Brinsmead
Brinsmead is a northern suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Far North Queensland, Australia.
Brinsmead is a northern suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Far North Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Brinsmead had a population of 5,537 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Brinsmead
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Explosives Magazine and Detonator Store, Stratford
Explosives Magazine and Detonator Store is a heritage-listed former gunpowder magazine at Magazine Street, Stratford, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1901 by JC Thomson.
3.8 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Flecker Botanical Gardens
Flecker Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden at Collins Avenue, Edge Hill, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1886 to 1960s.
3.5 km · botanic garden in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Oribin Studio
Oribin Studio is a heritage-listed design studio at 16 Heavey Crescent, Whitfield, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 11 October 2013.
2.1 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Xavier and Sadie Herbert's Cottage
Xavier and Sadie Herbert's Cottage is a heritage-listed cottage at 399 Kamerunga Road, Redlynch, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1920 to 1970s.
2.4 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Brinsmead
- Airports
- Cairns (CNS), 4 km
- Stations
- Freshwater railway station, Queensland, 2.3 km
- Maroochydore → Brinsmead1325 km · quickest by air, 7h 3m · A$240–370
- Toowoomba → Brinsmead1348 km · quickest by air, 5h 30m · A$270–410
- Brisbane → Brinsmead1395 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · A$260–400
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No local-transport research exists yet for Brinsmead
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Brinsmead. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThis small town nestled in the rainforest-covered mountains just north of Cairns draws thousands of tourists each week and is perhaps the most popular day trip from the city.
- Go nextGreen Island and Fitzroy Island, both resort islands that welcome day trips, are within 45 minutes of Cairns by ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Cairns, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Brinsmead
- Westcourtsuburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia3.8 km
- Redlynchtown and suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia2.5 km
- Kanimblasuburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia2 km
- Manoorasuburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia3.4 km
- Freshwatersuburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia2 km