Liveaboard dive vacations give you the chance to practice diving while living aboard a boat for the duration of your vacation. Popular destinations for liveaboard cruises include the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef. You can sign up for a three, four or seven-day adventure with Australian dive company The Scuba Centre. Australia's Mike Ball Dive Expeditions specializes in liveaboard diving vacations. Their best deal is a seven-night Coral Sea Safari that includes unlimited dives. When picking your liveaboard vacation, you may choose to stick to diving around coral and schools of small fish, but the more adventurous might enjoy a whale or great white shark expeditions.
The Scuba Centre
PO Box 55 Airlie Beach
Queensland 4802 Australia
617-4946-1067
www.scubacentre.com.au
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions
143 Lake Street Cairns
Queensland 4870 Australia
888-6453-2255
www.mikeball.com
Land-based diving vacations are ideal for those who wish to enjoy nightlife and sightseeing when not participating in a dive. At aboutaustraliadiving.com, you can find several land-based diving vacation packages, including destinations like Heron Island, Lady Elliot Island, Koro Sun Fiji, Lissenung and Vanuatu. The length of tour packages vary, but typically last between one and two weeks. You can log diving experience along the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea while visiting cities such as Brisbane, Sydney and Cairns. These packages are perfect if you wish to include activities such as dancing, swimming and nature observation. If strict itineraries aren't for you, however, you are free to skip these packages and establish your own schedule.
If you want to experience diving, but have other activities on your Australian vacation agenda, then a one-day dive trip is for you. The Scuba Centre has four different day trips from which to choose. The Port Douglas and Cairns trips include three dives at portions of the Great Barrier Reef. The Whitsunday Islands package includes two dives and a stop at Whitehaven Beach. The Dive HMAS Brisbane package allows divers to visit the wreck of a famous Australian missile destroyer. Adrenalin Dive, a company with 20 years of experience, offers a one-day dive package to the Yongala Wreck. This technical shipwreck dive requires you to log a minimum of six dives to be eligible.
Adrenalin Dive
252 Walker Street Townsville
Queensland 4810 Australia
617-4724-0600
www.adrenalindive.com.au
