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Cairns
Tourist information - Cairns
Cairns is a city on the north-eastern coast of the state of Queensland, Australia, on Trinity Bay, about 1800 km north of Brisbane. Cairns is one of Australia's fastest-growing cities. Cairns is an important tourist destination, receiving about 1,000,000 visitors each year. The city is the southern gateway to the wild, sparsely inhabited Cape York Peninsula. This coastal region is framed by two features of such pristine beauty and exceptional ecological value that they have been listed by the World Heritage Society. These two natural features, now acclaimed as amongst the world's most wonderful assets are The Great Barrier Reef and The Wet Tropics Rainforests. The city is also an important center for big-game fishing. In 1984 an international airport opened in Cairns.
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