I will be staying at the Cairns Esplanade South area $57 per night for 5 nights for a total of $285.00. My flight will be $1683.00 Leaving from MSP airport stopping at LAX then on to Cains Australia for a total flight time of 29 hrs and 40 min. My return trip is included in this price Leaving Cains to Sydney stopping at LAX then on to MSP Airport. A total return time of 28 hrs and 28 min.