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Westcourt

Westcourt is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Westcourt
Westcourt · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Westcourt is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Westcourt had a population of 3,841 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Westcourt

10 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.

  1. 01
    Cairns Aquarium

    Cairns Aquarium is a public aquarium in Cairns, Australia, that opened in 2017. It is home to more than 15,000 animals displayed in 10 ecosystems.

    2.5 km · aquarium in Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Monica's War Memorial Cathedral

    St Monica's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Cairns. It is located at 183 Abbott Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

    2.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cazaly's Stadium

    Cazalys Stadium is a sports stadium in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is situated in the suburb of Westcourt.

    800 m · stadium in Cairns, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Monica's Old Cathedral, Cairns

    St Monica's Old Cathedral is a heritage-listed former Roman Catholic cathedral at Minnie Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Lawrence and Lordan and was built in 1927 by Michael Garvey.

    2.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Cairns School of Arts

    Cairns School of Arts is a heritage-listed former school of arts and now the Cairns Museum at 93–105 Lake Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Tunbridge, Tunbridge & Lynch and built from 1907 to 1941 by Hanson & Sons.

    2.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Barlow Park

    Barlow Park is a multi-sports facility and stadium in Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The Park is home of the Northern Pride RLFC offices, Cairns District Rugby Union, Cairns and District Athletics Association, Australian Sports Commission Development, Oztag, and formerly Cairns FC and Far North Queensland Rugby League.

    1.5 km · stadium in Cairns, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery

    McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at 127–145 McLeod Street, Cairns North, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1877 to 1954.

    2 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Cairns War Memorial

    Cairns War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at The Esplanade, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1925.

    2.8 km · Heritage listed war memorial in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Cairns Masonic Temple

    Cairns Masonic Temple is a heritage-listed former masonic temple at 8 Minnie Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1934 to 1935.

    2.3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Barrier Reef Hotel

    Barrier Reef Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Abbott Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Lawrence and Lordan in conjunction with Richard Hill built in 1926 by Carl Peter Jorgensen.

    2.9 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Westcourt

Airports
Cairns (CNS), 6 km
Stations
Cairns railway station, 2 km
  • Maroochydore → Westcourt
    293 km · quickest by road, 6h 38m · A$46–60
  • Toowoomba → Westcourt
    197 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · A$26–35
  • Brisbane → Westcourt
    294 km · quickest by road, 5h 47m · A$41–55
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Westcourt

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 Westcourt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,197 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,255 km
  3. 03
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,737 km
  4. 04
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    2,936 km
  5. 05
    Togian IslandsID

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    3,196 km

If you know how people move in Westcourt – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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