Turn round and go home (Cairns)

Member Name: moonbailey

Product:	Cairns
Date:	17/08/01 (160 review reads)
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Advantages: good base to travel from, Some good bars (try the woolshed)

Disadvantages: Overrun with Brits, Not enough character

What a dissapointment. You've just travelled around half the globe in search of sun sea and a good old Aussie experience - and what exactly do you get?

Well OK I'm probably biased because I hit the worst weather they'd had for 25 years, but I didn't get any sun;
Sea? Yes, but hey, don't swim in it - there's gators in there, not forgetting the highly deadly box jellyfish if you hit the wrong season - (where do they go when not in season? - Jersey? The Algarve?)

And you'll find more English than you can shake a stick at (don't - they don't like it). Indeed I met the very same colleague from work that I was trying to get away from.

My advice - if you must do the East coast: It's a fair enough starting point I grant you - but don't hang around. Use it as a base to do some tour trips. I recommend a visit to Cape Tribulation for some night rainforest walking (guided of course - or you'll end up nothing more than a statistic, and reasonable material for banter on the bus).

Also, if you hear about 'Uncle Brian' - Don't ask any questions - just sign up for whatever he's offering and you'll never regret it - that's a promise.
But no, as for Cairns itself - don't allocate too much time on your itinery - you'll kick yourself when you run out of holiday.

See yus later!
Maz

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