Homestay at Julie's

The location was safe and easy to park, the yard was beautiful - every morning breakfast on the lanai watching the birds go for the berries on the trees. The kitchen is well stocked and no one else cooks so I had it to myself. The internet was good and room was comfortable. Julie’s cats are so cute!

Mozzies but that’s literally everywhere in FNQ.

Friendly and helpful host lady. Beautiful and vintage courtyard. All necessary furniture or household appliances. Outstanding price. Reasonable distance from house to the reef fleet terminal (better take the bus instead of walking though as the summer in Cairns is pretty hot). Very, very, very adorable cats-They are angels.

It might be better to use forks instead of fingers to touch and flatten the potato shreds. Julie was an awesome house host and helped me a lot. But I have to admit there were some seconds that morning I was at a loss and not sure how to deal with that breakfast. Except that, everything was pretty great.

Quiet residential area within walking distance to CBD, reef terminal,esplanade,etc.

Julie was very helpful, and I appreciated she was flexible for my odd check-in time, rearranging my accommodation situation, and giving directions for all places I wanted to go. The location was perfect for me as I like walking and jogging and to go everywhere I wanted to go; just within 35 min.on foot, I could go to Cairns harbor terminal, central shopping center, and botanical garden. It was reasonable price with even using Uber to go other places. It was quiet and confortable enough to have good sleeps as well. I also liked hearing bird’s’ sounds :-), though I hear noise of cars, which didn’t bother me.

If I may comment, I would say these can be improved; - smell and small insects in Kitchen, especially around kitchen sink. - it would be good to have more detail instructions at the beginning to fit Julie’s life style so that she would not be worrying about, eg. how trash/garbage needs to be separated, which towels to use to dry dishes, etc

I had a very great time at Julie’s Homestay. Julie was very nice to me. It was very clean and tidy. The Homestay is near by to most of the (or in my case every) pick up point of the tours. The reef fleet terminal is also near by (30 min walk - that’s ok). I also liked her two lovely cats very much. if I come back to Cairns I will stay at Julie’s Homestay again!

Very peaceful, safe for solo travellers, excellent host