cairns to Cobbold Gorge

Most visitors to Tropical North Queensland come here expecting swaying palm trees and lush green rainforest, but if you head west on a road trip you can experience an entirely different landscape. The drive to Cobbold Gorge takes about 6 hours from Cairns so it can be...
Granite Gorge: Rock-Hopping Heaven

Granite Gorge: Rock-Hopping Heaven

Popular with daytrippers and campers, Granite Gorge is a privately owned nature park near Mareeba with stunning scenery and lots to see and do, especially if you’re touring the Cairns Tablelands with children. Colleen Bryde is the lucky owner who gets to call this...
Girl’s Weekend in Port Douglas

Girl’s Weekend in Port Douglas

Looking for somewhere to go for a girl’s weekend in north Queensland? Port Douglas has everything you could possibly want for some chill out time with your besties. Every year I look forward to having a girls weekend away and over the years, after trying lots of...