Cairns is the gateway to the UNESCO Great Barrier Reef, a majestic two-thousand-kilometer natural wonder of spectacular biodiversity. Hundreds of varieties of coral, and thousands of species of fish and molluscs abound. Some of the world's finest diving, snorkeling, sailing, fishing, and watersports awaits.

The Cairns region abuts the Great Dividing Range, Australia's most significant mountain range. The tallest and second-tallest mountains in the state of Queensland are within a short drive from Kaswari. These mountains create a drainage basin fed by a network of rivers and tributaries. As warm air comes onshore from the Coral Sea, it fans upwards into these mountains, cooling itself as it goes, and the moisture condenses and falls as precipitation. These microclimates are the basis for the "Wet Tropics," singularly the most biodiverse region in Australia, a haven dotted with rainforest, one bathed in water resources.

On the other side of the Great Dividing Range are the Atherton Tablelands, some of the most productive and renowned agricultural properties in all of Australia. Saddling these two regions, one drier, the other wetter, one "the heartland," the other a coastal hub, Greater Cairns presents a unique value proposition. It is both the seat of a breadbasket facing the interior, and the hub of the Coral Sea, ready to meet the world.

Kaswari, located one hour from Cairns, presents a unique balance of global proximity and connectivity situated in a city of three hundred thousand inhabitants, large enough to engage the luxury service, hospitality, and epicurean needs of any discerning guest, with privacy, low-density, seclusion, in a unique sanctuary immune to the ennui of an always-on world.

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