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Travel Destination Guide - Palm Cove
Palm Cove (Queensland, Australia) 
Palm Cove Information
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Palm Cove is a gloriously quiet resort which sometimes feels like just one street of hotels, although it does in fact straggle a little way inland from the beach.
The sea-facing esplanade is a quiet road with traffic humps to ensure little risk from speeding vehicles. Beyond it stands a string of hotels and small cafes with one split-level arcade of shops and restaurants cutting back from the beach so that it barely impinges on the scenery.
The streets are lined with grand melaneucas (paperback trees), which all but hide even those hotels taller than a palm tree. Not a place to come if you're in search of wild nightlife, but perfect for a romantic getaway.
This resort is suited for couples of all ages. It is probably a bit too quiet for families with young children, although Cairns is within easy reach during the day.
The accommodation is mostly quite upmarket, but a less pricey seafront option is available.
Locality:
Palm Cove is in the far north of Queensland (16 mls N of Cairns along a good road. Nearest airport is Cairns International 14 mls). It is situated on Coral Sea facing the Great Barrier Reef and its islands, Palm Cove is a small sandy bay, backed by the Great Dividing Range.
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Palm Cove has a popular swimming beach with enough space to relax in solitude or with friends and family (the beach has a stinger resistant enclosure). If the heat gets too much grab a cooling refreshment from the ice cream stand right on the beach or meander through the Palm Cove village on a shopping excursion.
Shopping here is very limited. Shoppers would do best to take the bus into Cairns for a more extensive range.
Entertainment is also very limited. Again Cairns is the best hope although note that buses back, stop in early evening.
The hotels in Palm Cove have their own restaurants or there is a pleasing restaurant in the arcade where kookaburras sometimes come to be hand-fed.
All the usual resort style facilities are available such as numerous swimming pools, gold courses, tours to the reef/islands and more. The area is in close proximity to the many tourist attractions of Cairns and surrounds so areas like Kuranda and the rainforest are all close by and easy to get to.
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Population: 20.090.400
Languages: English 79%, native and other languages
Currency: Australian dollar
Currency code: AUD
Local Times:
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Country Dialling Code: +61
Voltage: 240V 50Hz
Electrical plugs:
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Australia, officially called the Commonweath of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the continental mainland (the smallest of the World\'s continents).
The continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft; 2,228 m). The western half of the continent is occupied by a desert plateau that rises into barren, rolling hills near the west coast. The Great Barrier Reef, extending about 1,245 mi (2,000 km), lies along the northeast coast. The island of Tasmania (26,178 sq mi; 67,800 sq km) is off the southeast coast.
It may be one of the world's most ancient lands with its mystical red centre and brooding rock formations, but Australia is also characterised by its youthful energy, its freshness and its \'no worries\' philosophy.
Most of the population lives within a few miles of the beach and with the working day beginning and ending early, it\'s not uncommon to see city slickers out of their suits and into the surf come 4.30pm.
In high summer many families will enjoy a simple backyard barbecue several times a week.
The 22-hour journey means most European people visit for at least a couple of weeks, allowing time for all that the country has to offer, including its chic cities, terracotta desert, lush bush and magical ocean reefs.
But the sheer size of Australia means that one visit is unlikely to be enough.
The most popular attractions are undoubtedly Uluru (Ayers Rock), the Great Barrier Reef and the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, but there are now more subtle incentives for a visit.
The wonderful fusion cuisine, the café society, the burgeoning art, culture and fashion scene, and the very real possibility of being the only person for miles around all conspire to make it a wholly alluring experience.
Australia is politically divided into six states and two territories, each one offering a different experience for the traveller. There is the drama of the remote \'Outback\', the colourful spectacle of the Great Barrier Reef and its coral islands, the excitement of the cosmopolitan cities, the sun and surf at some of the best beaches in the world, and the tropical rainforests of Western Australia. The list is endless in this diverse land of adventure, which boasts 2,000 national parks and 14 World Heritage-listed areas, along with more than 7,000 beaches.
Australia is a land of character too, with its melting pot of cultures. For more than 50,000 years the Aboriginal people lived and thrived in the continent\'s unique environment. It is believed the Aboriginals are the world\'s oldest civilisation, and in recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in keeping the Aboriginal culture alive and flourishing.
The vast continent at the bottom of the world was the last landmass to be discovered by European explorers. Captain James Cook arrived in Botany Bay in 1770 and sparked off generations of emigration to Australia, which for some time served as a penal colony. It was not until 1860 that two explorers - Robert Burke and William Wills - became the first Europeans to cross Australia from south to north. The country remains a magnet for modern explorers and adventurers and has a great deal to offer tourists and holidaymakers. |
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