Trade your laptop for the lap pool, spreadsheets for sunglasses and coffee for cocktails and spend a few “bleisure” days in Cairns & Great Barrier Reef!
Australia’s leading destination for bleisure, Cairns welcomes business events delegates to decompress after your conference. Whether it’s one night or three, you’re travelling solo, as a couple, or your family is joining you, Cairns & Great Barrier Reef has a bleisure itinerary to suit everyone! From relaxing beachside retreats to adventurous rainforest explorations, Tropical North Queensland wants you to fly in for business and stay to discover!
Cairns, with its vibrant waterfront entertainment and lifestyle precinct, offers a regional city break after your event, filled with a diverse range of restaurants, hidden laneways, rooftop bars, music, and culture, all on your doorstep. Take a trip to stunning Fitzroy Island and take in the beauty of the famed Nudey Beach while snorkelling the crystal-clear lagoon before relaxing on the beach under the shade of a palm tree and reading that novel you keep meaning to read!
For those seeking a village retreat, head north to Palm Cove or Port Douglas. Offering a true beachside getaway filled with leisurely beach walks, an abundance of pool time and the opportunity to wander the weekend market stalls filled with local produce, gifts, fresh juices and baked treats, you will leave feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the office once more!
Journey over the mountains to the cooler temperate climate of the Atherton Tablelands and explore freshwater volcanic crater lakes and a unique selection of local chocolate, cheese, coffee, distilleries and fruit wines before spending the evening in a rainforest cottage unwinding by the fire. You might even spot an elusive platypus in the creeks!
Head south to the golden sands of Mission Beach and indulge in a luxurious resort getaway before heading to magnificent Dunk Island to enjoy hiking and beachcombing.
No matter where you choose to spend your bleisure getaway, don’t forget to include some adventure with a trip to the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest, hit the adrenalin tours, white water rafting, jetboating, skydiving or bungee, or for something a little more mellow, a river drift down a crystal clear freshwater creek, Indigenous guided walk through the rainforest or a gondola ride over the canopy of the world’s oldest living rainforest.
Fly in for business, stay to discover!