Market
Cairns Night Markets
Open-air, air-conditioned bazaar of seventy stalls selling souvenirs, food and massages every night of the year.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Cairns Night Markets on Abbott Street follows the gamble two young operators, Hayden Redfern and Elise Warring, made in nineteen ninety one when they signed a six-month lease betting that tourists would treat an evening of browsing as a destination in itself. It traces the idea back to open-air bazaars in Hawaii and Southeast Asia, and the handful of stallholders who took the risk alongside them. Worth strolling the full length of today's food court and massage stalls before you decide where to eat.
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