På gång i Cairns (Great Barrier Reef), Australia under året

Mest folk — Christmas and Boxing Day, Summer holidays i Australia

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Stinger season (1 nov – 31 maj), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr), Christmas and Boxing Day (24 dec – 1 jan)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Stinger season (1 nov – 31 maj), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Helg

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Stinger season (1 nov – 31 maj), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Mest folk — Easter long weekend, Autumn / Easter break i Australia

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Stinger season (1 nov – 31 maj), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Mycket folk — Dry season

• Säsong

  Dry season

  1 maj – 31 oktTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Stinger season (1 nov – 31 maj)

Mest folk — Dry season, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Natur

  Dwarf minke whales

  1 jun – 31 jul · vanligtvisValsäsongBoka tidigt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 maj – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Dry season, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Festival

  Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

  9–12 julKulturfestival

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

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 maj – 31 okt), Dwarf minke whales (1 jun – 31 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Dry season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 maj – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Dry season, Spring break i Australia

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 maj – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Dry season, Spring break i Australia

• Natur

  Coral spawning

  25 okt – 10 dec · vanligtvisDyksäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 maj – 31 okt)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Risk

  Stinger season

  1 nov – 31 majInsekter & sjukdomar

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Coral spawning (25 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas and Boxing Day, Summer holidays i Australia

• Helg

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Coral spawning (25 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis)), Stinger season (1 nov – 31 maj), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)