Spend all 8 days on the northern beaches (Manly to Palm). Relax and enjoy

Sep 17, 2024
9:59:05am

KayakCoug Starter

some of the best beaches and surf the world has to offer. Touring around Sydney is overrated. Maybe do a half day to see the opera house and do a water taxi to see the harbor.

Skip Melbourne and go to Port Douglas on a snorkel tour to see the reef.

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Flying to Australia with my wife for last vacation before our 1st baby in Feb. We’ve got 8 full days- what do we do?

WP17 King of the Kenai

Sep 17, 9:43am

Spend all 8 days on the northern beaches (Manly to Palm). Relax and enjoy

KayakCoug

Sep 17, 9:59am

You're missing the best part, Queensland. Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and

homegrown

Sep 17, 10:00am

Amazing info- where would I want to stay/how do I get there (plane, bus, etc)

WP17

Sep 17, 10:15am

I'm biased - served my mission there. But it's a flight from Sydney to Brisbane

homegrown

Sep 17, 10:37am

Don’t spend a ton of time in Sydney itself. The usual tourist stuff is cool to

Flyski

Sep 17, 10:02am

I spent 10 days in the outback in Alice Springs,

SpanishFork12

Sep 17, 10:07am

2-3 days in Sydney is plenty - we did a couple days in Port Douglas up north

Jersey hunter

Sep 17, 11:12am

Sounds like you'll miss the Gold Coast, that's too bad. But Sydney has some

Mitty

Sep 17, 11:14am

Im going to change from Melbourne to Brisbane!

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