Your Say - Cairns Regional Council

Welcome to Accessible Cairns.

Cairns Regional Council has established Accessible Cairns and the Access for All directory to assist locals and visitors to our region to be able to plan their trip or access services that are accessible to people with a disability, their family, friends, carers and support workers.

• Please take some time to look through this site and use the "Access for All" directory to plan your stay or visit to our wonderful city and surrounding areas.

• Check out the news and events.

Your Feedback is Important

If you have a few minutes we would love to hear from you and take any feedback that might allow us to better improve our services to people with a disability either locals or visitors alike. Please take a couple of minutes to complete the Accessible Cairns Tourism Survey and add your thoughts and ideas to our discussion forums.

This online project has concluded. You can still browse the site but no new survey responses will be accepted.

As part of Council's "Our Water, Our World Famous Backyard" water management plan for the Mossman and Port Douglas region, we sought locals' feedback on our recent programs - the Water Smart Home Service and the Commercial Water Advisory Service.

This online project has concluded. You can still browse the site but no new survey responses will be accepted.

The RAP will guide Council in contributing to national efforts to close the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous people and other Australians, to strengthen and improve relationships, and help eliminate the social and economic disadvantage faced by many Indigenous people.

The Port Douglas Waterfront Master Plan, adopted by Council in November 2009, was developed involving high levels of community engagement. The Master Plan provides strategic direction for the gradual transformation of the Port Douglas waterfront by integrating its existing features with a range of new initiatives, cementing the western shoreline of the peninsula as one of the world's greatest waterfronts. Included in the Plan's guiding principles is the requirement for the outcomes to reflect the tropical, relaxed, unhurried character that is Port Douglas.

The most recent community consultation on the project took place during 24 March to 21 April 2011. Consultation results can be viewed on Council's website at http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/about-council/meetings/infrastructure-services-committee/past-meetings/17-aug-2011.

Mount Peter is located approximately 15km south of Cairns, between Edmonton and Gordonvale off the Bruce Highway.

The Mount Peter area has been recognised by the Far North Queensland Regional Plan and the CairnsPlan as a priority urban growth corridor.

Planning for Mount Peter is now under way, with large scale physical development of the corridor expected to commence after that, and continue for at least the next 20 – 30 years.

For more information about this important project, visit the Mount Peter Master Planning website.

The planned Cairns Entertainment Precinct will be the far north Queensland's first world-class cultural and entertainment centre. For the first time in the region's history people will have a venue of the scale where they can enjoy a variety of attractions which were previously only available in our capital cities.

The Cairns Entertainment Precinct will be developed by Cairns Regional Council with financial support from the State and Federal Governments.  It will be a place for everyone to share and enjoy which is why community feedback is important. We want to know your thoughts and ideas about the precinct so that we can deliver the best outcome.