Cairns is beautiful, warm with palm trees and the beautiful coral sea. We rode the train up to a village of Karunda and saw the Barron falls on the way. The trip down was by two long cable cars over the top of the rainforest.

The second day we took the Ocean Freedom out to the reef. It is a small boat with a crew of 6 and only 30 tourists. We snorkeled at two different locations, it is fabulous. We saw lots of colored coral, fish and turtles.

Cairns has no beach so they have built a boardwalk about 2 miles long on the waterfront. Our hotel looked right over the water.