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Australia Cairns1

Cairns is a popular travel destination for foreign tourists because of its tropical climate and proximity to many attractions. The Great Barrier Reef can be reached in less than an hour by boat

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Australia Cairns1

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  1. Queensland

  2. Queensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. The area that currently forms the state capital, Brisbane, was originally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intended as a place for recidivist convicts. The state later encouraged free settlement, and today Queensland’s economy is dominated by the agricultural, tourist and natural resource sectors. Queensland is often nicknamed the Sunshine State, since it enjoys warm weather and a sizeable portion of the state is in the tropics

  3. Cairns was named after William Wellington Cairns (then Governor of Queensland). It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield

  4. Cairns is a popular travel destination for foreign tourists because of its tropical climate and proximity to many attractions. The Great Barrier Reef can be reached in less than an hour by boat Telescopus by Dominic Johns  a large mosaic shell sculpture, part of the Esplanade public art

  5. The city is rapidly expanding, with a population of around 150,920 in 2010

  6. Cairns’ official floral emblem is Golden Penda (Xanthostemonchrysanthus)

  7. Golden Penda- Xanthostemonchrysanthus flowers

  8. Beautiful Yellow flowering Golden Penda - Xanthostemonchrysanthus

  9. The Cairns Esplanade is a recreational area

  10. Abelmoschus manihot, the aibika, is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. The plant is also known as the sunset muskmallow, sunset hibiscus, or hibiscus manihot

  11. The masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), also known as the masked plover and often called the spur-winged plover or just plover

  12. Ornamental Alpinia zerumbet or shell ginger

  13. Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae The Cairns Esplanade war memorial

  14. Coccolobauvifera is a species of flowering plant, common names seagrape and baygrape

  15. The 4800 sq meter saltwater swimming lagoon offers locals and tourists a year round safe swimming location.

  16. Saltwater is pumped from the inlet and filtered through a state of the art filtration system, to meet Australian Standards.

  17. The Great Barrier Reef can be reached in less than an hour by boat.

  18. Cairns is a popular travel destination for foreign tourists because of its tropical climate

  19. Cairns Colonial Club Resort

  20. Cairns Pictures and presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2011 Sound: Sven Libaek - Stella Maris

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