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Vol. 1 · independent stay logbookChecked Thursday 29 October 202616°55′ S · 145°46′ E · Wharf Street
Cairns Casino Hotel Logbook

An independent guide to The Reef Hotel Casino — rooms, reef days and rainforest days, checked against what the hotel and public bodies publish.

Parking · rate sheet dated November 2024

Parking: rates, valet and the rules

The hotel has its own car park for cars and motorcycles. The rate sheet it links from its rooms page is dated November 2024 and was still the current link when we checked on 29 October 2026.

The published rates

WhoRateNotes
Hotel in-house guests, self-parking$12 per nightvalidate your ticket with the concierge or reception; enter and exit as often as you like within the 24-hour period
Hotel in-house guests, valet$20 per nightsame validation
Everyone else$2.20 flat rate per hourpay at the stations by the lifts on levels 1 and 2, or by card at the exit gate
Monthly parking$135 per month incl. GSTlimited spaces, application form, terms apply
Lost ticket$25 flat fee plus the daily chargespaid at Guest Services by the casino entrance

Card payments carry a 1.4% surcharge, and the sheet notes that Visa and Mastercard debit cards are treated as credit cards. The pay stations take cash and contactless Visa or Mastercard; the exit gate takes contactless cards only. The car park is monitored around the clock, and unauthorised long-term parking is not allowed.

Accessible parking

The accessibility fact sheet says the car parks have wheelchair-accessible spaces near the lifts, and that the lifts run from the car park levels to the foyer.

What the hotel does not publish

If any of these decide your trip, add the question to your room request and we will put it to the hotel.

Parking for a reef day if you are not staying

One reef operator, Sunlover, points day visitors driving to the Reef Fleet Terminal to two car parks reached from Pier Point Road: the council's Southern Esplanade (Lagoon) car park and The Pier's underground car park. It asks people to allow time to park and walk before check-in closes.

Do you need a car at all?

For a stay built on reef trips, the Esplanade and dinners in the building, probably not — the terminal is about 100 metres away. A car earns its keep on Daintree and tableland days; for those, compare the parking cost with a guided tour that collects from the hotel.

Sources for this page — read on 23–29 October 2026; where a source disagrees with another, the page says so.

Room request desk · The Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns

Ask our desk for a room at The Reef Hotel Casino

Give us your dates and the room you have in mind. The booking desk of this site — not the hotel — reads each request, checks availability and the current rate with the hotel's reservations team or with a booking partner, and answers by email. No card details are asked for here, and a request is not yet a booking.

How this desk is paid: when a request sent from this site turns into a confirmed stay, the hotel or the booking partner that completes the reservation pays us a commission. Asking costs you nothing extra. How this site earns.

Thank you — your request is with our desk. We check availability and the rate with the hotel's reservations team or our booking partner and reply by email, usually within one business day. Nothing is booked and nothing is charged until you say yes.

Queensland casino entry is 18+, and the hotel's gaming floor admits adults only. If gambling is hurting you or someone close to you, the Gambling Helpline is on 1800 858 858 — free, confidential, 24/7. More on our responsible gambling page. This logbook is an independent guide and not the hotel's website.

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