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
Phone (07) 4044 3715
Esplanade sport & fitness facilities | Cairns Regional Council
Lagoon Opening Hours:
Thursday to Tuesday 6am to 9pm
Wednesday noon to 9pm (closed before noon for cleaning and maintenance)
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
Cnr Sheridan and Florence sts, Cairns
Phone (07) 4040 7775
Ticketlink
Box office open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. 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. 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) - (02) 4978 8788
- NRMA Palm Cove Holiday Park, 149 Williams Esplanade (07) 4055 3824
Community centres and halls
- Aloomba Community Hall
- Brinsmead Community Centre
- Edmonton Down Park Community Hall
- Gordonvale Community Hall
- Holloways Beach Community Centre
- Kewarra Beach Community Centre
- Stratford Community Hall
- Trinity Beach Community Hall
- Woree Community Hall
- Yorkeys Knob Community Centre
Further information: Community halls | Cairns Regional Council
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, Marlin Coast Bicentennial Pool, 41 Leisure Park Road Smithfield (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 Northern Wastewater Treatment Plant online. The video will open in a new window.
Last Updated: 20 March 2026
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