Family holiday to Cairns

[Ngala]

Thanks again Jodi and Tan! lol yeh I would say stingers are from Oct-June too!! And thanks for the tip on the crocodiles. Would be cool to see one but I am sure I will freak out and hubby will probably want to touch it! LOL J/K..

I got no idea where to go!! Everywhere looks so nice. We might need to spend more than I first thought.. I would like to stay on one of the islands but then I think maybe on the main land it will be better cause there would be more places to see and if we can still travel to the islands if we want to..

Ahhh I dunno!! Too many options. I know that I am going to put this in to the too hard pile cause I always do that!!

I found a nice place up in Cape Tribulation called the Cape Tribulation Beach house.. They do cabins for $179 per night.. but cant work out if that is per person or for TWO people.. This is what it says.. Price ( 2 pers ) $179p/n. So would that be $179 for the both of us or need to double it? Gosh I must sound really dumb at the moment but these rates always get me!!

Jodi - You must LOVE living in Cairns!! I would love to live there hey, so many things to see and do and it must be truly beautiful

What about the Lakes Cairns Resort & Spa? Do you know if that is any good Jodi?

[Beach Mama]

Hey V - Cape Trib is pretty remote, depending on what you want to do you might like to be closer to different things you can do as a family?? If not then that sounds lovely! I would say that price is for the 2 of you!
Good luck deciding on what you are going to do!

[Ngala]

Yeh I thought Cape Trib would be a bit remote but if we get a hire car we should be able get out of there and see some places.

Hopefully today will be a bit better with decided and I may get an idea of what the prices will be like..

[New Dawn]

I would say if you are wanting to see cape trib I would say you should stay in Port as its nice and family orantated(sp?) plus that way you could drive down to cairns if you wanted to and drive up to cape trib but most tours offer free transport and everything that leaves out of cairns will also tour out off Port... I think that Port is more like a hoilday place iykwim but that could be because I live in cairns so dont see it as a hoilday just see it as the place I live, But we love to go up to port and visit the market up there very worth a look... I have know I idea where to stay up there sorry but most place are pretty good with kids so dont think you will too much of a problem..

As for swimming I would say stick to the pool ( there was a croc swimming in the nets on the weekend ) I dont ever swim in the beach but I do know people who do though.... ( but I came from Darwin where you just cant ever swim dew to crocs lol)

[Visitor7]

Ditto to everything Tali has said.
The Daintree is probably too isolated from everything if you're going to stay there.
My suggestion would either be Port Douglas or Cairns.

As for The Lakes, that's a gorgeous place to stay. DH and I stayed there on our wedding night.

Cairns is a beautiful place. I come from Sunshine Coast originally, so the beaches there are a lot nicer. TBH, I don't go swimming here. I hate the beaches and the fact that there are stingers and crocs. We have a pool at home, so that does me just fine. But I have seen a lot of the sights, and definitely worth a trip over here.

[Ngala]

I always imagined Cairns and north Queensland to have beautiful beaches like the Whitsundays. The only swimming we will be doing is probably diving!! And in the pool. I would like to have atleast 1 full day of diving while over there, mosty places I am looking in to offer baby sitting so hopefully we will be able to go and do it.

Atleast I narrowed my selection down to Cairns or Port Douglas. I know the place in Cairns to stay (The Lakes) and now got to find something in Port Douglas. I know that when I call mum tonight (she travelled up QLD coast last year I think) she will suggest a totally different place!!

I would love to travel up the coast... How long would it take to travel from Brisbane to Cairns, stopping at some towns on the way up and spending a night or two in some of the really nice towns??

[Visitor7]

We travel to Brisbane yearly, and usually allow 4 days travelling time. That allows us to stay somewhere overnight each night, and have a look around at some places. We usually drive between 5-9 hours in a day. It's about 1600km or so distance.