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Do you remember a few years ago when someone shared about the world’s best job—diving in the Great Barrier Reef? Cairns, the main gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, is also one of the popular destinations for working holiday. Located in the heart of the tropical rainforest region of North Queensland, Cairns boasts two world heritage sites—the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics of Queensland. Close to the equator, Cairns is known as both a tropical city and an adventure city. Here you can stroll leisurely through the city, dive in the Great Barrier Reef—the world’s best diving paradise—or zip-line through the jungle.
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● Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef was listed as a natural world heritage site in 1981. It is the world’s largest coral reef system. The northern end of the reef is close to Papua New Guinea near the equator, while the southern end extends near the outer sea of Brisbane. Stretching approximately 2,300 kilometers in total length and covering a water area of up to 344,400 square kilometers, its size is comparable to that of Japan. The Great Barrier Reef consists of 2,900 individual reefs, with over 300 types of coral, more than 400 types of sponge organisms, over 4,000 types of mollusks, and more than 1,500 species of fish. The beauty and fragility of such a diverse marine ecosystem can only truly be appreciated by experiencing it firsthand.
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The Great Barrier Reef was listed as a natural world heritage site in 1981. It is the world’s largest coral reef system (Image provided by Moleskine Editorial Department)
● Wet Tropics of Queensland
The Wet Tropics of Queensland, located in the northeast corner of Queensland, is the world’s oldest rainforest region. It not only houses many endangered flora and fauna, but also serves as a living history of Earth’s ecological evolution. It was listed as a natural heritage site in 1988.
Cape Tribulation, located in the Daintree Rainforest, is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a World Heritage Site. The adventurous people of Queensland came up with the idea of setting up zip-lines (Flying Fox Ziplines) high up in the towering trees of the rainforest, dubbing it “Jungle Surfing.” The platforms for the zip-lines are built on six large trees, connected by cables between the trees. With the help of staff, participants fasten their safety harnesses and slide along the cable’s pulley system to reach the platform on the opposite tree. It feels like suddenly mastering the art of lightness, speeding through the jungle like in a martial arts movie—thrilling and exhilarating.
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The platforms for the zip-lines are built on six large trees, connected by cables between the trees. With the help of staff, participants fasten their safety harnesses and slide along the cable’s pulley system to reach the platform on the opposite tree (Image provided by Moleskine Editorial Department)
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