Cairns is a city in northern Australia. We visited there in 1997 and loved it as it was the jumping off point for a Great Barrier Reef cruise. It’s a sub-tropic city and it reminded us quite a lot of Hanalei, Kauai. I’ve been back to Australia twice since that first visit, but haven’t gotten back to Cairns, but someday I will…
The song is inspired heavily by Dave Grusin and uses a number techniques used frequently by him. It’s a fun song to play and it was a lot of fun to record and produce.