{"id":272,"date":"2013-01-03T04:13:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.joel.net.au\/?p=272"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:03:56","slug":"cairns-oversized-northbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2013\/01\/03\/cairns-oversized-northbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairns: an oversized Northbridge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can’t say I have been overly impressed with Cairns. It seems to be a city full of nothing but restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, hotels, and tour operators. It doesn’t even have a beach – just a shallow public swimming pool surrounded by mud flats. Staff also seem a bit sour on tourists like they really don’t want to be working here. LOTS of tourists. Of all the cities in Australia with international airports, I would have to put Cairns at the bottom for lacking any real historical or cultural attractions. There are good restaurants, and I did discover a great coffee place that mixes beans for you that all the locals frequent (Cruze Coffee), but it really is just a party city for people spending their days on the reef. For me it was a good few days to catch up on my blog, videos, images, and shopping.<\/p>\n

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