Activities & Attractions Nearby

Hillview House is only 10 minutes by car from Cairns CBD and International airport. The attractive and friendly village of Edgehill and the famous Flecker Botanical Gardens are within walking distance.

• Edgehill Bowls Club (3 min. walk), whites for Sat pm Men’s social and Thur pm Ladies social and casual at other times. Reciprocal agreements with other clubs.
• Edgehill Village (10 min.walk): Restaurant, coffee shop/deli, bakery, bottleshop, newsagent, Asian deli, vegetable shop, garage, hairdresser, Aveda Salon and Spa and IGA supermarket.
• Corner Shop and Butcher (3 min. walk)
• Botanical Gardens (13 min. walk). These marvelous gardens display an extraordinary collection of tropical rainforest plants including many rare palms. Surrounding them are the larger parkland gardens and Cairns Centenary Lakes. A boardwalk also leads through a natural palm and pandanus swamp. Two walking tracks over the Whitfield Range begin here.
• The Tanks (15 min. walk). A multi-use venue for theatre, music, exhibitions and week-end markets.
• The Rondo Theatre (5 min. drive). Regular local productions.
• Cairns CBD (10 min. drive). The Esplanade and swimming lagoon, Civic Centre Theatre, Cairns Convention Centre (home of Cairns Taipans NBL team), cinemas, restaurants, Marlin Marina (embarkation point for the Gt. Barrier Reef), Cairns station (for Kuranda train).
• Churches: St John’s Anglican, cnr Minnie/Lake Sts and St Monica’s Catholic, Abbott St
• SkyRail and Tjabukai Aboriginal Cultural Park (15 min. drive)
• Golf Courses: Cairns Golf club 15 min. drive, Paradise Palms 25 min drive.

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