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Cheapest cached fares Sydney → Cairns; direct flights available (e.g. JQ). · Based on 16 fares found by travellers in the last 48h
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Cheapest days highlighted · darker = pricier · past days greyed out · cached one-way fares.
Best value: Sep — fares from €72 and ~26°C daytime.
Flights from Sydney to Cairns start around €72 (direct flights available). Range seen recently: €72–87, based on 16 fares found by travellers.
Fares found by travellers in the last 48 hours — refreshed daily.
In Dec, Cairns typically sees ~30°C daytime highs and 23 rainy days.
3★+ hotels from €62/night (39 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).
Top-rated tours and tickets from €173 — book ahead for the popular ones.
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Cairns is touted as the "gateway to the Great Barrier Reef" and other destinations such as Kuranda and the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland. Although the city has little to offer to travellers besides tour agencies, a handful of restaurants, cafes, and backpacker bars, and a long walk along the esplanade looking out at the swampy shoreline. Its 150,000 residents are regularly outnumbered by both domestic and international visitors.
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