Cairns Town

Cairns is great. There's good nightlife - we were a bit out of the centre but there was a good pub just around the corner - and it's the gateway to the really good bits of the reef.

Oh, and it's got a Big Thing.

Big Captain Cook - right after he invaded Poland.
That great little pub around the corner - the Cock and Bull.
The marina where the reef boats go from.
There is a really nice lagoon in the town - well, there has to be. The sea is full of stingers and crocs. Really.
There's a helicopter coming in.