Fogarty Park
42-50 Esplanade, Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia
Open nowToday 00:00 – 23:59 · by the venue's published hoursFull hours
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A lovely park on the Cairns Esplanade with a 4.6 rating across 58 reviews.
Practical details
Opening hours
Open now- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- SundayToday
- 00:00 – 23:59
Why it's worth checking out
Fogarty Park is a parks venue in Cairns City, with a 4.6-star Google rating from 58 reviews. The supplied council information is for the wider Cairns Esplanade, so it does not provide a detailed, park-specific profile of Fogarty Park. It does, however, outline the range of facilities and activities available across this foreshore area.
The Esplanade includes free playgrounds, fitness stations, Beach Volleyball Courts and the Lagoon, along with free Active Living fitness classes suitable for different fitness levels. Picnic areas and barbecues are available for casual use, while toilets, showers, lockers and parking are located along the foreshore. The parklands can also be used casually or hired for an event, making the area relevant to families, groups and visitors planning an outdoor gathering.
The wider Esplanade also provides public artworks, memorials and monuments to discover on foot. Dogs are welcome on the Esplanade, but restrictions apply around the Lagoon and surrounding parklands, as well as within two metres of playgrounds and barbecues. For anyone visiting Cairns City and looking for open-air recreation, a picnic setting or access to foreshore facilities, Fogarty Park is best considered within this broader Esplanade environment.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.6 from 58 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 76
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 54
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 19 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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