Hva som skjer i Cairns (Great Barrier Reef), Australia gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas and Boxing Day, Summer holidays i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr), Christmas and Boxing Day (24. des – 1. jan)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Helligdag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Good Friday to Easter Monday is a four-day national long weekend, usually next to or inside the autumn school holidays. Australians travel in large numbers, so flights, campsites and accommodation book out early and cost more, and most shops close on Good Friday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Easter long weekend, Autumn / Easter break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Easter long weekend (3.–6. apr), Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)

Travelt — Dry season

• Sesong

  Dry season

  1. mai – 31. oktMye folk

  May to October is the settled half of the year: the reef boats run most days, the roads to the Daintree and up to the Tablelands stay open, and the town is at its busiest.

Fortsatt på gang: Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Natur

  Dwarf minke whales

  1. jun – 31. jul · vanligvisHvalsesongBestill tidlig

  Dwarf minkes turn up on the Ribbon Reefs north of here for June and July, the only place in the world permitted to snorkel with them. It takes a liveaboard, not a day boat.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Festival

  Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

  9.–12. julKunstfestival

  Four days of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, fashion and dance on the Esplanade, with the galleries in town programming around it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt), Dwarf minke whales (1. jun – 31. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Dry season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Spring break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Dry season, Spring break i Australia

• Natur

  Coral spawning

  25. okt – 10. des · vanligvisDykkesesong

  The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones. The dive boats run night trips on an educated guess.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season (1. mai – 31. okt)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Stinger season

  1. nov – 31. maiInsekter og sykdom

  Box jellyfish and irukandji are in coastal water from November to May. The northern beaches have netted enclosures, the reef boats hand out suits, and the city lagoon needs neither. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Cyclone season

  1. nov – 30. apr

  November to April is the cyclone half of the year. The rain that comes with it cuts the inland roads for days at a time, and reef trips stop when the swell gets up. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Coral spawning (25. okt – 10. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas and Boxing Day, Summer holidays i Australia

• Helligdag

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24. des – 1. janJul og nyttårStengningerMye folk

  Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are public holidays at the start of the long summer break: many shops, cafes and tours close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day sales fill the shopping centres, and much of the country is away on holiday until late January. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Coral spawning (25. okt – 10. des (vanligvis)), Stinger season (1. nov – 31. mai), Cyclone season (1. nov – 30. apr)