<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head><TITLE>Cairns Australia - Cairns accommodation, tourist information, maps and more</TITLE> <META name="description" content="Cairns accommodation, boat hire, sailing and diving pictures and picture tours of the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and Australia's tropical Cairns and Cairns coast, Airlee Beach with Cairns maps and Queensland weather information."> <META name="keywords" content="Cairns, Cairns-australia,Cairns, Cairns accommodation,Cairns-holidays, Cairns-holiday, Cairns-holidays, Cairns weather, Cairns map, Cairns-travel-information."> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <LINK href="homepage.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> <script type="text/javascript" src="menu_content.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js"></script> </head> <BODY> <script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="19" align="middle" background="pics/topbg.jpg"><div id="firstObject"> Cairns&nbsp;Australia .com is the official e-CBD portal for the Cairns region</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="113" background=Images/101885.jpg><table width="100%" height="113" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" background=Images/101424.jpg> <tr> <td colSpan=2 background=Images/101883.gif> <P align=right><IMG height=113 alt="Cairns " hspace =0 src="Images/101882.jpg" width=456 border=0></P></td> <td align="right" valign="top" background=Images/101884.gif > <P align=right><IMG height=113 alt="Port Douglas" hspace=0 src="Images/101886.jpg" width=304 border=0 ></P></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <TD valign="bottom" align="center" background="pics/navbg.jpg" height="30"><TABLE class="menu" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="936" border="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><A id="link1" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112112546_0,-6,26,null,'link5')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="default.php" name="link5">Home</A></TD> <TD><A id="link2" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112123628_0,-5,26,null,'link18')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="101914.php" name="link18">Accommodation</A></TD> <TD><A id="link3" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112125615_0,-5,26,null,'link7')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="100332.php" name="link7">Things to Do</A></TD> <TD><A id="link4" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112130037_0,-5,26,null,'link6')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="101929.php" name="link6">Tourist Info</A></TD> <TD><A id="link9" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112130320_0,-5,26,null,'link8')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="100399.php" name="link8">Maps</A></TD> <TD><A id="link10" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112130659_0,-5,26,null,'link17')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="106013.php" name="link17">Getting Around</A></TD> <TD><A id="link11" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112133813_0,-5,26,null,'link19')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="101913.php" name="link19">Cairns Living</A></TD> <TD><A id="link13" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112134446_0,-56,26,null,'link12')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="100398.php" name="link12">Real Estate</A></TD> <TD><A id="link15" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0112134645_0,-120,26,null,'link14')" onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();" href="101644.php" name="link14">Classifieds</A></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE></td> </tr> </table> <div id="ad"><DIV id="console"> <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" width="756" border="0"> <TR vAlign=top> <TD class="left"> <DIV id=welcome><H1>Cairns&nbsp;Australia .com</H1> <P>You could consider Cairns the 'capital of the Great Barrier Reef'  it's&nbsp;the last major outpost of civilisation before the remote jungle of Cape York Peninsula&nbsp;overtakes the landscape and it's&nbsp;closer to Indonesia and&nbsp;Papua New Guinea than <A href="http://www.brisbane-australia.com" target="">Brisbane</A>. Cairns' location makes it one of the main springboards for international visitors coming in and out of Australia and whether you stay for a minute or a millennium you'll be enchanted by this tropical paradise...</P></DIV> <DIV id=divlet><IMG height=103 alt="Cairns accommodation" hspace=0 src="Images/101892.jpg" width=135 align=left border=0> <A href="101914.php" target=""><STRONG>Cairns Accommodation</STRONG></A><BR> There are&nbsp;enough things to do&nbsp;in and around Cairns to keep anyone occupied for weeks, so if you're visiting the region you're probably going to want to bunk down for a while. Whether your wallet is fat enough for&nbsp;a five star resort like the&nbsp;Hilton or the Radisson, or you're on more of a Robinson Crusoe-type budget, you'll find&nbsp;a Cairns accommodation provider with a bed for you: book online right now... <A onmouseover="flvFSTI1('Click','pics/click2.gif',7,0,1,1)" onmouseout=flvFSTI2() href="101914.php"><IMG height=10 alt="Click here for more" src="pics/click.gif" width=109 border=0 name=Click></A> </DIV> <DIV id=divlet2><IMG height=103 alt="Port Douglas" hspace=0 src="Images/101907.jpg" width=135 align=right border=0> <DIV style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><A href="101915.php"><STRONG>Port Douglas</STRONG></A> </STRONG></DIV>An hour up the coast from Cairns is the resort strip of Port Douglas; it's pretty, remote, and surrounded by tropical rainforest, and whether you want a meat pie or a macchiato you'll find the place is as sophisticated as you want it to be. The waters are teeming with sharks, crocodiles and box jellyfish though, so make sure your Port Douglas accommodation comes with a pool. <A onmouseover="flvFSTI1('Click1','pics/click2.gif',7,0,1,1)" onmouseout=flvFSTI2() href="101915.php"><IMG id=Click1 height=10 alt="Click here for more" src="pics/click.gif" width=109 border=0 name=Click1></A></DIV> <DIV id=divlet><IMG height=103 alt="Cairns snorkelling" hspace=0 src="Images/101894.jpg" width=135 align=left border=0><A href="100472.php" target=""><STRONG>Business Directory</STRONG></A> &nbsp; </STRONG><BR>Cairns is the last real outpost of urban civilisation in far north Queensland with a thriving and diverse business community&nbsp;and we've made it our goal to try and list every business with a web presence in our online business directory. If you're looking for a business in Cairns, chances are we'll have is listed... <A onmouseover="flvFSTI1('Click2','pics/click2.gif',7,0,1,1)" onmouseout=flvFSTI2() href="100472.php"><IMG id=Click2 height=10 alt="Click here for more" src="pics/click.gif" width=109 border=0 name=Click2></A></DIV> <DIV id=divlet2><IMG height=103 alt="4WD in Cairns rainforest" hspace=0 src="Images/101908.jpg" width=135 align=right border=0> <DIV style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><A href="101971.php"><STRONG>virtual tours&nbsp;&amp; pictures</STRONG></A> &nbsp; </DIV>Cairns, Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef are three of the prettiest places on earth. 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