Fitzroy Island is a picturesque 45 minute boat road from Cairns Marina on a comfortable, smooth catamaran with indoor and outdoor seating. The boat ride itself is magical but when you arrive at the Fi

The question we are most frequently asked is "What to do with little kids"? Not only for free activities but also what tours and day trips work. When you are travelling in the tropics with small children

Saltwater Crocodiles (not to be confused with Freshwater Crocodiles) are a fact of life in Far North Queensland, they inhabit beaches, rivers and creeks but they are not a critter you want to come upo

Are you like so many people and in the habit of last minute bookings, thinking that is when you will get a deal? That can work, but not if you want school holidays in Port Douglas or Palm Cove. Every school holiday

A potential first-time overseas visitor to Cairns told us recently, with some amusement, that a certain “joker” had told him that there are free-to-use electric barbeques along Cairns Esplanade an

Officially, the Tasmanian Tiger became extinct back in the 1930s when the last one in captivity died. The story of its extinction doesn’t make happy reading for most modern folk. This was the last of its kind –