January 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - New Years Day (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 29th - Back to School Qld, NSW, VIC
• 26th - Australia Day - Aussie Family Fun Day - Yorkeys Knob (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 27th - Full Moon

February 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - Midday - Barramundi Fishing Season Re-Opens
• 7th - Madeline's 6th Birthday
• 9th - Chinese New Year
• 10th - Chinese New Year Street Parade
• 14th - Valentines Day
• 15th to 25th - Australian Psychic Expo
• 17th - Wedding & Formal Expo
• 23rd - Chinese New Year Banquet
• 26th - Full Moon

March 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 9th - International Womens Day Dinner
• 17th - St Patricks Day
• 27th - Full Moon
• 29th - Qld, VIC School Holidays Begin
• 29th - Good Friday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed, Pubs and Bars closed, alcohol restrictions in place)
• 31st - Easter Sunday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)

April 2013

• 1st - Easter Monday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 1st - April Fools Day
• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 8th - Back to School Qld
• 12th - NSW School Holidays Begin
• 15th - Back to School VIC
• 12th to 21st - Feast of the Senses, Innisfail
• 25th - Anzac Day (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 26th - Full Moon
• 29th - Back to School NSW

May 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 27th May to 11th - Artists of the North
• 5th - Parrot Head Party, Yorkey's Knob
• 11th - Cairns Blues Festival
• 12th - Mothers Day
• 12th - Cairns Tropical Garden Fair
• 17th - 26th - Port Douglas Carnivale
• 17th - Great Wheelbarrow Race - Mareeba/Chillagoe
• 17th - The Longest Lunch - Port Douglas
• 18th - Food Wine and a Taste of Port - Port Douglas
• 18th - Golden Gumboot Festival - Tully
• 19th - Million Paws Walk

June 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - Babinda Harvest Festival
• 1st - Festival of the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
• 2nd to 10th - Cairns Adventure Festival
• 2nd - Coral Coast Triathlon - Port Douglas
• 2nd - Hekili Ocean Challange race
• 2nd - RRR Mountain Bike Challange - Port Douglas
• 5th - World Environment Day
• 6th - Quicksilver Reef Swim - Green Island
• 7th - Cairns Post Run for Cairns - Cairns
• 8th - Festival of the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
• 10th - Queens Birthday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 13th to 29th - Cairns Junior Eisteddfod
• 22nd - Qld School Holidays begin
• 14th & 15th - Kuranda Roots Festival
• 29th to 14th July - Mareeba Rodeo festival
• 29th - NSW, VIC School Holidays Begin

July 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 4th to 7th - Cairns Ukelele Festival
• 5th to 7th - Malanda Show
• 5th Mareeba Rodeo Ball
• 8th - Back to School Qld
• 8th to 9th - Atherton Show
• 11th to 12th - Innisfail Show
• 12th - Mareeba Rodeo Street Parade
• 13th to 14th - Mareeba Show
• 13th to 14th - Mareeba Rodeo
• 15th - Back to School NSW, VIC
• 17th to 19th - Cairns Show
• 19th - Cairns Show Holiday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 21st to 22nd - Mossman Show
• 22nd to 206h - Cairns ARTescape
• 26th to 27th - Tully Show

August 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 4th - Atherton Gem Festival
• 8th to 11th - Great Barrier Reef Masters Games - click here for accommodation specials
• 10th to 11th - Cairns Cup Horseracing
• 10th - Great Pyramid Race - Gordonvale
• 10th - NQ Gold Panning Championship - Mareeba
• 10th - Mt Carbine Bull & Bronc Ride - Mt Carbine
• 10th - Cairns Cup Ladies Day - Horseracing Carnival
• 11th - Cairns Cup - Horseracing Carnival
• 16th to 1st Sep - Cairns Festival (click here for detailed program)
• 18th - Cairns Festival Grand Parade & Fireworks
• 17th - Mission Beach Banana Festival
• 18th - Warbirds Airshow - Mareeba
• 21st - Full Moon
• 24th - Mareeba Multicultural Festival
• 28th - Cairns Tropical Pride Festival
• 30th -  Maize Festival Mardi Gras

September 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 16th Aug to 1st Sep - Cairns Festival (click here for detailed program)
• 1st - Carnival on Collins
• 21st - Fathers Day
• 6th to 7th Cairns Amateurs Horseracing
• 8th - Reggaetown
• 19th - Full Moon
• 21st - Qld, NSW, VIC School Holidays Begin
• 21st - Tropical Wave Festival
• 27th to 29th - Wallaby Creek Festival

October 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 3rd to 5th - Opera in the Outback - Undara
• 7th - Back to School VIC
• 8th - Back to School Qld, NSW
• 9th - Light the Night - Cairns
• 11th to 13th - FNQ Country Music Festival - Walkamin
• 19th - Full Moon
• 19th to 27th - Crocodile Trophy, Mountain Bike Challenge
• 26th - Kuranda Day
• 20th - Taste of the Tablelands Festival - Atherton
• 24th to 27th - Yungaburra Folk Festival
• 25th to 27th -  Cardwell Barra Bonanza
• 31st - Halloween

November 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st to 3rd - Mission Beach Film Festival
• 5th - Melbourne Cup
• 9th - Cooktown Race Day
• 18th - Full Moon

December 2013

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - Carols by Candlelight - Mission Beach
• 8th - Carols on the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
• 8th - Carols by Candlelight - Cairns Esplanade
• 11th - Carols by Candlelight - Edmonton
• 13th - Carols by Candlelight - Innisfail
• 14th - Qld School Holidays Begin
• 17th - Full Moon
• 20th - NSW, VIC School Holidays Begin
• 24th - Christmas Eve
• 25th - Christmas Day (most shops closed) (some tours do not operate)
• 26th - Boxing Day (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 31st - New Years Eve Family Fun Concert - Cairns Esplanade

January 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - New Years Day (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 16th - Full Moon
• 29th - Back to School Qld, NSW, VIC
• 26th - Australia Day - Various events on the Esplanade and throughout the city (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 31st - Chinese New Year

February 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - Midday - Barramundi Fishing Season Re-Opens
• 7th - Madeline's 7th Birthday
• 14th - Valentines Day
• 15th - Full Moon

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