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High on the list for many travellers from overseas (as well as interstate!) when visiting the Cairns region is seeing the wide array of native animals that call Australia home. From the infamous, cute and cuddly koala to burly, bouncing kangaroos, alongside wombats, dingoes, wallabies, echidnas, platypuses, emus, kookaburras, cassowaries and an array of reptiles (including lizards, turtles and crocodiles), an enormous variety of Australian animals can be found in a number of different environments across the country. Some Australian animals are easier to spot than others in the wild, so in this article we introduce to you two of

With a coastline that stretches for more than 50,000km (or 31,000 miles), Australia is home to an astonishing 10,000+ beaches! Australia is famous for its laidback, beachside lifestyle, and it’s not hard to see why, with the large majority of the Australian population living nearby to the coast. Summers spent by the beach building sandcastles, playing beach sports such as cricket, swimming, snorkelling, body boarding and surfing with loved ones are often some of the happiest memories of many Aussies! Australia’s beaches come in all shapes, sizes and landscapes. Whether they be bay beaches like those that surround the city

Stand up paddle (SUP) boarding has grown immensely in popularity in Australia (particularly in warmer locations) over the last ten years, after originating in Hawaii as an alternative to surfing. Whether you choose to SUP board for leisure, exercise or means of exploring a beautiful location, you can be guaranteed to develop some killer core and upper body strength while having a blast out in nature all at once! Perfect for all ages (so long as you can swim and have a relative degree of fitness) and relatively easy to learn, SUP boarding is not only tons of fun but

Comprised of 2,900 individual coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef is amazingly the biggest living structure on the planet. It is so large in fact, that it is visible all the way from outer space! The Great Barrier Reef is as astonishingly beautiful as it is enormous and is home to not only 1600+ types of tropical fish alongside fauna such as sea turtles, rays, dolphins and whales, but also an incredible 600 different species of coral! Visitors flock not only from all over the world to visit the World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef, but also from all over

Famous the world over, the World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef is often high on the list for travellers from Queensland, interstate Australia and international visitors from all around the globe. Boasting an astonishing 1625 different types of fish alongside 600 types of beautiful coral (that make up the 2900 individual reefs), the Great Barrier Reef is an absolute must-see for lovers of the ocean and anyone who gets a kick out of being surrounded by incredible natural beauty. Stretching from Bundaberg in southern Queensland all the way to the Cape York Peninsula in Tropical Far North Queensland, the Great