Storage Cairns region

Why not try Mareeba or Atherton. A lot of the land around Cairns is fairly low lying and when a cyclone comes through it floods out in a lot of areas.
The new housing blocks are fairly small, as everywhere else in Oz, which are not made "for real blokes" who want a shed, so storage is in demand for boats etc.
If you are storing over the cyclone season these other towns may let you sleep a little easier and being up on the tablelands the humidity and temps are a little lower reducing the chance of mould taking over, great drive up the hill too amongst some of the best land in Australia.
My preference would be Atherton.

Lived in East Palmerston and Cairns for several years and we use to go to Atherton regularly to escape and enjoy the difference in micro climate.
Anyway, whatever you say. Just pay the Cairns storage.....
Have cut n pasted from the Atherton visitor web page that the locals must have wrong too.

With an annual rainfall of around 1600mm, Atherton (the most central town), and its immediate district, are a lovely tropical green. The towns and villages of the Atherton Tablelands boast a tropical atmosphere and close knit community spirit. Naturally air-conditioned, being an average 700 metres above sea level the district is free of coastal humidity. The perfect summer retreat, but still close enough to enjoy coastal attractions. Residents boast that they are blessed with the best weather in the world. With winter getting an occasional helping of early morning frost and the daily temperature around a perfect 21 degrees Celsius, the spectacular afternoon/evening storms in spring and the lower humidity in summer makes this an all year destination without the oppressive climate at sea level.

Thanks for the responses appreciated - looks like we will just have to pay the parking in Cairns - never kind that's just the way that it goes again thanks