Climate: From October to April temperatures average around 33°C / 91°F. From June to August temperatures average around 27°C / 81°F. Overnight temperatures average 5°C / 41°F at any time of year.
Water Temperature: 24 – 30°C / 75 – 85°F
Time: UTC +5:00 to +11:00 (CXT, AWST, CWT, ACST, AEST, NFT)
Language: English and Aboriginal languages
Currency: Australian Dollar
Electricity: 230 volts. Most travelers will need an adapter because the Australian three-prong plug is different from those in most countries
Marriage Requirements: Please contact the local tourism board for instructions and requirements.
Airport(s): Queensland: Cairns Int’l, CNS
Hyperbaric Chambers:
Queensland: Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Queensland: The Wesley Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine
From the giant clams to the baleen and humpback whales, everything is bigger in the Great Barrier Reef. Great is right, the reef system is the largest in the world and is home to a diverse and abundant aquatic life. Where else can you potentially swim with the local Irrawaddy and Indo-pacific humpback dolphins, threatened sea cows and large green turtles as well as see cone shells and nudibranches all in one dive?
If you prefer wrecks to reefs, The Coral Sea is a littered with schooners, freighters and more. An ecological delight, the city of Cairns is surrounded by both reef and rain forest. Adventure seekers will thrill at the various activities, including skydiving, the flying leap, helifishing and rapids kayaking. After your pulse returns to normal, you can visit the local markets, golf courses, casino and night clubs.
Home of the world’s largest reef abundant with corals, sea anemones, sea stars, sea slugs and giant clams to name a few, Australia also boasts over 10,000 beaches; more than any other nation. The Land Down Under is 2,966,368 square miles. Home to the world’s largest monolith, Uluru, in Central Australia, the tallest peak is Mount Kosciuszko at 7,310 feet in the Great Dividing Range.
Cage Diving with Great White Sharks
Cage Diving with Great White Sharks
Africa and Australia
Being in a cage in saltwater next to free swimming great white sharks is probably the best way to get an adrenaline rush on this planet. It is also one of the safest ways to see these magnificent creatures close up and personal in the wild. Cage diving was first invented by Rodney Fox of Australia after he survived being mistaken ...
Read Blog110,000 Reasons to Go Liveaboard
110,000 Reasons to Go Liveaboard!
There are more than 110,000 islands in the world and many pinnacles that rest just below the surface and each and every one of them may be filled with multitudes of critters and creatures that seldom come in contact with humans. Sure, some of these islands may be inhabited, but most require transportation via some sort of marine vessel to get there and it ma...
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DIVING WITH WHALE SHARKS
Whale Sharks, Rhyncodon typus, are the largest cartilaginous fish in the world today. The largest ever recorded was just over 41ft long, but rumors by fishermen say that they may grow over 46ft in length which makes whale sharks the second largest cartilaginous fish ever to exist and places them only second in length next to the Megalodon shark that existed some 20 m...
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