Cairns Accommodation is a great idea, why not stay there, in city centre penthouses, boxes, or flats, or out of town suburbs and detached houses, you can buy or rent, or stay in on holiday via tour operators. But lets have a gander, or a Captain Cook at the City. Cairns is a regional city and Local Government Area located in Queensland, Australia. Originally settled in 1876, and named after William Wellington Cairns (the then Governor of Queensland) to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, the settlement declined when an easier route was discovered from Port Douglas. However, Cairns' future was secured as it developed into a railhead and major port for the exportation of sugar cane, gold, precious metals and agricultural industries from the surrounding coastal and Tableland regions. The city is rapidly expanding, with a population of 122,731 (as of 2006) and is reliant on the sugar and tourism industries. Lets have more of a Dingo's breakfast.
Cairns lies about 1,701 km (1,057 mi) from Brisbane and about 2,420 km (1,504 mi) from Sydney by road. It is a popular travel destination for foreign tourists because of its tropical climate and proximity to many attractions. The Great Barrier Reef can be reached in less than an hour by boat. The Daintree National Park and Cape Tribulation, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Cairns, are popular areas for experiencing a tropical rainforest. It is also a starting point for people wanting to explore Cooktown, Cape York Peninsula, and the Atherton Tableland.
The city has used its natural surroundings to its advantage with the construction of several small theme parks for tourists. Among them are Rainforestation nature park, the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and the Kuranda Skyrail Gondola Cableway, which extends for 7.5 km (4.7 mi) over World Heritage rainforest.
A major attraction in Cairns is the lagoon. Cairns
Mayor Kevin Byrne declared in May, 2003 that topless sunbaking is permitted here
as this area is a gathering point for people from around the world who may wish
to do so. An oceanway allows pedestrians and cyclists to move along the foreshore
from the Lagoon in a sustainable manner.
Tourism plays a major part in the
Cairns economy. According to Tourism Australia, Cairns is the fourth most popular
destination for international tourists in Australia after Sydney, Melbourne and
Brisbane While the city does not rank amongst Australia's top 10 destinations
for domestic tourism, it attracts a number of Australian holiday makers given
its distance from major capitals.[ The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef
and the Wet Tropics of Queensland makes it a popular destination. The city contains
hundreds of hotels, resorts, motels and backpackers hostels. Activities in the
region include golf, white water rafting, snorkelling, diving and hiking. The
suburbs of Cairns contain a number of shopping centres of various sizes. The largest
of these are the Cairns Central shopping centre, located in the central business
district, and Stockland Cairns, located in the suburb of Earlville.
The City is currently going through a boom which has led to many high rises being built in the city The city is currently beginning to become a bigger economical centre in not just tourism, but in services as well with many new office towers being built and planned for the near future including the Cairns Corporate Tower #2.
The Cairns Seaport, located on Trinity Inlet, is operated by the Cairns
Port Authority. Most major tour operators have their check-in desks located inside
the Reef Fleet Terminal. It serves as an important port for tourist operators
providing daily reef trips. These consist of large catamarans capable of carrying
over 300 passengers as well as smaller operators who may take as few as 12 tourists.
Cairns Port is also a port of call for cruise ships, such as Captain Cook Cruises,
cruising the South Pacific Ocean, and it provides freight services to coastal
townships on Cape York Peninsula, the Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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