Cairns Showgrounds

Cairns Showgrounds is a recreation area in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland. Cairns Showgrounds is situated nearby to the sports venue Cairns Ashtanga Yoga, as well as near Cairns BMX Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cairns Hospital and HMAS Cairns.

Cairns Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Mondberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cairns Hospital, known as the Cairns Base Hospital between 1932 and 2013, is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located at 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, Cairns. Cairns Hospital is situated 1½ km north of Cairns Showgrounds.

HMAS Cairns

Military installation

Photo: Fosnez, Public domain.

HMAS Cairns is a Royal Australian Navy base located adjacent to the Trinity Inlet on the shore of Trinity Bay in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Although used regularly as a port-of-call since before World War II, a permanent RAN presence was not established until 1971, when a maintenance and support base for patrol boats was set up. HMAS Cairns is situated 1½ km southeast of Cairns Showgrounds.

Cairns Control Room

Building

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Cairns Control Room is a heritage-listed military building at Grafton Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1942 by the Queensland Department of Public Works. Cairns Control Room is situated 1¼ km northeast of Cairns Showgrounds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parramatta Park and Cairns City.

Parramatta Park

Suburb

Parramatta Park is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Parramatta Park had a population of 3,621 people.

Cairns City

Suburb

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Cairns City, also called Cairns CBD, is a coastal suburb comprising the central business district of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cairns City had a population of 3,616 people.

Bungalow

Suburb

Bungalow is an inner suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Bungalow had a population of 2,358 people.

Cairns Showgrounds

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-16.92749° or 16° 55′ 39″ south

Longitude

145.76493° or 145° 45′ 54″ east

Open location code

5RM73QF7+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 188155674

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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