Things to do

1. Surfing

Warm, clear waves await, and some of the most enjoyable exercise you’ll ever get. Just copy the dolphins!

• Surfing Australia

 

2. Take a winetasting tour

Every state boasts sunlit vineyards that throw open their doors to thirsty wine fans. Get to know your semillons from your sauvignons.

• Australian Wines of Distinction

3. Learn to throw a boomerang

Will you be one of the few who manage a return shot? Visit Victoria has an online video guide showing you just the right technique to throw a boomerang so that it comes back!

4. Scuba diving

With technicolour coral gardens such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays and Ningaloo, no trip to Australia is complete without a peek benath the waves. Colourful characters abound – even Sydney Harbour is teeming with bizarre creatures!

• Scuba Diving – Australia
• Australia scuba diving a Great Barrier Reef adventure
• www.diveoz.com.au – The Biggest Site for Australian Scuba Diving Info
• PRO DIVE – Scuba Diving, Australia, Great Barrier Reef

 

5. Bridgeclimb

Get to know the Sydney Harbour Bridge, inside and out.

• Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

6. Hot air ballooning

Popular in hinterlands and wine-tasting regions, and best undertaken at dawn when the winds are calm and predictable. Watch the world drop away and float throuh the sky in silence.

• Hot Air Balloon Rides – Balloon Aloft Australia
• Hot Air Balloon Rides – Cairns – Port Douglas – Gold Coast
• Global Ballooning Pty Ltd

7. Jackerooing/Jillarooing

Don’t be fenced in. Ride through the wide open country… and try your hand at Aussie-style saddle skills, rounding up cattle, whip-cracking, lassoing and more. Farmstays and Jackaroo / Jillaroo schools open up a world of big skies, saddle sores and endless horizons.

• Jackaroo Jillaroo Australia
• Leconfield Jackroo
• Real Gap Jackaroo Experience

8. Sailing

Gleaming white boats, sparkling blue oceans, inshore or ocean sailing, cold beers at the yacht club – everyone who’s anyone Down Under takes to the water in their spare time. Learn the ropes at any local sailing school, or if you have AYF-recognised sailing qualifications, skippering a boat is easy and affordable.

• Sail Australia Charters
• Sailing vacations australia with ProSail Whitsundays
• Sunshine Sailing Australia, Sailing School and Corporate Sailing

9. Jet boating

Unlike any other sort of boating, and the antithesis of sailing, jetboats can zoom through mere centimetres of shallow water and turn on the spot. You’ll get wet. An exhilharating ride. Sydney Harbour is a great spot to start…

• Oz Jet Boating
• Hel-a-va Jet Boats – Adelaide, South Australia

10. People watching on Bondi Beach

Home of the beautiful people, Australia’s most famous beach never sees a dull moment. Watch lifesavers plucking foolish tourists from the rip tides (hint: swim between the flags), bronzed babes in wisps of bikini or the odd Adonis in trunks; skateboarders, drag queens, old men playing dominoes, and crowds of beach-lovers from all over the world.

• GoBondi
• Tourism NSW: Bondi