CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA
FEBRUARY 17, 2014
Captain Cook discovered Cairns
in 1770 but nothing was done with it because of the heat and the crocodiles.
But in 1876 gold was discovered in the mountains south west of the area so it
was decided by Britain to develop the area to service the gold fields. The
great claim to fame is it in on the Great Barrier Reef. We had to pick up a Pilot in Sydney to ride
with us all the way to New Guinea to guide us through the Reef. It is hundreds of miles (2000 kilometers)
long and has been growing for hundreds of years.
Cairns has a temperature of 75
degrees year round and has a rainy season November through May and receives
over one meter of rain. Sugar Cane is their main crop. They have Box jelly fish in the water during
the summer months and they are very poisonous so people cannot swim during that
time.
They have a World Heritage Park
Rain Forest. We took a Skyrail for 5 miles over the top of the rain
forest. We had two stops to take
pictures.
In 1928 The Royal Flying Doctor Service was
started. Australia is so vast and people
live so far apart this service will fly to pick up patients and get them to a
hospital from the Outback.
.jpg)
Sandy getting on the Skyrail car
.jpg)
Looking over the city from the Skyrail
.jpg)
Stopping part way up for pictures
.jpg)
Over the top of the rain forest
No comments:
Post a Comment