Council facilities
Barlow Park
Corner Scott and Severin sts, Parramatta Park
Phone (07) 4044 3645
Cairns Botanic Gardens
Collins Ave, Edge Hill
Phone (07) 4032 6650
Cairns Esplanade and Lagoon
(07) 4044 3715 (8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday)
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
Cnr Sheridan and Florence sts, Cairns
Phone (07) 4040 7775
Ticketlink
Box office open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm Saturday. Closed public holidays.
Phone 1300 855 835
Tanks Arts Centre
46 Collins Ave, Edge Hill
Phone (07) 4032 6600
Website www.cairns.qld.gov.au/tanks
Ticketlink
Box office open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm Saturday. Closed public holidays.
Phone 1300 855 835
Camping grounds and caravan parks
- Babinda Boulders, Boulders Rd - 1300 69 22 47
- Babinda Rotary Park, Howard Kennedy Drive - 1300 69 22 47
- Bramston Beach, 96 Evans Rd (07) 4067 4121
- NRMA Cairns Holiday Park, Cairns (07) 4051 1467
- Fitzroy Island (07) 4030 7990
- Greenpatch Reserve, Gordonvale (dry season only) - 1300 69 22 47
- NRMA Palm Cove Holiday Park, 149 Williams Esplanade (07) 4055 3824
Community centres and halls
- Aloomba Community Hall
- Babinda CWA Hall
- Babinda Memorial Hall
- Bellenden Kerr Memorial Hall
- Brinsmead Community Centre
- Edmonton Down Park Community & Pensioner Hall
- Edmonton Playgroup Hall
- Gordonvale Community Hall
- Holloways Beach Community Centre
- Kewarra Beach Community Centre
- Mooroobool Community Hub
- Woree Community Hall
- Yorkeys Knob Community Centre
Copperlode Falls Dam / Lake Morris
Lake Morris Rd.
Open to visitors from 8 am to 6 pm, 7 days a week. * Note: The road can be closed at short notice due to landslides, fallen trees or road works. Check our Works in Progress webpage for any current or planned closures, or contact our Customer Service Centre on 1300 69 22 47.
Libraries
- Babinda, 24 Munro St (07) 4067 8400
- Cairns City, 151 Abbott St (07) 4044 3720
- Earlville, Stockland Shopping Centre (07) 4044 3766
- Edmonton, 175 Bruce Hwy (07) 4044 3735
- Gordonvale, 88 Norman St (07) 4044 3778
- Manunda, Raintrees Shopping Centre (07) 4044 3779
- Smithfield, Cheviot St (07) 4044 3711
- Stratford, 11 Kamerunga Rd (07) 4044 3733
Pound
55-57 Links Drive, Woree - 1300 69 22 47
Swimming Pools
- Babinda, 26 Church St (07) 4067 1211
- Gordonvale, 79 Sheppard St (07) 4056 1353
- Smithfield, Captain Cook Hwy (07) 4057 7720
- Sugarworld, Mill Rd Edmonton (07) 4055 5477
- Tobruk, 370 Sheridan St (07) 4051 2604
- Woree, Pool Cl (07) 4054 6964
Waste and recycling facilities
* All locations closed on Christmas Day. To contact any of the transfer stations please phone 1300 69 22 47.
- Portsmith Waste & Recycling Transfer Station - 37-51 Lyons Street, Portsmith
Gates - Open 8:30am - Close 5:15pm (7 Days) - Buy-Back Shop - 37-51 Lyons Street, Portsmith (within Portsmith Transfer Station)
Gates - Open: 9am – 4pm, Wednesday - Sunday. Closed between Christmas and New Years Day, as well as Easter long weekend each year - Smithfield Waste & Recycling Transfer Station - Lot 1 Dunne Road, Smithfield
Gates – Open 8.30am – Close 5:15pm (7 Days) Closed Christmas day and during annual Cairns Ironman event. - Gordonvale Waste & Recycling Transfer Station - Lot 1 Bruce Highway, Aloomba
Gates - Open 8:30am - Close 5:15pm (7 days) - Babinda Waste & Recycling Transfer Station - Lot 1 Kruckow Road, Babinda
Gates - Open 8.30am – Close 5:15pm (7 Days) Closed Christmas day - Bramston Beach waste disposal site - Lot 1, Evans Road, Bramston Beach
Gates - Open 8:30am - Close 5:15pm (7 days)
Note: This is a single bin Waste Disposal Site and accepts household municipal solid waste only. No recycling, green waste, hazardous waste or commercial waste is accepted. Access by authorised card holders only.
Virtual tours
We have virtual walk-through tours of some key Council facilities.
These virtual tours are optimised for use in Google Chrome, some features and functionality may not be available in other browsers.
Please note for some PC viewers of this virtual tour the menu on the left hand side of the screen will appear blank, simply refresh the page (F5 on your keyboard) for it to appear correctly.
Please note for some PC viewers of this virtual tour the menu on the left hand side of the screen will appear blank, simply refresh the page (F5 on your keyboard) for it to appear correctly.
View the Babinda Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the City Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Earlville Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Edmonton Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Gordonvale Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Manunda Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Smithfield Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Stratford Library virtual tour online. The video will open in a new window.
View the Northern Wastewater Treatment Plant online. The video will open in a new window.
Last Updated: 25 March 2024
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