Yeah mate, Just catch a plane our flights here are pretty cheap you can get around most places for like $70-100AUD.
Otherwise if your up for a long drive, and Cairns is VERY hot/humid which means you will be abusing that aircon so your throwing away the money.. Fuel in Australia is about the 1.20c mark average upto 1.35 on a Thursday..
Sit back get a plane you wont regret it!
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