Information you can follow.

Research here means checking information used in our visitor guidance and cultural writing. It does not mean that Apollonaut operates a laboratory, employs an academic research department or has completed original scientific studies.

For visiting hours, admission and facilities, the first source is Cairns Aquarium’s own website. For the aquarium’s tanks and history, and for Cairns and the Wet Tropics, we used general references that cite their sources. All can be read directly through the links provided.

1. 01

   Start with the relevant source

   Use the aquarium for its own visitor rules, animals and conservation work. Use an identified reference for dates and other facts.

2. 02

   Keep time-sensitive details dated

   Prices, opening hours, presentation times and eligibility can change. A past arrangement or old tariff must not become a current promise.

3. 03

   Separate fact from interpretation

   A sourced date is different from an editorial impression. Make the distinction clear in the writing.

4. 04

   Keep uncertainty visible

   If sources disagree or a detail is unverified, omit the claim or explain the limit. Animal numbers, for example, differ between sources; we give the aquarium’s own figure and say so.

A starting price, an aquarium admission price and the total charged for a booking are different figures. A useful comparison must identify the same access, visitor category, date, currency and included fees.

Our prices are in Australian dollars and include our service fee, so they are higher than the aquarium’s own admission prices in Australian dollars. We do not claim the lowest price or publish a market comparison.

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The aim is to make source links and meaningful updates easy to find. A material correction should explain what changed rather than quietly leaving contradictory information elsewhere on the site.

The heritage and history copy was checked against the reading links below on 9 November 2026. This date records that review; it is not a guarantee that future opening hours or admission rules will remain the same.