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Thinking of a Cairns and Northern Beaches Holiday?

Posted on June 28, 2013 by christina

Apartments, Hotels, Resorts and Beachside Holiday Home Accommodation

If you decide you would like your holiday accommodation to be at a Cairns Northern beaches destination then a beachfront hotel, resort, self-contained holiday apartment or holiday house on this beach accommodation website will definitely provide the perfect holiday option to suit your budget and or taste in comfort and style.

By making your holiday reservation with the Cairns Holiday Specialists you have the added bonus extras of our Cairns based reservation teams expert local knowledge and personal experience of the Cairns Beaches accommodation options, the surrounding regions, Cairns  major tourist attractions and sightseeing options to make your Cairns and  Tropical North Queensland beach holiday complete.

We live here and we are locals and have visited most of the properties on www.cairnsbeachaccommodation.com.au so you can be assured that what we have written about the accommodation on our websites is the opinion of our teams and the images taken are those provided by the Cairns Beaches resorts, hotels, holiday apartments and the beach holiday houses as supplied by their respective management companies and or owners.
Cairns Beaches accommodation offers quaint beachside villa options for that homely feel along with three star and four star self-contained holiday apartments as well as the upper end full service 5 star beachfront resorts and beach-side hotels for the more luxurious relaxing holiday.
Beachfront and beachside holiday homes have also become very popular for families giving them that much more freedom and space to move around or entertain friends with a beachfront barbeque.

Cairns Beachfront Holiday houses and holiday homes

Machans Beach

The first beachfront suburb 5- 10 minutes north from Cairns City and the Cairns Airport is Machans Beach. This quaint little village has a hippie feel to it with the old style bungalow housing that dots the suburb. Machans Beach has a very strong social community and residents have their own monthly newsletter called Machinations that is put together voluntarily and delivered to every letterbox in Machans Beach for free to keep all the residents in the loop with the happenings in Machans Beach. There is also a communal organic vegetable garden that you are allowed to donate time to and reap the sowing of everyone’s seeds that are also donated. Each year on the new full moon the Machans Beach esplanade comes to life with the full moon festival. Again everyone donates their time to set up stalls to fund raise for the local Machans Beach SES (emergency services) and the community hall fund. On the night you can buy food and drinks and wander around listening to the bands and various merry makers. It’s a free evening’s entertainment and people come from all over Cairns to enjoy the atmosphere on the refreshing Machans Beach Beachfront
Esplanade under the light of the silvery moon. Other happenings in Machans Beach are the free events and live music put on at the Sports Club again for fund raising purposes for the upkeep of the tennis court and basketball court. They even put on a free Christmas party each year and all children receive a gift and a visit from Santa. The Machans Beach community hall is used to take out an elderly neighbour for coffee and a dance and socialise with other elderly neighbours that can no longer get around easily by them. Guests renting the holiday houses in Machans beach are welcome to join in on all local activities.
Local restaurants and take away stores for guests staying in beachfront houses or beachside holiday homes are all within walking distance.
Machans Beach beachfront holiday houses and homes vary from the just plain cute and cosy cottages for two to the more opulent luxurious holiday house that can accommodate up to 8-10 guests. Most of the holiday homes in Machans Beach have a swimming pool or a spa or a combination of both. Some are two storeys whilst others are single level. Most of the holiday homes in Machans Beach are located on Redden Island which is home to only 23 residential houses.

Holloways Beach

Similar in style and ambience of Machans Beach, Holloways Beach is a lot larger and offers more commercial facilities for holiday makers.
The beach here is patrolled during the school holiday periods and a swimming enclosure is available on the main beach near the children’s playground on the esplanade.
Holloways Beach restaurants are located right on the beach and on some weekends they offer live bands and entertainment for locals and tourists alike to enjoy whilst the kids play on the beach.
The holiday accommodation at Holloways Beach ranges from private holiday houses to bed and breakfasts, self-contained apartments and holiday resorts with management on site.
Holloways Beach is only a 10 minute drive to Cairns city and only 10 minutes to the Skyrail terminal at Smithfield making it a nice central beach location for a relaxing holiday.  Take a peek at some of the holiday options here.

Yorkeys Knob

Strange name for a holiday destination? Yorkeys Knob was named after a local fisherman that used to live on top of the hillside knob back in the 1880s and if you are at all interested you can read the story written by Mary T Williams on Wikipedia. Yorkeys Knob is another small village style hamlet that offers a boat club with a yacht club and large indoor and outdoor dining room and restaurant, beachfront cafes and milk bars, a golf course with a dining room, bottle shop and beauty facilities.
Yorkeys Knob is a popular residential beach location for locals to reside and also holiday with other guests from the world over.
Whilst there is no name brand beachfront holiday resorts in Yorkeys Knob there are fabulous beachfront holiday apartments and units that have swimming pools
and barbeque facilities so you can enjoy the great outdoors. There are also council maintained barbeques on the beachfront esplanade for families to enjoy along with the children’s playground.
When you choose holiday accommodation in Yorkeys Knob you can choose to either rent a car (LINK to VROOM VROOM) or you can take advantage of the local Sunbus which travels thru Yorkeys Knob around about every hour servicing Cairns and the northern beaches up to Palm Cove (LINK)
Yorkeys Knob is a 15 minute drive from Cairns city and a 15 minute drive to the beautiful beachside suburb of Palm Cove Queensland Australia. If you like the sound of Yorkeys Knob then have a look at some of the accommodation choices here.

Trinity Beach

Trinity Beach is another very popular beachfront holiday location for locals and tourists alike. There is a plethora of holiday accommodation choices from budget style holiday accommodation to luxury resort style complexes on the beachfront beside self-contained holiday apartments just perfect for families or couples looking for a bit of privacy and romance.
Trinity Beach is famous for its hill top pub or tavern that offers ocean view dining facilities and gambling facilities along with a game area to keep the children occupied whilst the parents indulge in a nice relaxing dinner overlooking the ocean.
There is a very good range of restaurants and bars in Trinity Beach with most of them located on the Vasey Esplanade and all are within walking distance of the holiday houses.
Whilst Trinity Beach does not have any fully serviced resort or hotel accommodation they certainly do have some lovely privately owned holiday apartment complexes that are managed by couples 7 days a week. Your holiday accommodation is normally serviced on a weekly basis and all apartments have self-contained cooking facilities and laundries.
Trinity Beach is one of most popular beach holiday destinations for families as its location to Cairns and Palm Cove place it right in the middle of all the tours and attractions in the region. Have a look at the lovely accommodation options on this page.

Kewarra Beach

Kewarra Beach has one absolute beachfront resort that has gone thru a fabulous refurbishment and offers visitors a new open air under cover cocktail lounge that takes the rainforest into the scenic ambience of the location.
When you walk into the lobby of the resort it takes your breath away! You breathe a big sigh of wow this is beautiful and relaxing I cannot wait to get to my room.
Kewarra Beach resort has individual bungalow style accommodation dotted around the rainforest and also directly on the sand of the resorts beachfront. This resort is very popular for weddings, honeymoons and couples just looking for a quiet beach and rainforest location that is close to town for a relaxing holiday.

The other resort located in Kewarra Beach is the Paradise Palm Resort and Country Club. This resort is connected to an 18 hole international championship course and club house. Paradise Palms Resort satisfies every single member in the family and also offers great children’s activities in the 2 acre adventure playground. Mum can either have a round of golf or sit by the lap pool or work out in the gymnasium and then head of to the hairdressing salon. Choose from one or two bedroom apartment style accommodation.

Clifton Beach

Clifton Beach is a mixture of residential homes and holiday apartments that line the beachfront Esplanade. Whilst there are no beachfront shops or restaurants in Clifton Beach you do have a good choice located on the outside of the Clifton village shopping centre just in case you were planning on not cooking at all during your Tropical North Queensland holiday.
There are no resorts or hotels in Clifton Beach only self-contained holiday apartments that are serviced on a weekly basis by the resident managers that live on site. Each one of these holiday complexes have their own swimming pools and normally a barbeque beside the pool in the tropical gardens. Take a look at some holiday accommodation options on this page.

Palm Cove

Palm Cove is definitely the most popular beach holiday destination in Cairns and Tropical North Queensland and as such some of the major international hotel brands have been attracted here to manage four and five star holiday resorts.
The Palm Cove village is only a very small strip that runs the length of the beachfront and is lined on one side by the ocean and palm trees and the other by giant ancient Melaleuca trees. The road down the middle is made from pavers and makes the whole picture just perfect. The buildings in Palm Cove have a height limit of three stories so no shadows on the beaches and no overcrowding.
You must take a look at Palm Cove for your next holiday but be sure to book in advance as this little village is very popular.

Port Douglas

Well most Australians have heard of Port Douglas due to its high profile developer Christopher Skase building the Sheraton Mirage Resort and The Marina Mirage boat marina in the mid-eighties. In the excessive eighties money did not seem to be an issue with too many people and developers were building all sorts of luxurious resorts and hotels which in turn attracted high profile business people and celebrities from the world over.
Today Port Douglas is still world famous and extremely popular but it now also caters for the mid-range accommodation and for large families, weddings and conferences. We highly recommend you consider Port Douglas as a destination to also consider for your next holiday in Cairns and Tropical North Queensland. Take a look at some options here http://www.portdouglastravel.com/

We thank you for taking the time to read our review of the Cairns Northern Beaches Accommodation options and should you require our advice or assistance at anytime, please do not hesitate to contact us on 07 4059 5959 or international +61 7 4059 5959 or email us on info@cairnsholidayspecialists.com.au