Not a Cairns in the world!

Advantages: The edge of the real Australia
Disadvantages: Long way up there

...Cairns is the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, the only reason to stop here, now a collection of backpackers and medium sized hotels mingled in with the residents abodes crowding around the harbor and increasingly pushing back and concreting over the forest to facilitate holidaymakers to enjoy the reef. It was originally a gold rush town for the miners to head out to the Hodgkinson goldfields...

thedevilinme 16.10.2012 09:40 · Read review
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you Cairn do it

Advantages: gateway to areas of stunning, natural beauty
Disadvantages: lack of history, no real beaches

...Cairns is a strange place in that you do not really go to Cairns to experience Cairns. It is more of a focal point for exploring other areas around it. That is to say that Cairns has not got lots of attractions in it's own right because it has but the vast majority of visitors will use it as a stopping off place to see both Cairns and other attractions. After our trip to Ayers Rock, Cairns was...

TheWizardsSleeve 21.02.2008 17:52 (21.02.2008 16:52) · Read review
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I Cairn Help But Recommend

Advantages: Cheap base for the area
Disadvantages: Not that much in the town itself

...Before my trip people told me not to go to Cairns as it's 'dirty', 'ugly' and 'boring'. Never one to listen to comments like that, I still decided to stay there for a week, shunning Port Douglas and Palm Cover in favour of accommodation in Cairns itself, and was determined to enjoy myself, or at least experience enough to write a scathing review if need be. Happily this wasn't the case and I...

zoe_page 16.01.2006 08:34 · Read review
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