Wonderful Whale Watching Destinations in Australia!!

Every year thousands of whales from Antarctica head to the warmer waters of Australia’s northern coasts. The migration provides a rare opportunity of catching a glimpse of these mysterious creatures as they pass through waters during the winter months.

With the migration route being closer to the coast, the whales can be easily seen from the predominant headlands. Take a look at some of the best whale watching destinations that make for unforgettable holidays to Australia!

Byron Bay

Located at the easternmost point of Australia, Byron Bay was a whaling station until the 1960's. Today the destination has become a popular spot among many vacationers on shoestring as well as luxury holidays to Australia and has remained one of the most enchanting whale-watching spots in the country. Humpback Whales play in the bay during the period between June and November. Visitors landing at New South Wales can also go for a whale watching trip for beholding the passing whales at Cape Byron lighthouse.

Albany

If you are on Western Australian tour or on Adelaide holidays, make way to Albany, the place well known for whale watching and has remained a compelling stop for keen whale watchers. Between June and October, both Humpback and Southern Right whales arrive in King George Sound, a seaway on the south coast of Western Australia, offering perfect glimpse to visitors.

Sydney

Sydney holidays in winter and spring make for unforgettable whale watching experience. Cape Solander, Kurnell, Botany Bay National Park, Cape Banks, La Perous, Magic Point, Maroubra and Ben Buckler are among the great place to watch whale during this time.

Holidays to Australia’s hot favourite cities

Australia counts amongst the most popular holiday destinations on the planet. Sun drenched beaches, rugged mountain peaks, glittering glaciers, captivating deserts, and mesmerising game stocked tropical rainforests, all work their magic ceaselessly upon the visitor. Australia is also home to some of the most unique fauna life in the world like kangaroos, emus, wallabies, koalas, and dingoes. Both the Northern and Southern territories are blessed with world famous sights. In fact, every single city has its own brand of overwhelming charm. Here is a sneak peak into two of the most popular cities in Australia

Enticing Sydney

Australia has no dearth of attractions and the city of Sydney is one of the jewels in the crown adorning this magnificent nation. Millions agree that Sydney has the world’s most scenic harbour. Beyond the harbour, one can get high on culture at the globally renowned Opera House. Theatre, opera, and ballet performances are amongst the prime highlights of the Opera House. The Bondi Beach, with its tremendous seaside action, ‘The Rocks’, with its rich doses of historical reminiscences, and going kayakaying under the Harbour Bridge are few of the other popular crowd pullers in Sydney.

Electrifying Melbourne

Melbourne is part of the itinerary of most Australia holiday packages and treats visitors to limitless amusement. In fact, the destination is known as the live music hub and bar capital of Australia, especially due to its electrifyingly alive nightlife. The culinary heritage is fantastic to say the least, as Melbourne is the melting pot of colourful ethnicities like Vietnamese, Jewish, Chinese, and Arabic. Melbourne also spoils one for sightseeing with scores of tourist magnets like Royal Botanic Gardens, Phillip Island, Old Melbourne Gaol, National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne Museum, and Eureka Skydeck 88. Furthermore, the destination emerges as a shopper’s paradise and also lays claim to title of cultural capital of Australia, with its numerous art galleries, cultural festivals, museums, and performances.

Experience great fun on your Holidays to Sydney

Sydney promises its tourists hundreds of sunshine days and being the oldest Australian city it is an admixture of historical past and a present day urban culture that is both peculiar and inclusive. Built around beautiful beaches, breathtaking bridges and stunning structures Sydney’s architectural presence is marked by the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge that spans across a distance of 1600 ft and are must-visit tourist spots.
The desperados often climb the Bridge for a view of the city skyline or have a view of the city from Pylon lookout. Gradually the tourists stroll down the streets to reach the beaches, explore the city’s food zones and boutiques catering to their imagination.

Holidays to Sydney constitute the must do activities such as: sight-seeing, shopping, eating and drinking. On arriving Sydney, beach-bums usually head for the most irresistible beaches – Manly and Bondi.

Manly and Bondi beaches boast bevies of bikini-clad beauties and bronzed muscular men. One can reach Manly by foot or by ferry. The serious or the be-spectacled ones though not averse to beaches usually love to explore first the historic Rocks area adorned with a maze of streets, architectural structures reminiscent of a bygone colonial regime and unfailingly tread upon the Art Deco Museum of Contemporary Art and the brilliant Powerhouse Museum.

Millions of tourists visit the famous museums including the Sydney Tramway Museum, the Sydney Observatory and the Australian Museum and one of the oldest sites in Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, a representative of Gothic architecture. After viewing the brain-teasing specimens from the ancient world, the sight of the natural flora and fauna during the guided tour at the Royal Botanical Gardens is refreshingly soothing.

Blue Mountains

Sydney is the gateway to the Blue Mountains - a series of cliffs surrounding a plateau with gorges that reach as much as 760m in depth – that offers a picturesque beauty and can be taken in during a ride on the Monorail. Darling Harbour also plays host to several free annual events, festivals for jazz and street theatre.

For adventurous shopping experience explore Newtown, Glebe and Paddington to discover some eclectic boutiques and fun markets.

Sydney offers an enviable nightlife with its top-notch restaurants, buzzing cafes and chic pubs of a diverse range from upmarket trendy establishments to old traditional hotels. The influence of Southeast and Polynesia cuisines has added a variety and colour to Australian cuisine.

Holidays to Sydney, home to one of the world's best wineries, cannot be complete without a tour to the Hunter Valley which is popular for some of Australia's most famous and sensational wines. Rent a car to drive down to the picturesque Hunter Valley to sample stimulating wines.