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Cairns (pronuncia: [ˈkʰeːnz] o [ˈkʰɛənz]) è una città della costa nord-orientale dell'Australia, nello Stato del Queensland.La città è la quinta più popolosa in Queensland e quattordicesima a livello australiano.
Cairns remained a low-key place until after World War II. Forty thousand excited locals attended Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Cairns in March 1954, twice the local population at the time. The opening of the Cairns International Airport in 1984 helped cement the city as a destination for international tourists.
Significant events in the history of Cairns were the construction of the Cairns-to-Herberton railway line commencing in 1886, the establishment of the Cairns Harbour Board in 1906, official recognition as a city in 1923, military occupation in 1942 by the World War II defence forces, the construction of concrete high rise apartments in 1981, the opening of the international airport in 1984 ...
Cairns High School and Technical College opens to students. 1927. Cyclone Willis causes widespread destruction. 1930. The first Cairns City Council Chambers is built in Abbott Street (now houses the Cairns City Library) 1933. Cairns’ population recorded as 11,993 in the 1933 Census. 1933. Cook Highway to Port Douglas was opened. 1935
Cairns is a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which operates clinics and provides emergency evacuations in remote communities throughout the region. Sport and recreation Soccer, Australian rules football, and rugby. Cairns is home to Far North Queensland Heat, who play in the 2nd tier of soccer in Australia.
Cairns, il punto di accesso alla zona tropicale del nord del Queensland, è una delle città più rilassanti dove godersi la vita all'aria aperta. La regione di Cairns ospita l'emblematica Grande Barriera Corallina e la foresta pluviale della zona tropicale, Patrimonio dell'Umanità. La stessa città di Cairns è assolutamente da visitare.
Cooktown è a circa 3 ore a nord lungo la costa da Cairns e ha storia, parchi nazionali e spiagge da esplorare. Mission Beach, un'incantevole spiaggia tropicale, si trova a circa un'ora e mezza di auto a sud. È la porta d'accesso alle isole Dunk e Bedarra.
