Peter Perkins
Registered
Hello,
I am going to Australia for the first time and will be spending a couple of weeks in Sydney.with the family. Unfortunately my daughter is too small and my wife doesnt really dive/snorkel (or even swim).
I have managed to... secure a couple of day just for myself and have been breaking my head how to make the best of it. The problem is... Australia is too big... so all my ideas about seeing Sea Dragons, the GBR and Great Whites have been dashed since I cant do all of those (or even most!)
So my current idea was to maybe fly out on my own to Cairns or Townsville and do some dives there and and then maybe do some dive in Sydney.
But I dont know what to choose as there are so many options and I dont know what is really feasible... practically I would be looking at two 1-day excursions in Queensland as that would still mean I need to spend 3 days there (i.e. arrive at night, go out on day 1, go out on day 2, wait until afternoon of day 3 to be able to fly back). I was thinking of either doing SS Yongala 1 day and then 1 day on the reefs or just biting the bullet and not seeing the actual reefs and doing 2 days at SS Yongala. Is it worth it though? I mean given costs and all that what is a better plan? Any recommendations of shops/tours I could try? There are so many reefs and every shop says that the one they visit are the best but given what I am reading much of the reef might be bleached anyway...
Unfortunately I didnt see any '2 day live-aboard' (I did see 3 day ones) at the start of March (we are there from 24th of Feb till 6th of March) which would be the simplest option...
That said, what nice sites are there near Sydney? I read something about Seals and nursing sharks but I dont know if those are 'close' for someone without a car etc.
Apologies for the long (and convoluted post) - any help/recommendation is more than welcome! Thanks in advance
I am going to Australia for the first time and will be spending a couple of weeks in Sydney.with the family. Unfortunately my daughter is too small and my wife doesnt really dive/snorkel (or even swim).
I have managed to... secure a couple of day just for myself and have been breaking my head how to make the best of it. The problem is... Australia is too big... so all my ideas about seeing Sea Dragons, the GBR and Great Whites have been dashed since I cant do all of those (or even most!)
So my current idea was to maybe fly out on my own to Cairns or Townsville and do some dives there and and then maybe do some dive in Sydney.
But I dont know what to choose as there are so many options and I dont know what is really feasible... practically I would be looking at two 1-day excursions in Queensland as that would still mean I need to spend 3 days there (i.e. arrive at night, go out on day 1, go out on day 2, wait until afternoon of day 3 to be able to fly back). I was thinking of either doing SS Yongala 1 day and then 1 day on the reefs or just biting the bullet and not seeing the actual reefs and doing 2 days at SS Yongala. Is it worth it though? I mean given costs and all that what is a better plan? Any recommendations of shops/tours I could try? There are so many reefs and every shop says that the one they visit are the best but given what I am reading much of the reef might be bleached anyway...
Unfortunately I didnt see any '2 day live-aboard' (I did see 3 day ones) at the start of March (we are there from 24th of Feb till 6th of March) which would be the simplest option...
That said, what nice sites are there near Sydney? I read something about Seals and nursing sharks but I dont know if those are 'close' for someone without a car etc.
Apologies for the long (and convoluted post) - any help/recommendation is more than welcome! Thanks in advance