Cairns

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city local government area

Cairns is a tropical coastal city in northeastern Australia known as a major gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest.

Aliases (5)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → local government area →
airportType	international airport →
averageMaxTemperatureWarmestMonth	around 31 °C →
averageMinTemperatureColdestMonth	around 17 °C →
climate	tropical monsoon climate →
coast	Coral Sea →
country	Australia →
distanceToGreatBarrierReef	approximately 70 km offshore at closest point →
drySeason	roughly May to October →
founded	1876 →
hasAirport	Cairns Airport →
hasArtGallery	Cairns Art Gallery →
hasBotanicGarden	Cairns Botanic Gardens →
hasCulturalFacility	Cairns Performing Arts Centre →
hasSeaport	Port of Cairns →
hasUniversityCampus	CQUniversity Cairns campus → James Cook University Cairns campus →
isCoastalCity	true →
isGatewayTo	Daintree Rainforest → Great Barrier Reef → Wet Tropics of Queensland →
isTropicalCity	true →
knownFor	adventure tourism → rainforest tourism → reef tourism → tropical climate →
koppenClimateClassification	Am →
localGovernmentArea	Cairns Regional Council →
locatedIn	Far North Queensland → northeastern Australia →
majorIndustry	aviation services → hospitality → marine services → tourism →
namedAfter	William Wellington Cairns →
namedAfterOccupation	Governor of Queensland →
nearbyWorldHeritageSite	Great Barrier Reef → Wet Tropics of Queensland →
populationEstimate	over 150000 →
populationEstimateYear	2021 →
railConnection	North Coast railway line →
region	Far North Queensland →
roadConnection	Bruce Highway → Captain Cook Highway →
sportsTeam	Cairns Taipans →
sportsTeamType	professional basketball team →
state	Queensland →
subjectTo	tropical cyclones →
timeZone	AEST →
touristAttraction	Cairns Esplanade → Cairns Lagoon → Fitzroy Island → Green Island → Kuranda Scenic Railway → Skyrail Rainforest Cableway →
utcOffset	+10 →
wetSeason	roughly November to April →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Far North Queensland → Northeastern Australia → Queensland →	contains
Cape Tribulation → Daintree Rainforest → Wet Tropics of Queensland →	nearestCity
Cairns Airport → Cairns Botanic Gardens →	locatedIn
Cairns Taipans →	basedIn
Cairns Taipans ("Cairns, Queensland") →	city
Cairns Airport →	cityServed
Kuranda Scenic Railway →	connects
Captain Cook Highway ("Cairns CBD") →	connectsTo
QantasLink →	focusCity
Central Queensland University →	hasCampusIn
Gold Coast Airport →	hasDomesticFlightsTo
Cairns Taipans →	hasFanBaseIn
Cairns Lagoon ("Cairns city centre") →	hasNearbyAttraction
Cairns Taipans →	homeVenueCity
Cairns Regional Council ("Cairns urban area") →	jurisdiction
Great Barrier Reef →	locatedNear
Mossman →	locatedNorthOf
Far North Queensland →	majorCity
Port of Cairns ("Cairns CBD") →	near
Bruce Highway →	northernTerminus
Torres Strait Islanders →	populationConcentratedIn
Cairns Regional Council →	seat
Cairns Airport →	serves
Kuranda Scenic Railway →	terminus
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway ("Smithfield (near Cairns)") →	terminusAt