Looking for something unusual? Try heading Down Under

We all know about the traditional and well-trodden routes in Australia, but if you’re looking for something a little more unique this year, then why not choose from some of these unusual experiences…

• Swim with whale sharks. Whale sharks are the largest fish in the World growing up to 14m long. You can snorkel with these gentle giants on Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia).
  

  Take a swim with these gentle giants

• How about a pub crawl with class? Take a helicopter around the Sydney surrounds to visit local pubs and enjoy local beers and wine as well as a gourmet lunch. (New South Wales)
• Take part in the bi-yearly Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive – the recreation of Australia cattle droving of yesteryear. 5 day/ 4 night packages are available for the visitor to take part in a section of this fantastic adventure (South Australia)
  

  Live like a jackaroo for a day!

• Want an alternative to the Barrier Reef? Head to the blue-green seas surrounding the Tasman Peninsula. Many experienced divers regard this area as the World’s best temperate-water dive site. Ethereal forests of kelp and clouds of colourful boxfish welcome you to an otherworldly realm. Dolphins, whales, seals and seahorses, attracted by the plankton-rich water, glide among spooky cathedral caves and the wooden skeletons of long-lost ships. (Tasmania)
  

  For an altogether different diving experience, try the Tasman Peninsula

• Relax in style at the ultra-sophisticated Palazzo Versace where the ‘I’m a celebrity’ contestants stayed to smooth away their aches and pains after being in the jungle. Everything in the hotel is Versace, from the bed sheets to the chandeliers and it is the only Versace hotel in the World! (Queensland)
• Forget relying on the National Lottery to get rich, how about mining for your very own gold! You can do this at Sovereign Hill where you step back in time to a goldfield township in the 1850s where real gold flows in the creek and history comes alive. (Victoria)
• At the Milky Way Café you can be served coffee and cake whilst viewing and discovering the night sky. You are taught to identify planets with the aid of powerful telescopes and binoculars. (Northern Territory)

Getting to Australia

There are a myriad of flights to choose from, and many different routes – via America, via the Far East and via the Middle East.

Lufthansa,British Airways, Quantas Airways, Air India, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Air France, South African Airways, Air Canada, Gulf Air and American Airlines all offer flights at different prices.

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