100 Things to Do in Australia Before You Leave

1. Have lunch with croc

• Ancient, cold-blooded and generally very hungry creatures

• growing up to seven metres in length • Feed crocs from boats• Going on an organised and safe tour• www.cairnshabitatcruises.com.au/• www.travelnorth.com.au

2. March with 100 million red crabs

• More than 100 million bright red (and quite large) crabs on Christmas island (which now cover 65 percent of the landmass)

• Late November/early December, all the adult crabs migrate from their home in the rainforest to the sea to mate

• Best time to go May to November

3. Have a whale of a time

• May to November, all along the eastern, western and southern coasts of Australia, you can watch whales frolicking.

• Taking a cruise to a whale watching area and have them swim right up to the boat to say hello.

• Lighthouses and hills along the coast that make excellent whale watching points.

4. Swim with sharks

• Ocean world Manly, NSW

• Dive 30 minutes

• Run during day and at night

• Face to face with huge sharks

• Suitable for first time or experienced divers

• Supervised by expert instructions

• Group shark dives are also available

5. Swim with dolphins• Anytime• There are in a variety of places around Au

stralia, Monkey Mia is probably the most famous.

• Shark bay where Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort is located, is an eight to 10-hour drive (850km) from Perth along a sealed road.

6. Grab a seat at the australian open

• one of the world’s great tennis championships, the world’s best tennis players – and lots of beautiful people, food and fashions

• The tournament takes place in January each year.

7. Climb the harbour bridge

• Bridge Climb is the ultimate experience of Sydney, the summit of this world famous Bridge, 134 metres above Sydney Harbour

• Various option- day climb, twilight climb, night climb, discovery climb

8. Take a cable beach camel ride

• Established in 1981• Camel tour operate at Cacle beach in Broome,

Western Aurtralia• Cable Beach is six kilometres from Broome. • Drive northwesterly along Cable Beach Rd. Go p

ast the Crocodile Park and follow the access road straight into the beach

Nude bathing area

• The northern side of Cable Beach beyond the rock is a popular nude bathing area.

Air and water activities

• Surfboards and other beach and water equipment are available for hire.

• Fishing and rainforest tours are available

9. Take a hot air balloon at Alice spring

• 2 Flights available, Price from $288 - $360/ Person

• A 30 and 60 minutes flight

• tours include return transfers, the balloon flight, a flight certificate and a light breakfast at landing site

• At the balloon landing site you will be offered champagne and tropical fruit juice accompanied by a selection of muesli biscuits, cheese and fresh fruit.

10. Drink the world most expensive coffee

• The Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms near Cairns

• $50 per cup

• Beans harvesting in Indonesia

• Collecting from poo of Luwak

• Luwak eating coffee cherries but cannot digest the bean

• Luwak’s poo $ 1,250 a kilo