Excursion Step back in time: cairns walking tour tour at Cairns

Discover the colourful background of this tropical city in Queensland's north on this 2 hour walking tour through Cairns city streets.

Meet your knowledge local guide and depart the pier for a leisurely walk through the town concluding at the Cairns Museum.

Cairns City

Cairns is only 140 years old and the first Europeans and Chinese came to the area in the rush for gold. The fortune hunters braved the crocodile infested waters, the dense rainforests, the heavy monsoonal rains, the stingers and the heat, to build what is still the last city on the road going north from Sydney. To this day the Yirrganydji and the Yidinji Aboriginal people walked this land.

The Cairns of today is a chic tourism town with cafes and shops, your guide will point out the historic buildings, natural sights and the special places that have created this tropical paradise.

Cairns Museum

The walk will bring you to the newly re-opened Cairns Museum where your guide will give you a 30 minute guided tour through the exhibits. The museum has amazing stories to share about living in the tropics through a collection of objects, photographs and archival records. You will learn of stories of heat, sweat and hard work, of cane, railways, rainforests and reefs. As well as discovering the history of white Australia, Aboriginal resistance and European isolation.

The tour will conclude at the museum where you may stay and explore then take a short walk back to the ship at your leisure.

Points of interests

Points of interest seen on this excursion:Cairns City & Museum

Note

Please note: This tour involves an extensive amount of walking for approximately 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles). There will be seating available at regular intervals; however guests should be capable of comfortably walking the entire distance. This tour is not suitable for guests with limited mobility or those who utilise a wheelchair. The terrain is mostly flat, paved or a wooden boardwalk; however some natural and uneven ground may be encountered. We recommend guests wear light comfortable clothing and comfortable walking shoes, sun protection, a hat and sunglasses. Tour includes admission into the Cairns Museum. The tour concludes at the Cairns Museum which is located approximately 900 metres (0.6 miles) from the pier. Guests are to walk back to the ship at their leisure. Please note that temperatures at this time of the year can get very high and rain showers should also be anticipated.