The magical Crystal Caves

The Crystal Caves in Atherton are an excellent place to take your budding geologists to! Here you’ll find amazing crystals, precious stones and fossils. It’s a man made cave and is actually more like a museum with interesting pieces dating back millions of years. Read more

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Photo Friday: Cassowary crossing

This photo was taken just outside of Innisfail in the Cassowary Coast, an hour south of Cairns.

Cassowaries are an endangered species of birds found in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. They live in the rainforest, melaleuca and mangrove forests and need to eat a wide range of fruits to survive. The father cassowary raises the chicks and stays with them until they are almost a year old. Read more

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Undara Mates Rates

Undara has a special offer for Queensland visitors. Discounts of up to 60% available on accommodation. Family railway carriages available for just $90 per night, down from $225! Camp sites are just $36 a night and 4 person swag tents are $60 a night.

Undara is a unique outback experience and a great place for families to explore. Visit Undara.com.au for more info

Mission Beach

Mission Beach is a long sandy expanse of shoreline just waiting for you to explore it, although it's a popular destination you'll often have the whole beach to yourself for building sand castles, chasing crabs, running, splashing around or just relaxing. Read more

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What to do in Cairns, Australia

This is a photo from my guest post 'What to do in Cairns, Australia, with kids' over at US family travel site DeliciousBaby.com I've also included a selection of some of my favourite restaurants and activities in the Cairns city guide over there.

Mungalli Creek Dairy - Cairns Highlands

The Mungalli Creek Dairy is one of my favourite teahouses in the Cairns Highlands region. They make all their own milk, cheese and yogurt at the dairy and supply their award winning and popular organic and biodynamic products across Australia. read more

Let's Get Wild!

Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve is a 35 minute drive west of Cairns and just 10 minutes from Kuranda in the Cairns Highlands region.

The Safari Reserve has exotic animals from India, Africa, Asia and America. They have hippos, lemurs, monkeys, emus, cheetahs, bears, rhinos, tigers and the stars of the park - a pride of lions! Read more

This post is part of a collection of wonderful travel photos featured at Delicious Baby, please click the link to see more great family travel pictures from around the world. A big thank you to Debbie at DeliciousBaby.com for organising this.

Congratulations Paronella Park!

Congratulations Paronella Park! No 1 in RACQ top 150 must-do's in Queensland.

Read our family-friendly review of Paronella Park here

The Waterfall Circuit - Cairns Highlands

The calls of rainforest frogs, birds and cicadas greet you as you arrive at beautiful Ellinjaa Falls, the first stop on the Millaa Millaa waterfall circuit. Read more