Cairns is a coastal city on the northeast coast of Queensland. It is a famous tourist gateway city of the Great Barrier Reef (Great Barrier Reef) of the World Natural Heritage. It is a colorful and leisurely city surrounded by tropical rainforests. It has more than 2,000 kilometers of the world's largest living coral reef landscape, charming coastline, gem-like islands, silver beaches and blue sea.
The Cairns is located at the eastern base of the Cape York Peninsula (Cape York Peninsula), on the beach between the Coral Sea and the Great Divide Ridge, on the north side of the city by the San Trinity Bay, the city center by the San Trinity Waterway (Trinity Inlet), the Murgrave River (Mulgrave River) and the Barron River (Barron River) flow through the suburbs.
Prior to the arrival of the British colonists, native Mandingalbay Yidinji and Gimuy Walubara Yidinji had lived here for many years. Captain James Cook (Captain James Cook) first drew a map of the Cairns area in 1770 and named it San Trinity Bay (Trinity Bay). It was not until more than a hundred years later that officials entered the area many times to build it into a port. The discovery of gold in the plateau, west of Cairns, benefited from the need to transport it, Cairns finally opened in 1876.
Cairns is a warm tropical monsoon climate, Cairns summer humid and hot, mild winter, the climate is closer to Hawaii. Dry season from June to October, rainy season from November to May, the southern city of Babinda (Babinda) is the highest rainfall in Australia, annual rainfall of 4200 mm, during the rainy season may be hit by typhoons, the city's two rivers may also flood, resulting in all access to the city's roads are impassable.
Cairns is known as one of the world's most ideal living cities, adjacent to the scenic Palm Bay (Palm Cove), celebrity holiday paradise Douglas Port (Port Douglas), the beautiful town of Kuranda (Kuranda) in the rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef and other natural wonders. Beautiful scenery and the beautiful scenery on the Pacific coast will surprise you and make every visitor to the Cairns happy.
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Airport(s) of Cairns
Cairns Airport (Code: CNS)
Visitor centre of Cairns
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