Cairns aka FNQ aka the Wet Tropics
It’s not just the tropics, it’s the wet tropics. That’s Far North Queensland for you. Central to this region is Cairns (pronounced Cans, America), a town that grew from a coastal hamlet to a small city of mid-rise beach hotels that hails as a gateway for a trip to the Great Barrier Reef and/or a supply hub for a trip into the outback territory of Cape York. It offers a few interesting land activities but we found that most of…