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
• 28th - Back to School QLD, VIC, SA, NT
• 29th - Back to School  NSW
• 26th - Australia Day - Aussie Family Fun Day - Yorkeys Knob (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 27th - Australia Day - Public Holiday (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
• 3rd - Back to School WA, ACT
• 5th - Back to School TAS
• 7th - Madeline's 7th Birthday
• 14th - Valentines Day
• 14th - Full Moon
• 16th - Wedding & Formal Expo
• 21st - Taipans vs New Zealand Basketball

March 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - Taipans vs Sydney Kings Basketball
• 1st - Port Douglas Rugby Sevens
• 7th to 16th - Australian Psychic Expo
• 8th - International Womens Day Lunch
• 14th - Taipans vs Melbourne Basketball
• 16th - Full Moon
• 17th - St Patricks Day
• 21st - Feast of the Senses Food Fare, Innisfail
• 21st to 30th - Feast of the Senses, Innisfail
• 30th - Feast of the Senses Market Day, Innisfail

April 2014

• 1st - April Fools Day
• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 4th - QLD, VIC, NT School Holidays Begin
• 11th - NSW, WA, SA, ACT School Holidays Begin
• 14th - Back to School NT
• 15th - Full Moon
• 17th - TAS School Holidays Begin
• 18th - Good Friday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed, Pubs and Bars closed, alcohol restrictions in place)
• 20th - Easter Sunday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 21st - Easter Monday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 22nd - Back to School QLD, VIC
• 25th - Anzac Day - various Dawn Services (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 28th - Back to School WA, SA, ACT
• 29th - Back to School NSW

May 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 2nd & 3rd - Mt Garnet Races & Rodeo
• 5th - Back to School TAS
• 10th - Cairns Blues Festival
• 11th - Mothers Day
• 11th - Cairns Tropical Garden Fair
• 14th - Full Moon
• 16th - 25th - Port Douglas Carnivale
• 16th - Great Wheelbarrow Race - Mareeba/Chillagoe
• 16th - The Longest Lunch - Port Douglas
• 17th - Food Wine and a Taste of Port - Port Douglas
• 17th - Golden Gumboot Festival - Tully
• 17th & 18th - Motorcycle Muster - Cairns
• 18th - Million Paws Walk
• 20th to 24th - Clipper Cup Yacht Racing - Port Douglas
• 31st to 8th June- Babinda Harvest Festival

June 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st to 8th - Babinda Harvest Festival
• 1st to 8th - Cairns Adventure Festival
• 1st - Coral Coast Triathlon - Port Douglas
• 1st - Hekili Ocean Challange race
• 1st - RRR Mountain Bike Challange - Port Douglas
• 5th - World Environment Day
• 5th - Quicksilver Reef Swim - Green Island
• 6th - Cairns Post Run for Cairns - Cairns
• 7th - Ironkids Cairns
• 8th - Ironman Cairns
• 8th - Ironman 70.3 Cairns
• 8th - Parrot Head Party - Cairns
• 10th - Queens Birthday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 13th - Full Moon
• 14th - Festival of the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
• 20th - NT School Holidays begin
• 21st - Winter Solstice
• 27th - QLD, NSW, VIC School Holidays begin
• 14th & 15th - Kuranda Roots Festival
• 19th - EntheonGaia - Cairns
• 21st & 22nd - Classic Precision Rally - Cairns
• 28th to 13th July - Mareeba Rodeo festival
• 28th - Palmy Classic - Palm Cove

July 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 3rd to 6th - Cairns Ukelele Festival
• 4th - WA, SA, TAS, ACT School Holidays begin
• 4th to 6th - Malanda Show
• 4th Mareeba Rodeo Ball
• 7th to 8th - Atherton Show
• 10th to 11th - Innisfail Show
• 11th - Mareeba Rodeo Street Parade
• 12th - Full Moon
• 12th to 13th - Mareeba Show
• 12th to 13th - Mareeba Rodeo
• 14th - Back to School QLD, VIC
• 15th - Back to School NSW, VIC
• 16th to 18th - Cairns Show
• 18th - Cairns Show Holiday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 19th to 20th - Mission Beach Surf Life Saving Carnival
• 20th to 21st  - Mossman Show
• 21st - Back to School WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
• 221st to 25th - Cairns ARTescape
• 25th to 26th - Tully Show
• 27th to 3rd August - Cairns Golf Week

August 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 27th July to 3rd - Cairns Golf Week
• 1st to 2nd - Cooktown Show
• 3rd - Atherton Gem Festival
• 8th - Mount Isa Rodeo
• 9th to 10th - Cairns Cup Horseracing
• 9th - Great Pyramid Race & Country Fair - Gordonvale
• 9th - NQ Gold Panning Championship - Mareeba
• 9th - Mt Carbine Bull & Bronc Ride - Mt Carbine
• 9th - Cairns Cup Ladies Day - Horseracing Carnival
• 10th - Cairns Cup - Horseracing Carnival
• 10th - Full Moon
• 16th to 1st Sep - Cairns Festival (click here for detailed program)
• 18th - Cairns Festival Grand Parade & Fireworks
• 17th - Mission Beach Banana Festival
• 17th - Warbirds Airshow - Mareeba
• 17th - Atherton Gem Festival
• 23rd - Mission Beach Banana Festival 
• 24th - Mareeba Multicultural Festival
• 28th - Cairns Tropical Pride Festival
• 29th -  Maize Festival Mardi Gras
• 30th to 7th Sep - Cairns Festival
• 30th - Cairns Festival Grand Parade & Fireworks

September 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 30th Aug to 1th Sep - Cairns Festival
• 7th - Carnival on Collins
• 7th - Fathers Day
•  8th - Ona Mission Multisport Adventure Race - Mission Beach
• 9th - Full Moon
• 12th to 13th - Cairns Amateurs Horseracing
• 13th - Country Music Muster - Port Douglas
• 19th - QLD, NSW, VIC School Holidays Begin
• 26th - WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT School Holidays Begin
• 20th to 21st - Ellis Beach Surf Life Saving Carnival
• 20th - Tropical Wave Festival
• 26th to 28th - Wallaby Creek Festival

October 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 3rd to 5th - Evolve Music Festival - Mission Beach
• 6th - Back to School VIC, NT
• 7th - Back to School QLD, NSW
• 8th - Full Moon
• 9th to 11th - Opera in the Outback - Undara
• 10th to 12th - FNQ Country Music Festival - Walkamin
• 13th - Back to School WA, SA, TAS, ACT
• 15th - Light the Night - Cairns
• 18th to 26th - Crocodile Trophy, Mountain Bike Challenge
• 19th - Taste of The Tablelands Festival - Atherton
• 23rd to 26th - Yungaburra Folk Festival
• 25th - Fun in the Sun Festival - Cairns Esplanade
• 25th & 26th - Kuranda Day
• 31st - Halloween

November 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 4th - Melbourne Cup
• 6th - Full Moon
• 6th to 9th - Port Douglas Marlin Challenge
• 8th - Cooktown Race Day

December 2014

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 3rd - Carols by Candlelight - Edmonton
• 6th - Carols by Candlelight - Atherton
• 6th - Full Moon
• 7th - Carols on the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
• 7th - Carols by Candlelight - Mission Beach
• 11th - NT School Holidays Begin
• 12th - Carols by Candlelight - Innisfail
• 12th - QLD, SA School Holidays Begin
• 14th - Carols by Candlelight - Cairns Esplanade
• 17th - NSW, ACT School Holidays Begin
• 18th - WA, TAS School Holidays Begin
• 19th - VIC School Holidays Begin
• 21st - Summer Solstice
• 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
• 31st - Fitzroy Island New Years Eve Beach Party 

January 2015

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - New Years Day (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 26th - Australia Day - Various events on the Esplanade and throughout the city (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
• 27th - Back to School  QLD, SA
• 28th - Back to School NSW, VIC
• 31st - Chinese New Year

February 2015

• Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
• 1st - Midday - Barramundi Fishing Season Re-Opens
• 2nd - Back to School  WA, ACT
• 4th - Back to School  TAS
• 7th - Madeline's 8th Birthday
• 14th - Valentines Day
• 19th - Chinese New Year

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