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Located in Northern Queensland, Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf is a new and exciting heritage listed venue with views over the Trinity Inlet. Guests can enjoy seven unique spaces that are walking distance to Cairns Convention Centre and CBD hotels.

Hemingway's Brewery has the best location for weddings, birthdays, parties, corporate events and more. 

Hemingway's Brewery offers their amazing Brewery, a premium experience for you and your guests in a totally unique setting in Cairns. Functions in the brewery cater up to 100 guests cocktail style, or up to 20 guests banquet style. 

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Hemingway's Brewery, The Brewery

Shangri-La The Marina, Cairns sits at the heart of Tropical North Queensland and is a special place to escape the ordinary when it comes to functions.

This five-star hotel boasts 19 versatile spaces, inside and outdoor, and a restaurant that is famous for casual waterside dining. 95% of the event spaces has natural light, and can accommodate every occasion from a breakfast board meeting to weddings and special celebrations.

Surrounded by lush tropical gardens and under the cover of a permanent sail marquee, The Poolside Terrace provides a true North Queensland atmosphere. This terrace can accommodate up to 500 guests.

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Shangri-la, The Marina, Cairns, The Poolside Terrace

Mexicairns is a lively and vibrant new venue located at 36 Lake Street in Cairns, Australia. Known for its delicious and colourful Mexican inspired dishes,  high end cocktails all set in an insta worthy atmosphere.

Introducing "Competitive Socialising" to the Cairns social scene with 6 classic old school games - bowling, augmented darts, pool, shuffleboard, beer pong and ping pong, it has something for everyone!

The venue is popular for its variety of Mexican classics like tacos, quesadillas and share plates complemented by a wide range of margaritas and cocktails. 

With its welcoming environment and lively decor, Mexicairns is perfect for a casual meal with friends, a night out, or your next networking event.

While Mexicairns is primarily a single space, the venue offers a mix of indoor and outdoor seating options, providing flexibility for different group sizes and events from 50 - 550.  For those interested in hosting private events or larger parties, the venue's Event Manager can tailor everything to suit your needs. 

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Mexicairns, Mexicairns 

Located in Northern Queensland, Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf is a new and exciting heritage listed venue with views over the Trinity Inlet. Guests can enjoy seven unique spaces that are walking distance to Cairns Convention Centre and CBD hotels.

Hemingway's Brewery has the best location for weddings, birthdays, parties, corporate events and more. 

Hemingway's Brewery's Courtyard is the outdoor space looking out to Trinity Inlet with private access to bar facilities. The space comes with velvet roped off section of the courtyard to suit any size group of 80 guests. Do note when cruise ships are docked the fencing is put in place as per Ports North security regulations.

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Hemingway's Brewery, The Courtyard

Located in Northern Queensland, Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf is a new and exciting heritage listed venue with views over the Trinity Inlet. Guests can enjoy seven unique spaces that are walking distance to Cairns Convention Centre and CBD hotels.

Hemingway's Brewery has the best location for weddings, birthdays, parties, corporate events and more. 

Hemingway's Brewery has The Courtyard, Bond Store and Long Room gives you exclusive use of the entire Brewery. The Brewery can extend its space outside the Courtyard to accommodate additional space for Food Trucks and has two bar facilities. With a cocktail style, can accommodate for 700+ guests. Optionally, the Brewery can apply for an outdoor extension permit which allows them to take up to 1,000 guests for larger events

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Hemingway's Brewery, Exclusive Hire

Located in Northern Queensland, Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf is a new and exciting heritage listed venue with views over the Trinity Inlet. Guests can enjoy seven unique spaces that are walking distance to Cairns Convention Centre and CBD hotels.

Hemingway's Brewery has the best location for weddings, birthdays, parties, corporate events and more. 

Hemingway's Brewery's Bond Store provides a large, open-air space showcasing the architectural brilliance of this Heritage-listed venue. The Bond Store is accompanied with an acoustic drape separating the room from the Brewpub and glass bi-folds to the Courtyard and access to bar facilities. 

Cocktail arrangement up to 200 guests with space for a 2m x 6m stage and seated up to 150 guests with space for a 2m x 6m stage. The space also comes with velvet roped off area for smaller groups. 

The Bond Store, Hemingway's Brewery is perfect for: 
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Hemingway's Brewery, The Bond Store

Pullman Cairns International features impressive function venues and exceptional accommodation in an outstanding location in the heart of the Cairns CBD. Pullman Cairns International is the ideal setting for your next meeting, conference, trade show, gala dinner, wedding or corporate event in tropical Cairns.

Being the largest hotel in Cairns, guests can choose from Pullman Cairns International's extensive array of conference facilities encompassing a range of layout configurations. With more than 3,000 square metres of event space, eleven meeting rooms and a tropical pool deck, the hotel can host functions and outdoor events of any size.

Derived from Bluewater 1 & Bluewater 2, expanded into one large room, the Bluewater 1 & 2 combination has the capacity for up to 200 delegates. Ideal for standalone conferences, workshops, presentations, cocktail parties or larger breakout rooms, these rooms have stunning views over the famous Pullman Cairns International colonial inspired lobby.

Bluewater 1 & 2 are perfect for: 
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Pullman Cairns International, Bluewater 1 & 2

Located in Northern Queensland, Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf is a new and exciting heritage listed venue with views over the Trinity Inlet. Guests can enjoy seven unique spaces that are walking distance to Cairns Convention Centre and CBD hotels.

Hemingway's Brewery has the best location for weddings, birthdays, parties, corporate events and more. 

Hemingway's Brewery's The Bond Store provides a large, open-air space showcasing the architectural brilliance of this Heritage-listed venue. The Bond Store is accompanied with an acoustic drape separating the room from the Brewpub and glass bi-folds to the Courtyard and access to bar facilities. 

Cocktail arrangement up to 350 guests with space for a 2m x 6m stage and seated up to 150 guests with space for a 2m x 6m stage. The space also comes with velvet roped off area for smaller groups. 

The Courtyard is the outdoor space looking out to Trinity Inlet with private access to bar facilities. The space comes with a velvet roped off section of the courtyard to suit any size group of 20 guests or more. Do note when cruise ships are docked the fencing is put in place as per Ports North security regulations.

The Bond Store & Courtyard are perfect for: 
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Hemingway's Brewery, The Bond Store & Courtyard

Situated in the Cairns Botanic Gardens precinct, just 4km north of the City’s CBD, the Tanks Arts Centre is an iconic, and innovative, multi-use, contemporary arts facility creatively housed in three converted World War II naval oil storage tanks and set amidst a lush rainforest.

With four spaces available for hire, the singular charm of these heritage listed and historic tanks, with their tall interior poles and lush outdoor backdrop, offers endless opportunities to make your next event a memorable one.

TANK 3 is an empty shell offering the greatest flexibility of all the spaces suitable for awards dinners, conferences, workshops, gala events and cocktail parties. TANK 3 also has circus rigging, enabling imaginative live entertainment to make your next event something completely ‘out of the box’.

The amphitheatre at the entrance provides a perfect space for welcome drinks surrounded by rainforest, TANK 3 is well suited for every event requirement. It can accommodate up to 650 guests.

TANK 3 has amazing features such as:
• Wi-Fi
• Natural light
• Natural ventilation
• Rigging bars
• Surrounding native gardens
• Adjoining outdoor, amphitheatre area
• State-of-the-art flown PA and lighting systems

TANK 3 is perfect for:
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Stop searching and let the perfect venue by the water in Cairns find you!

Find the best event spaces and book with confidence. Trusted by 100k+ planners. 10 years of venue expertise. 100% free to use.

Discover the charming venues by the water Cairns offers

Discover the best by the water venues in Cairns

Hemingway's Brewery - The Brewery

Shangri-la, The Marina, Cairns - The Poolside Terrace

Mexicairns - Mexicairns

Hemingway's Brewery - The Courtyard

Hemingway's Brewery - Exclusive Hire

Hemingway's Brewery - The Bond Store

Pullman Cairns International - Bluewater 1 & 2

Hemingway's Brewery - The Bond Store & Courtyard

TANKS Art Centre - TANK 3

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