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Cairns Quick Facts

Cairns is the Tropical Gateway to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World.

City of Cairns State Name : Queensland

Location : Tropical North Queensland

Population : 122,000 plus

Languages : English (many trips also cater for different languages)

Cairns time Zone : Greenwich mean time – coordinated Universal Time + 10:00 hours
Cairns is on Eastern Standard time (EST) we have the same time zone as Sydney and Melbourne except when daylight savings is on (Queensland does not have daylight savings we are closer to the equator so we get longer days naturally) When Sydney and Melbourne are having daylight savings we are one hour behind other Eastern State times

City of Cairns Current time in Cairns is now

Currency : Australian dollar

Health: Cairns has two hospitals – one private and one public
And numerous Medical Centres and private Doctors.

Weather : Average Temperature 29º.1 C / 84º F

Minimum Temperature : 20.1 C / 68º F

Annual Rainfall 2.222 mm / 87.5 m

Temperature Chart for Cairns

Months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Celsius

28

28

27

26

25

24

22

22

24

25

26

27

Farenheight

82

82

80

78

77

75

72

72

75

77

78

80

* Temperature is based on yearly averages

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How to get to Cairns

	Fly - Tropical North Queensland approx 2 hour flight from Brisbane Cairns is serviced by domestic flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin and Perth – Virgin Blue, Qantas and Jetstar have flights every day to Cairns

	Queensland Rail – Cairns is the final station of Queensland North Coast Railway line which follows the Eastern seaboard from Brisbane including the high speed train ‘The Tilt Train’

	By bus – Greyhound, Oz Experience passes available so that you can get on and off and explore all the great regions of Australia.

	Campervans are also a great option and will offer great flexibility to get you around and allow you the flexibility to discover Queensland at your own pace.

Cairns is approximately 1700 kilometres (1057 miles) north of Brisbane, 2420 kilometers (1504 miles) north of Sydney.

Whichever way you choose to come to Cairns at www.cairnstrips.com.au we can assist you to get here.

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