CAIRNS Colorful Cairns. Whether it was the fish and coral in the Great Barrier Reef, the flowers, the stained glass panels of St. Monica's Cathedral, the food, gelato or the characters we met, Cairns was colorful. Our biggest reason for going to Cairns was to get to the Barrier Reef. One day we went out for some diving and snorkeling. We want to mention the outfit that we chose because they were really, really good. We went on the Sea Quest with the Deep Sea Divers Den crew. It was a newer fast boat with a small number of passengers and a fairly large crew, so we got a lot of personal attention and it only took us an hour and a half to get to the Reef, so we had more time in the water
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