Leaving behind the security and comfort of Warnambool, it was finally time to get back on track and head to Cairns, the starting point of our final leg in Australia, The Cairnes to Sydney road trip. Cairnes sits on a flat plateau nestled between two Australian 'Greats', the Dividing Range to the west and the Barrier Reef to the East. Its also ended up as backpacker central and your typical tourist trap. Whether its retired package tourists, diving enthusiasts, families or the 18 to 30's crowd, they all swarm to this coastal city for guaranteed sun, sea, sand and partying. Unfortunately this overwhelming tourist takeover has left Cairns as a rather souless place where modern conformity has wiped out the majority of its Queensland charm. Having said that, if you take the time out to go
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