If you need a break from exploring the reef, why not go 1,076 feet above sea level with a ride on the Kuranda Scenic Railway? Departing from Cairns, the train takes a two-hour journey through the ...

The five-year-old boy, visiting with his family from Japan, was aboard the Kuranda Scenic Railway on Saturday afternoon when the rock was thrown just before 4pm, near an intersection in Cairns North.