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Lilybank Bed & Breakfast 
Cairns
Far North Queensland
Australia
75 Kamerunga Road, Stratford, Cairns, 4870 Queensland, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4055 1123
Fax: +61 7 4058 1990
email: lilybank@bigpond.net.au
web: www.lilybank.com.au
Hosts: Pat and Mike Woolford

Looking for a Bed and Breakfast in Cairns, "Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef", offering air conditioned rooms with private bathrooms? Then read on because "Lilybank Bed & Breakfast", Frommer's Favourite Cairns' B and B is ideally situated for your Tropical Queensland holiday.

There is something immediately inviting about traditional "Queenslander" homesteads.  Set in tropical gardens, their wide, shady verandahs, high ceilings with cooling fans and beautiful timberwork suggest romantic sojourns in the tropics.

  
Guestrooms and verandahs at rear of house

Lilybank Bed and Breakfast, in the leafy Cairns ' suburb of Stratford, and only 10 minutes from the city centre, is just such a home.

The property dates back to 1872, just 7 years after the first settlers began arriving and was established on 1600 acres, becoming the first tropical fruit plantation in North Queensland and also was a popular hotel and Inn or guesthouse

.For many years it was the home of Mayor A.J.Draper, regarded as the "father" of the city of Cairns.  The plantation was long ago redeveloped into the suburbs of Stratford and Freshwater.

  
Enjoy our garden! The birds and butterflies that visit us here are a delight to the eye.


Happily, Lilybank homestead is still here to welcome visitors to this magnificent part of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage rainforests, and provide you with excellent Bed and Breakfast accommodation.

As the region's most popular B&B, we have welcomed more than 10,000 guests over the last 12 years and Lilybank Bed and Breakfast has featured for the last nine of those years as a "Frommers' Favourite" in their Australian travel publication.

 
Cool off in our saltwater pool

In their current edition, Lilybank Bed & Breakfast has also been selected as one of Australia's "Best of the Best" moderately priced hotels and B&B's...We are also recommended in Fodors and a host of other publications.

So we hope to be welcoming you to Lilybank B&B when you visit Tropical North Queensland -   the Great Barrier Reef & Rainforest region of Australia.

Pat & Mike Woolford

  


Looking out from the upstairs rear verandah (Lychee Tree on the left is no longer there)
Accommodation

Our upstairs family sized room with queen bed which is semi-private from two single beds.  The bathroom has shower, w/c and handbasin

Another view of the family room showing single beds and table for four. The queen bed is through doors on the right of photo.
Queen bedroom upstairs. Bathroom has shower over bathtub and separate w/c.
Downstairs guestroom with queen bed which is semi-private from two single beds.
The bathroom for the downstairs guestroom has bathtub, shower, washbasin and a separate w/c.
The rear garden from the downstairs guestroom
Our cottage room with King Size bed, private TV, tea and coffee facilities and bar area.

Another view of the cottage room.

(Pat and Jenny sitting at the bar)
The garden as seen from the cottage verandah.
Relax and take it easy - or join the other guests to share the highlights of the day
Two separate guest lounge areas, one having TV, video and plenty of books....
...and several wide verandahs all ensure you won't be cramped for room at Lilybank

Check out the tropical plants in our garden and enjoy a swim in our pool
While bedrooms and common guest areas are no smoking zones, smokers are welcome to use verandah areas
There is plenty of off-street parking space for your car
Guest tea and coffee making facilities, refrigerators and microwave adjoin the lounge areas and our washing machine is available for your use.
A laundromat is also situated nearby.
Telephone, fax and email facilities are available
Breakfast

Breakfast at Lilybank is served in our Garden Room, where pond and tropical plants combine to create just the right atmosphere to stimulate your appetite.

Menu

  • Fruit Juice
  • Tropical Fruit
  • Selection of Cereals
  • Home Baked Croissants
  • Toast & selection of spreads
  • Tea or brewed locally grown coffee
  • Additionally we are happy to provide a cooked breakfast of your choice and the following selection is available (no additional charge) 
  • Eggs on toast any way you like
  • Bacon or sausages or lamb loin chops and eggs (fried, poached or scrambled) with or without grilled tomatoes.
    Tasmanian smoked salmon with scrambled eggs on the side Tomato, mushroom and herb omelette (with or without cheese)
  • Eggs Benedict
  • Pancakes (either plain or with banana filling)

Tours

There are literally hundreds of tours to choose from when you make Cairns your base for exploring the Great Barrier Reef, the Cairns Highlands and our World Heritage listed rainforests.  Making the right choices at the right price will add immeasureably to your enjoyment  This is where we can be of great help to you.  Pat has arranged several thousand tours for our guests during the last twelve years and you will find her advice and guidance invaluable.

We can make all booking arrangements and even arrange for most tour operators to pick you up at our front door.


We've travelled widely and are convinced that there are more natural wonders to see and enjoy in the Cairns' area than in any other single location on earth.
These few photos can only give you a slight idea......
Our best morning in North Queensland was the day Pat & I floated around in a hot air balloon - followed by a champagne breakfast!
Ocean Spirit Cruises - This vessel even has a semi- submersible for those that want to see the reef without getting their hair wet.  And there is easy snorkelling right off the cay in the background. (Michaelmas Cay out from Cairns.)
Green Island and its surrounding reef - 17 kilometers out from Cairns.
Skyrail, winner of Australian National Tourism awards year after year and a must do.   Virtually every Lilybank guest has taken this trip combined with the Kuranda Scenic Train and enjoyed every moment of it. 
Wherever you go in Tropical North Queensland there's always something more to see.


 
Location
  

Getting to Lilybank from the Airport couldn't be easier - a 10 minute taxi ride for a cost of around $16.00 - and it's much the same from the bus and train terminals.
And once you're here, a regular bus service to the city centre goes right past our door, and that will also have you in City Place in around 10 minutes or so at a cost of around $2.60 per person.

Look for our Front Gatehouse 120 yards past the Garden Room Restaurant

  

 

Rates
Bed and Breakfast (Australian Dollars)

  
    $99 to $110 per double
    $77 per single
    Additional person in family room $33.00
 

NOTE: 
Our tariff rates quoted above  INCLUDE 10% Federal Government Tax (GST) which will be shown separately on each guest invoice.

  Lilybank Bed & Breakfast is  registered with the Australian Tax Office for GST purposes and our Australian Business Number is
ABN 83 582 019 763
 

There is no additional charge for breakfast
Around Stratford
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Rainbow Lorikeets   Christmas Bell
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