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G,day Anna,
Tell your sainted friend who is chaperoning the middle schoolers to
keep them busy with a trip to Kurunda. You can buy tickets for the
day trip. Go up to the top of the mountain on the train come back on
the skyrail, or vice versa. There are tourist shops and restaurants
up there at the market and also a great butterfly exhibit. Try the
walk out to the Falls and also you can walk part of the way through
the rainforest and then get back on the skyway...There is an
Aboriginal Cultural centre there also.....
The Daintree is a great place to go to see a rainforest. Tours
available. Crocs....Go out to the Reef on one of the big boats like
Quicksilver. It is truly beautiful. They have a package deal and
offer lunch with it...The US dollar buys a lot in OZ now so its a
bargain...Nothing to speak of in Cairns. Its just a big old country
town....Lots of tourists however. You can not swim off the beach at
Cairns as it is a mud flats, but you can go further north for
wonderful beaches. Favorites of mine are Trinity Beach and Port
Douglas. You did not say when they are going....Depending on the time
of the year it is advisable to check for stinging things in the water
off the beaches...The natives are friendly and love tourists.....Gay
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