Kewarra Beach is one of the Cairns northern beach suburbs and is located between Clifton Beach and Trinity Beach; about 30-minute drive north of the CBD. Kewarra Beach is predominately a residential suburb with a small mix of tourist and commercial services. There is parkland and a reserve scattered throughout Kewarra Beach including Pelican Park Esplanade, and is also a 5-minute drive from Paradise Palms Country Club & Golf Course, which offers a number of sport and recreation facilities. The postcode for Kewarra Beach is 4879.
 
There is an IGA and some specialty stores as well as Kewarra Village Take Away. The nearest supermarket is about a 5-minute drive north at Clifton Village Shopping Centre which includes a Coles, Terry White Chemist, Target Country, Gorgeous Nails & Spa and many other stores. Approx. 10-minute south is Smithfield Shopping Centre, the major shopping centre of northern Cairns which contains many major outlets including Kmart, Coles, Woolworths and many other smaller stores and café’s.

Trinity Anglican School has a primary campus and chapel at Kewarra Beach providing private schooling for year’s prep-6. The adjacent suburb of Trinity Beach has a primary state school that offers Prep classes through to year 6. The nearest high school is Smithfield State High School servicing years 7-12 and there is also a Catholic primary school at Trinity Park, all are within 10-minute drive from Kewarra Beach. The Cairns Sunbus public transport service also runs throughout the area with multiple stop overs in the suburb.