5 Florence Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Land area
7,800 m (25,600 ft)[1]
No. of animals
15,000+[1]
Volume of largest tank
1,800,000 L (480,000 US gal)[1]
Total volume of tanks
3,000,000 L (790,000 US gal)
Major exhibits
71 tanks in 10 ecosystems[1]
Website
www.cairnsaquarium.com
Cairns Aquarium is a public aquarium in Cairns, Australia, that opened in 2017. It is home to more than 15,000 animals displayed in 10 ecosystems.[2]
Sawfish, 2018Blue crayfish, 2018
The $54 million, 7,800 m (25,600 ft), three-level facility in Queensland holds 71 tanks, including a 1,800,000 L (480,000 US gal) ocean tank, Australia's largest freshwater tank with 400,000 L (110,000 US gal) of water, a deep reef tank and the world's first true tidal motion tank.[1][3][4]
It is among the few aquariums to display endangered or rarely seen species such as the emerald tree monitors, Jardine River turtles, ribboned pipefish, freshwater sawfish and scalloped hammerhead sharks.[4]
The aquarium is also an interactive research and education centre and is home to the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre.[5][6]
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^"Experience Cairns Aquarium". www.cairnsaquarium.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^Falvo, Andrea (September 18, 2017). Going wild for city tourist attraction. The Cairns Post, page 4.
^ abTill, Crispin (September 18, 2017). Ribbon-cutting marks opening of underwater world at Cairns Aquarium. Tropic Now magazine.
^The Urban Developer (September 26, 2017). New Cairns Aquarium Opens with High Returns for Investors.
^The Cairns Post (June 15, 2018). Tanks a lot word from hurt turtle. page 6
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