Hello fellow divers,
The title says it all - I took a year off from work and will travel around the world. My first part of the trip, which goes from Late January to End of April, will be based in Australia. And that's why this post.
My objective is to live somewhere where I can get the most dives in and where the liveaboards are the cheapest and/or best (but i'd be happy with somewhere where day-trips and shore dives exists - my budget is certainly not enough to live on a boat all the time).
My secondary objective is to be somewhere I can use as a starting point to visit Palau, PNG, NZ, Indonesia, Thailand, and other places.
From the research I've done so far, apparently Cairns is the place for Reef diving. But it doesn't seem to be much of a hub for airline travel within the region (maybe boat-travel?). So i've considered living in Cairns for a month or so, then moving to Sydney for the remainder of the time.
The move from Cairns to Sydney could also be a slow drive down the coast, stopping and diving at every interesting spot along the way.
Any recommendations? Tips (money-saving, time-saving, etc)? Gotchas?
Thanks so much for your time,
Andre
The title says it all - I took a year off from work and will travel around the world. My first part of the trip, which goes from Late January to End of April, will be based in Australia. And that's why this post.
My objective is to live somewhere where I can get the most dives in and where the liveaboards are the cheapest and/or best (but i'd be happy with somewhere where day-trips and shore dives exists - my budget is certainly not enough to live on a boat all the time).
My secondary objective is to be somewhere I can use as a starting point to visit Palau, PNG, NZ, Indonesia, Thailand, and other places.
From the research I've done so far, apparently Cairns is the place for Reef diving. But it doesn't seem to be much of a hub for airline travel within the region (maybe boat-travel?). So i've considered living in Cairns for a month or so, then moving to Sydney for the remainder of the time.
The move from Cairns to Sydney could also be a slow drive down the coast, stopping and diving at every interesting spot along the way.
Any recommendations? Tips (money-saving, time-saving, etc)? Gotchas?
Thanks so much for your time,
Andre