# Five days in Cairns!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 6, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-cairns/302663 "2005-05-06T07:33:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-cairns/302663/1 "2005-05-06T07:33:36Z")

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I’m off to Cairns (in far north Queensland) for five days for an actuarial convention. I’ve never been there before and I’m really looking forward to it. There is a price to pay since I have to give a paper at the convention, but there will also be some great side trips to the Daintree and the Great Barrier Reef.

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**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-cairns/302663/2 "2005-05-06T12:17:33Z")

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I’ve been to the airport… 😕 Nah, it should be great! Are you going diving/snorkelling? Where are you staying?

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**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-cairns/302663/3 "2005-05-06T13:26:59Z")

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Lucky dog! I spent a few days in Cairns many years ago. I remember having some great food there, including crocodile! Be sure to catch a trip out to the Great Barrier Reef for some snorkeling, it beats anything available around the States here.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-cairns/302663/4 "2005-05-12T00:36:50Z")

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Well I’m back from Cairns. I thought the city itself was a bit of a dump, although it was enlivened quite a lot by the presence of lots of sailors from an American warship that was in town for a bit of R&R.

The convention was great and I did get an opportunity to take a cruise out on to the Reef one afternoon, which I greatly enjoyed.