Cairns
Cairns (Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in Queensland, Australia. 120.000 people live there. Cairns is about 1720 km (1,069 miles) north of Brisbane and about 2500km (1,553 miles) from Sydney by road. It is built on the shores of Trinity Bay.
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| Coordinates | 16°55′S 145°47′E / 16.92°S 145.78°ECoordinates: 16°55′S 145°47′E / 16.92°S 145.78°E | ||||||||
| Population | 165,000 (2023)[1] (15th) | ||||||||
| • Density | 648.8/km2 (1,680/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Established | 1876 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4870 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) | ||||||||
| Area | 254.3 km2 (98.2 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Cairns Region | ||||||||
| County | Nares | ||||||||
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Cairns is an important travel destination for tourists because it has a games arcade at Cairns Central, Public toilets, Zoos, Casinos, Various Takeaway shops, Pubs, Nightclubs, Movie theatres and Beaches, it is warm all year round and is near many attractions. The Great Barrier Reef is only one-and-a-half hours away by boat. The Daintree National Park and Cape Tribulation, about 130km north of Cairns, are popular areas for experiencing a tropical rainforest. It is also a starting point for people wanting to see Cooktown, Cape York Peninsula, and the Atherton Tableland.
History
Captain James Cook named Trinity Bay when he arrived there in his ship HM Bark Endeavour on Trinity Sunday, 1770.[2] The first Europeans to settle arrived in 1876 when gold was found near Cairns. It was named after the Governor of Queensland, Sir William Cairns.[2]
Cairns Media
1874 map showing native wells situated within the future site of Cairns
Selectors Homestead. (Register listing indicates Cairns. (includes house, garden and fence; riders on horseback, horse-drawn vehicles, livestock); Oblong cottage with distinctive zig zag roofline.)
Cairns War Memorial, c. 1936
The Skyrail Rainforest Cableway goes over the rainforest and is one of the city's main tourist attractions.
The Mulgrave River running through the Goldsbrough Valley to the south of Gordonvale
Fruit bats hanging from a mango tree, central Cairns
View of the Esplanade, Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia.
Tropical beach near Cairns
The Lagoon on the Cairns Esplanade on the left, separated by the boardwalk from the ocean on the right, at low tide
Cairns at night; the wharves. The casino's dome can be seen in the background.
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References
- ↑ Regional Population: Population estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2009 to 2019. Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 November 2020. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cairns History. cairns-australia.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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