 Best place to see the Great Barrier Reef in December |
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 jdoyle Jason Doyle Post Count: 1 Msg: #1 157 days ago, August 6th 2008 | My wife and are planning a trip from Canada to visit Australia for the first time this December (\\\'08). We\\\'re planning a couple weeks between Sydney and Melbourne and would somehow like to see the GBR, as well. However, from what I\\\'ve read its too wet and hot in the Cairns and Port Douglas area plus there\\\'s deadly stingers in the water. Would anyone recommend visiting Carins this time of year, even if we planned a 3-4 day trip out to the GBR? Is there another place that would be better that\\\'s reasonably accessible? - don\\\'t want to break the bank on travel. | Thanks! Jason  Mell Mel Fla Post Count: 5517 Msg: #2 156 days ago, August 6th 2008 | Hello Jason :) | I moved this to the Oceania forum. Mel  Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 166 Msg: #3 156 days ago, August 6th 2008 | I don't know anything for sure, but you might want to look into going to the Whitsunday islands (part of the GBR) for a sailing trip - it may be they don't run trips during the summer months, but I've a feeling they still do, you just have to wear stinger suits. You can take a trip out there from Airlie Beach which is about two-thirds of the way to Cairns from Sydney. Airlie beach itself is horrible, completely overrun with drunk tourists, but the Whitsundays are fantastic - I took a 3 day yacht trip where we snorkelled most of the day, it was really magical. Google whitsundays and see what you come up with | SharkBait Emily Gates Post Count: 4 Msg: #4 150 days ago, August 12th 2008 | Hi Jason, | If you're after something on the Great Barrier Reef, have a look at GODO I found a really good looking tour on the GBR that looks fantastic! They seem to have quite a few different GBR experiences there! http://www.godo.com.au/activity/BCGI104/?categoryID=0&keyword=great%20barrier%20reef®ion_id=0&subcategoryId=0&state_id=0 have a great time :) Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 4 | ||||||||||||
