My parents booked some flight and accommodation deal last year to Cairns. Without any planning, they thought they will sort things out in due course. Well, due course is now, they are going in a couple of weeks and have zero activities planned so far. And of course they called me now.
They will stay for 3 nights, but realistically only have 2 full days. I'm thinking the Reef for day 1 and Kuranda for day 2. Unless absolutely necessary, they would prefer not to get a rental, so accessibility by public transport would be ideal, or taxi, but they are not ready for Uber.
The Reef - They are old and will not be doing any water activities, so limited to platforms or pontoons tours. Years ago I drove to Port Douglas and naturally went with Quicksilver to Agincourt Reef. Have no idea about Reef Magic or Sunlover, both are based in Cairns and Moore Reef, are they any good for older tourists without having to snorkel or dive?
Kuranda - looks like the railway is back in operations, they can take the train from Cairns to Kuranda, then the Skyrail flyover the rainforest, bus back to Cairns.
Any other suggestions? Especially in Cairns? They have half day on arrival.
Isn't there a heatwave on the north coast of Old at the moment? Whatever they do they might want it to be air-conditioned.