We travelled to Australia in January/ February 2016. Our main places of visit were Melbourne, Daintree Rainforest (Queensland), The Great Barrier Reef, The Australian Outbacks and finally Sydney.
We explored Melbourne, and watched the Men’s and Women’s Grand slam finals. We did a road trip around the Great Victoria Ocean Road. The drive was really pretty. Also the view of Melbourne from the Skyjack was awesome.
From Melbourne, we flew to Cairns, which is an ideal location for visiting the Great Barrier Reef. First we hired a car and drove to the Daintree Rainforest. The views of the forest and from Mt Alexandra lookout were awesome.
After visiting Daintree Rainforest, we took a cruise to visit the Great Barrier Reef. We took the semi submersible, which provides awesome views of the coral reefs as well as marine life. We did a short dive to see the reefs as well.
The beaches near Cairns is very pretty, with really amazing scenery.
From Cairns we flow to Alice Springs Airport to view the Outbacks. We hired a car and drove to Kings Canyon. We did a trek across Kings Canyon. The views were very nice.
After Kings Canyon, we drove to Uluru to see the famous mountains. Uluru mountain, the huge sandstone monolith in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is sacred to indigenous Australians. One needs to wear a net over the face, since there are lots of flies around.
We also drove to Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga, and did a trek around the mountain. The sights were very pretty
We flew from Ayers Rock Airport to Sydney. We stayed quite close to the Sydney harbour bridge.
We did a day trip on a bus from Sydney to the Blue Mountains, using a tour operator. The Blue Mountains are stunning to see.
On the return back to Sydney, we stopped at the Sydney Zoo, which had a wide range of wildlife.
Overall the trip to Australia was amazing, especially the outbacks and the Great Barrier Reef.
My Travels - by Sivamani 