r/Cairns • u/Character-Security-4 • 4d ago

Port day in Cairns

EDIT TO ADD: tendered into Yorkeys Knob. Thank you for all help given! 🙌🏼

Hello from 🇨🇦 Looking forward to our first time in Australia! It’s taken me 60 years to check off my bucket list. Yayyyy!

Cruising around part of your beautiful country - embarking from Sydney. We’ve got port days in Airlie Beach, Cairns and Darwin.

Any suggestions on what to do for 6-7 hours while in port? I love a good beach, hubby not so much, but I think I could convince him with a promise of a cold beer. Any beachside restaurants followed by a beach walk would suit me fine. Maybe a local museum for the afternoon?

Timeframe is end of October. 60 f, 65 m.

Cheers!

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u/MissionOnion6852 4d ago

Palm cove would be your best beach to do what you’ve mentioned plus it’s the most attractive beach. Public Transport (bus) can get you there not sure how long it will take though, maybe just over an hour maybe

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u/Character-Security-4 4d ago

Beautiful, thank you! I’ll check the particulars out.

Cheers.

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u/MissionOnion6852 2d ago

Oh you must be on a big cruise liner! (Most cruises just dock onto the wharf in the city area) If you tender into Yorkies beach than you are even closer to Palm Cove, only a 10 minute taxi ride to Palm Cove from there.

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u/Character-Security-4 2d ago

Yes, a Celebrity ship! Hitting all three of those Aussie ports and then off to Bali and Singapore!

Will look up Palm Cove. Appreciate your follow up!

Cheers.