Where to go next?

[cjames]

Ok, my wife and I do a big trip (3-4 weeks) every other year and its time to plan next year.

Where we've been..

Caribean - everywhere
Pacific - Costa Rica (twice)
Indo Pacific - Fiji (Taveuni and Suva), Micronesia (Yap, Palau, Guam), Indonesia (Bali and Lembeh)

Places we're thinking about....

Australia and PNG
Galapagos
Maldives
Thailand
Back to Indoesia

What we're looking for...

Great photo ops
Someplace off the beaten paths
Intersting land component as well

Ideas and recommendations?

 

[Ontwreckdiver]

French Polynesia (Tahiti)

 

[_Bella_]

Malaysia (Sipadan island group)

 

[kayeiamae]

Maybe you'll enjoy going watching the activities at costa brava holidays or you can also go to ibiza..

Enjoy your vacation!

 

[almitywife]

my vote would be PNG or the Solomons!

 

[emcbride81]

I agree, if you go to Chuuk or Palau, you can see WWII wrecks above and below. Now the Galapagos, that would also be sweet. I am looking into the Aggressor liveaboard for that one!!

 

[cjames]

So we decided to go with a combo of Australia (GBR) then to PNG. May look to going to the other side of Papua as well. Now I just have work out the logisitics. I think we are going to fly into Sidney for a few days to check it out (thinking of moving to Aus at some point) to get shots of leafy seahorse, then up to Cairnes probably to do a liveaboard for 5 -7 days. Next we'll head to PNG. Probably stay for at least 10 days. That is my thought so far anyway.

 

[almitywife]

morning cjames

warning - LEAFY seadragons are in colder water like south australia

sYdney has WEEDY Seadragons - Kurnell/Sutherland is the place and you can have anything from 3 to 33 of the buggers there... just need to know the trick to spot the first one (look at the kelp on the sandline) and then you will see them everywhere

beautiful creatures.... stunning!!!

i know Fairybasset will be visiting sydney in december for a few days before doing a cairns trip herself.... i dont know the details but i will send her the link to this thread later so if she got any info she might share

im off diving now :multi: so will do it later :wavey:

 

[kalekainxx]

The diving at the Great Barrier is only average at best. The northern reef is the best, but once you get closer to Cairns, it's pretty disappointing.

 

[lmorin]

Want friendly and out of the way? Try Lord Howe Island, NSW, Australia, a 2 hr flight over the ocean from Brisbane or Sydney.