Quote: (03-13-2016 01:25 PM)glugger Wrote:
I haven't gone out in Cairns in over a year but most of this info should still ring true.
Clubs:
Gilligans- By far the most popular club in Cairns. The general rule for Cairns is no matter where you go during the night, everyone will eventually end up here. So should you.
It's also the biggest backpacker's resort in Cairns, so you will see a lot a foreigners, but this rings true for every club here.
Shitty top 40 club tracks is what you'll expect.
Attic- The upstairs club at gillies. The music is more edm style (trap, dubstep, melbourne bounce etc) than gilligans is, and they try to make it upmarket with bottle service and sexy uniforms on the bartenders, and darker lighting.
Lyquid- I've never been here personally, It opened since I've gone out in Cairns, but I have friends who have been here. Probably the 'coolest' club in Cairns, with a more serious vibe, and ministry of sound-esque music. Go here if you want drugs.
Velvet Underground - A club attached to the casino. Crowd is very hit and miss, sometimes it's full at 11pm, then 20 minutes later everyone's gone. More house music style, cool layout.
Sugar Hut- Similar vibe to the attic, with a kinda asian jungle theme goin on. You'll get more locals here, but again, foreigners are everywhere in Cairns.
The Heritage - Probably the best place outside of NT to get your aboriginal flag. The black club. Make sure you order a teacup when you go there.
Society - Free entry club, sometimes has cheap drinks. Similar vibe to the rest of the clubs.
Vibe - Used to be considered a lesbian bar, but it's changed hands like 5 times since I went there so who knows.
Irish Bar- Paddy's? Molly's? I can't remember, but a cosy little dark irish pub with cheap meals and pool tables. The crowd is usually really young, with a ton of english girls at least checking it out before going elsewhere.
edit- Amost forgot the Woolshed! Definitely a backpacker bar, typical radio music. Big long wooden benches and tables next to a little dancefloor.
You'll probably have to pay entry on fri/sat nights, about $5-10 usually.
From what I have been reading in the forum, are the pubs better to hit up than the clubs to get the backpacker girls who are more ready to have fun? I am assuming those high end clubs are more likely to have the locals with the attitude to boot.
If that is the case, I am thinking given constraints of the days one can go out sucn as Sun, Mon and Tue, Gilligans, Woolshed and the Irish pub are better. Opinions? Btw, a quick search tells me PJ OBriens is the name of that irish pub.
On a separate note, with regards to accommodation is it generally recommended to stay in a backpackers hostel for logistics if there is a pub on the ground floor? Has it made it any easier to pull? It seems that Gilligan's seem to have such a setup. But their single rooms cost more than double that of a typical backpackers single room. Damn.
Thanks for your comments.