Cairns Aquarium

Cairns Aquarium is a public aquarium in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland which is located on Florence Street. Cairns Aquarium is situated nearby to Dragonfly Zen, as well as near the outdoor gym Cairns Esplanade Fitness Station (Green Gym).

Opening hours: 9:30 AM—3:30 PM
Type: Public aquarium
Address: 5 Florence Street, 4870

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cairns Control Room and Cairns Hospital.

Cairns Control Room

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

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 250 metres west of Cairns Aquarium.

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 1 km northwest of Cairns Aquarium.

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 2 km south of Cairns Aquarium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairns City and Parramatta Park.

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.

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 North

Suburb

Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cairns North is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cairns North had a population of 5,334 people.

Cairns Aquarium

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-16.91862° or 16° 55′ 7″ south

Longitude

145.77364° or 145° 46′ 25″ east

Open location code

5RM73QJF+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 648805828

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=aquarium

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dragonfly Zen and Cairns Esplanade Fitness Station (Green Gym).

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