Cairns
Mar 4, 2009 13:26:08 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 13:26:08 GMT
I have been to Cairns twice. The first time, in the early 1980's, it was still a slightly wild, somewhat undeveloped place with rows of 'hotels' (bars) on the main street and not really much else, except for some agencies specialized in tours to the Great Barrier Reef. I liked the way it was crushed under the tropical heat and everything was very calm.
I was really looking forward to returning, but when I did so in 2000, I recognized not one single thing from my first trip. It was a modern busy city with a big shopping mall sprawled right in the center of town, there was a lot of traffic, car dealerships baking in the sun, and I sort of regretted having made the effort to drive up the coast all the way from Sydney (2730 km).
However, I was looking at the Cairns website today and became even more dismayed.
In just one misspelled title and two sentences, I cannot imagine this sort of opening line appealing to any potential visitors. I am also mystified by the questionable grammar of "Cairns is lain up north on the east coast" -- does the verb sound correct to anybody here? Any of you Australians? Is that a common thing to say?
If so, kindly explain.
I was really looking forward to returning, but when I did so in 2000, I recognized not one single thing from my first trip. It was a modern busy city with a big shopping mall sprawled right in the center of town, there was a lot of traffic, car dealerships baking in the sun, and I sort of regretted having made the effort to drive up the coast all the way from Sydney (2730 km).
However, I was looking at the Cairns website today and became even more dismayed.
Carins Australia
Cairns is lain up north on the east coast and it plays both a tourism and business key role in Australia. In 2003 Cairns was given enough cosmetic surgery to rival the population of Hollywood.
In just one misspelled title and two sentences, I cannot imagine this sort of opening line appealing to any potential visitors. I am also mystified by the questionable grammar of "Cairns is lain up north on the east coast" -- does the verb sound correct to anybody here? Any of you Australians? Is that a common thing to say?
If so, kindly explain.