Cairns Holiday Specialists Blog - Author: Sophie Tabouel

The Cairns Festival is back and set to kick off on Saturday the 24th of August and to finish on 1st September. This year’s festival will be packed with activities that will challenge you all… but a fun challenge none the less. Cairns Festival kicks off the week with free kids (and ‘big kids’) activities […]

Coming to Cairns this August is a celebration of Queensland’s Indigenous Art and Culture. Ranging from traditional to contemporary this festival offers an array of free exhibitions and performances to immerse you in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. From Wednesday the 14th till Sunday the 19th located around the local region will be art exhibition […]

Calling all food lovers, an event not to be missed!   Where: Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal When: Sunday 18th August 2013 – 12pm – 10pm How much: Tickets sold at the door: $30 per person   Cairns will be showcasing the best Far North Queensland cuisine has to offer in a day and a night […]

The Torres Strait People have a solid and significant connection to the land and nature, and their respect for its purpose and powerful existence, is demonstrated through Rita Pryce’s and The Baiwa Dance Company’s, latest production, ‘Warupaw Uu – Echo of Drums’. This brand new theatrical show will be performed on Friday the 16th and […]

The annual Cairns Amateurs Horse Racing Carnival is 4 days of fun and festivities including 2 days of horse racing. The carnival is held every year in early September during the spring racing carnival. The Cairns racing carnival was first held in 1959 and allowed both the City and Country residents to come together. Over […]

Cassie had the pleasure of surprising Mr Phillip McKenna with a special hamper from all the team at the Cairns Holiday Specialists when he checked in at Novotel Oasis Cairns! Why would we do such thing… …Because we treat our customers as our ‘Guests’ not just tourists! Mr McKenna was the first ever guest to […]

There is another world out there… the underwater world! Come and explore this beautiful world at the ‘Cairns Underwater Film Festival’, held on Saturday August the 24th from 18:00 at the Cairns Civic Theatre. The festival is a visual delight of underwater imagery from across the globe.  Not to forget the underwater photo and film […]