Sunday, May 4, 2008

The city of Cairns




Cairns, which is located in North- West Coast in Queensland, is the safest tropical city in the world. Its population is 123,760. It's 1700km from Brisbane by road and 2500km from Sydney by road.


They have a large TAFE campus, and 25 state primary schools. James Cook is a university which has only 3500 students. .


The climate is often wet in summer and most of the rain falls in the late afternoon and at night.

July is the coldest month with about 16c minimum. It is tropical climate and there are thunderstorms from October to December.


The main industries are tourism and fishing in winter. Cairns is famous for the Great Barrier Reef which has very warm water and excellent diving spots. It also has fresh water lakes, many beautiful beaches which have white sand and clear clean water. There are magnificent tropical rain forests near Cairns. So tourist enjoy diving and river rafting. There are many good places for travel.

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