Don't miss: Whitsunday Reef Festival

The Whitsunday Reef Festival was started in 2001 as a celebration of the region’s wonderful natural assets. It is a four day festival consisting of a fireworks extravaganza, live music on the beach, Comedy Gala, Fashion parade, Sand Sculpting competition, Street Parade, family fun day, starlight movies at the Airlie Beach Lagoon and much more.

The Reef Festival is a vibrant and colorful celebration of the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsundays.

The Big 4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival celebrates the amazing natural wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. The packed programme caters for all ages and includes street parades, fireworks, a family fun day, markets, helicopter rides, a bareboat open day, and a sand sculpting competition. When the sun goes down there are fashion shows, a comedy gala, and cocktail parties.

Each night "Beats on the Beach" on the Esplanade will feature top musicians, or you can catch an outdoor movie beside the lagoon. There's also an educational component that promotes reef preservation. Many events are free.


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• Join an art tour of Arnhem Land to invest in woven crafts, bark paintings and prints and meet the Aboriginal artists in their communities.
• Canoe or cruise down breathtaking Katherine (Nitmiluk) Gorge looking out for hidden waterfalls, animals, birds and Aboriginal rock art along the way.
• Marvel at the mystical beauty of the Devils Marbles, near Tennant Cree.
• See Kakadu's best-known collections of Aboriginal rock art at Nourlangie Rock and Ubirr. An easy climb to the top of Ubirr affords 360-degree panoramic views of the surrounding floodplain.
• Climb to the top of ANZAC hill for a 360-degree panorama view of Alice Springs town and the surrounding MacDonnell Ranges.Hit a round or two at the Alice Springs Golf Course, rated one of the top ten desert courses in the world.
• Enjoy a sumptuous meal beneath the stars at the Sounds of Silence dinner at Uluru or the Sounds of Firelight dinner at Kings Canyon.
• Set off on the Valley of the Winds walk - an interpretative trail around the domes of Kata Tjuta.
• Experience a fiery sunset on a yacht cruise of Darwin Harbour or at one of the many al fresco restaurants around the water's edge.
• Read inscriptions from last Century's explorers at Chambers Pillar - a sandstone column that towers 50 metres above the desert floor.

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Hobart is Australia's second oldest city. Founded as a penal colony, Hobart is now proud of it's unique history and heritage. Take a ticket to Hobart to experience the unique history first hand. You'll be amazed at the beauty of the city's history. Hobart has today, developed into an exciting and thriving city with excellent restaurants and vibrant nightlife. Hobart is the gateway to the rugged beauty of the Tasmanian countryside. Give yourself plenty of time to savour this fantastic city and to explore the island state of Tasmania. Book cheap tickets to Hobart with Cheap Ticket.

Things to do in and around Brisbane

Famous for its laid-back lifestyle, Brisbane is great for the arts, entertainment and shopping. Brisbane is also the gateway to South East Queensland. Officially Australia’s “most liveable city”, Brisbane has a sub-tropical climate, a vibrant city centre and a host of major cultural, sporting and business venues. It is Australia’s fastest growing city and is rapidly becoming a major commercial player in the Asia Pacific region.

Things to do in and around Brisbane

Brisbane Cultural Centre: Brisbane boasts a thriving arts and cultural scene – the Queensland Cultural Centre on the South Bank of the Brisbane River is home to the Queensland Museum and Art Gallery as well as the State Library of Queensland and the Gallery of Modern Art, the largest of its kind in Australia. The museum showcases a diverse collection of exhibits, all relevant to Queensland’s past and present, including a dinosaur garden, a whale exhibition, and a collection of Melanesian artefacts. Also on display is the Avian Cirrus, the aeroplane in which Bert Hinkler made the first England to Australia solo flight in 1928. The Gallery of Modern Art showcases both Australian and international artists’ work, and there are separate galleries showing contemporary indigenous art. The original Art Gallery contains an impressive permanent collection of Australian art, as well as some rare Asian art.

Brisbane Heritage Trail: The Heritage Trail starts at Brisbane’s City Hall and takes in many of the grand colonial style buildings in the city centre including the Old Government House, Parliament House, and Customs House on the banks of the Brisbane River.

Brisbane Botanic Gardens: The City Botanic Gardens are Brisbane’s oldest park, dating back to 1825 when convicts established them with food crops to feed the prison colony. Now, you can find a range of exotic plant species as well as ancient trees and rainforest plants.

MacArthur Museum: One of Brisbane’s newer museums, the MacArthur Museum Brisbane, is Australia’s equivalent to the Cabinet War Rooms in London. Housed in an architecturally impressive building on Edward Street, the museum includes the office used as the headquarters of the Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces in the South West Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur from 1942 to 1944.

Shopping: Brisbane is a mecca for shoppers as it boasts a wide range of internationally recognized stores as well as an eclectic mix of specialty stores. Brisbane’s main shopping area is the Queen Street Mall, nearly half a mile of shopping opportunities, including over 700 specialty shops, six shopping centres, three arcades and two department stores, as well a plenty of cafes. Fortitude Valley is home to boutique fashion stores, and modern clothes, shoe and jewellery designers. Brisbane also boasts a number of markets, mainly at the weekend.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary: a 35 minute bus ride from central Brisbane is the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the first and biggest in the world, and home to over 130 koalas. Set in parklands on the banks of the Brisbane River, the sanctuary offers visitors the opportunity to see these fascinating animals up close as well as learn more about them from the resident experts. There is also a field of tame kangaroos, and an Outback Farm Experience including a display of sheepdog skills.

Moreton Island: Moreton Island, located in Moreton Bay, at the mouth of the Brisbane River, which supposedly has an island for every day of the year, is home to Tangalooma Resort, famous for its dolphins. There are a few rocky headlands but other than that, Moreton Island is almost completely sand, and Mount Tempest, at 280m high, is the tallest stabilised coastal sand hill in the world – adrenalin junkies will love the sand-tobogganing excursions on offer here! The island comprises bare sand, forest, lakes and swamps, and a surf beach almost 20 miles long on the east coast. A staggering 96% of Moreton Island is designated National Park. Moreton Island is home to the first ever lighthouse built in Queensland, first lit in 1857, and once the only light on the whole of Australia’s East Coast.

The main attractions are of course the dolphins at Tangalooma, a place once Queensland’s first and only whaling station and now a popular tourist resort. Every evening guests at the resort can assist in the hand feeding of the wild bottlenose dolphins that come to shore, accompanied by a commentary by the staff. As the dolphins come in of their own accord, sightings are not guaranteed though the success rate is as high as 99%. Tangalooma Resort is accessed by a 75 minute catamaran ride from Brisbane.
Moreton Bay itself is a haven for marine-life and the ideal place for spotting dolphins, whales, turtles and manta rays as well as birdlife.

North and South Stradbroke Island: North Stradbroke Island, or “Straddie” as it is affectionately know, is located at the southern end of Moreton Bay and is a favourite weekend getaway spot for Brisbane residents. The island boasts long stretches of white sandy beaches, making it the perfect spot for swimming, surfing and fishing. Head into the island’s hinterland on a four wheel drive adventure and discover the beautiful lakes, flora and fauna. There are also numerous Aboriginal heritage sites, and you can attend cultural and bushtucker talks laid on by the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders.

South Stradbroke Island features some great surfing beaches as well as rainforest and opportunities to view native wildlife. The island is home to Couran Cove Island Resort, a renowned ecotourism resort popular with Queenslanders and international visitors alike. Accessible both from Brisbane or the Gold Coast and served by either Brisbane or Coollangatta Airport, the island resort features a 14 mile surfing beach, rainforest boardwalk, a wealth of sports and other activities.
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Famous for its laid-back lifestyle, Brisbane is great for the arts, entertainment and shopping. Brisbane is also the gateway to South East Queensland. Officially Australia’s “most liveable city”, Brisbane has a sub-tropical climate, a vibrant city centre and a host of major cultural, sporting and business venues.
It is Australia’s fastest growing city and is rapidly becoming a major commercial player in the Asia Pacific region.

Darwin tour

Take a flight to Darwin to experience the uniqueness of Australias northern most city. Darwin offers its visitors an extensive cultural program, including the Annual Darwin Festival, which features performances in comedy, theatre, dance, music, film and visual art, the unique Darwin Beer-Can Regatta, which celebrates Darwin's special relationship with beer. Darwin is also the gateway to world Heritage Kakadu National Park and Leitchfield National Park where you can experience and Witness the sheer beauty of the landscape, the magic of pre-historic Aboriginal art and amazing Australian wildlife. Book cheap flights to Australia with Cheap tickets now to get discount offers.

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1. Pack Efficiently: Fly with as little baggage as possible. This is most important on short haul flights, where research indicates that reduced baggage has the most impact on reducing per passenger emissions.
2. Public Transport: Use public transport as much as possible in your destination. Using intercity trains as opposed to air travel for shorter journeys saves carbon. 
3. Remember the lights: Always turn the lights off when leaving your hotel room. Power usage creates emissions. 
4. Local Produce: Buy locally produced goods. They will have travelled less and thus created less emissions than imported products. 
5. Car Hire: When hiring a car choose lower emissions models and hybrids where possible, to reduce your emissions. 
6. Departure: In the UK travel to the airport using train or bus connections where possible. 
7. Your House: When you go on holiday make sure that all non essential power usage is turned off. 
8. Air Conditioning: Use air conditioning sparingly and turn off when leaving your room. 
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Getting to Katherine

Katherine has an airport, just 5 miles from the town, served by flights from Darwin and Alice Springs. All buses between Alice Springs and Darwin will stop in Katherine and the town is also a stop on the route taken by the Ghan train which travels from North to South of Australia (Darwin to Adelaide and vice versa).
   
Katherine a?" Township
The township of Katherine is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, after Darwin, a three hour drive north, and Alice Springs, and is the only town of any size between the other two. It is a busy town, where the Victoria Highway branches off to the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.

It has always been an important stopping off point on the route between the Red Centre and the Top End f the NT – the river on which the town was built and after which it is named is the first running water you come across when traveling north from Alice Springs. The town itself has some interesting buildings but it is really as the gateway to Katherine Gorge, some 19 miles to the north of the town and Nitmiluk National Park that Katherine has an attraction for the tourist.  
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Things to do in Katherine

Old Katherine Train Station: Open only in the dry season, the old train station, which is owned by the Australian National Trust, features a display about the history of the railway.
Katherine Outback Heritage Museum: This is only a small museum just out of the town centre, which houses a collection of old photographs, old maps and pioneer memorabilia, and also the plane flown by Australia’s first “flying doctor” in the 1930s. It was originally built to serve as an air terminal for the area during the Second World War.
School of the Air: It is possible to take a guided tour of the School of the Air (term time only) in order to gain an insight into how children who live out in the most remote areas of the northern half of the NT, or those who are traveling through remote areas temporarily, receive their educations. This School of the Air currently is responsible for the education of children in a 500,000 mile radius! Established in 1966, the school now uses internet and satellite technologies as well as the radio to reach its pupils.
Katherine Low Level Nature Park: Three miles out of town, just off the Victoria Highway, the Katherine Low Level Nature Park, on the Katherine River, is a popular spot in the dry season for picnicking and swimming. It should be avoided in the wet season however as flash floods make it very dangerous. The Low Level Nature Reserve boasts pristine clear rapids and shallow natural swimming pools.
Spring Vale Homestead: 5 miles to the south west of the town, the Spring Vale Homestead is reputed to be the oldest cattle station in the Northern Territory.
Katherine Art Gallery: This gallery boasts an impressive collection of Aboriginal artwork, produced by the Jawoyn and Dagoman Aboriginal people, traditional landowners of the Katherine Region for thousands of years. It also houses displays of works from other parts of the Northern Territory and further afield to Western Australia too.
Katherine Hot Springs: The hot springs on the Katherine River are natural thermal springs with a constant year round temperature of around 32 degrees Celsius. This is a popular picnicking spot for tourists and residents of the region alike, and there are some pleasant walking tracks nearby too.

Canoeing on the Katherine River: Canoeing on the calm waters of the Katherine River is a great way to experience the pristine river environment with minimal impact. You can either launch your own canoe from Katherine Low Level Bridge and take a leisurely day trip up the river, or for the more adventurous, there are specialist canoeing tour operators offering extended tours, camping overnight and exploring up to 35 miles of Outback river.
Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park: The caves at Cutta Cutta, 15 miles south east of Katherine along the Stuart Highway, are the only accessible limestone caves in the Northern Territory, and feature some amazing stalactites and stalagmites in the caves, which are around 15 metres below ground. Brown tree snakes, 170 species of bird, and five species of bat, including the orange horseshoe bat, which is rare and endangered, make these caves their home. Guided tours are held daily during the dry season.

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Katherine Region

Katherine Region

Stretching from the border with Western Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory is full of things to do and see – including Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge), historic Pine Creek, the beautiful Edith Falls, the remote Gulf Region, the thermal pools at Mataranka, and the premier fishing destinations of Victoria River and Daly River.

Lovers of the great outdoors will find plenty to do here – the landscape here is as diverse as it is beautiful - it is a combination of gorges, escarpments, rugged Outback, waterways, and savannah grasslands, making it the ideal place for fishing, bushwalking, camping, canoeing or bird watching. The region includes six national parks, and over ten nature parks, conservations areas and reserves, which are home to hundreds of species of birds and other wildlife.

The wildlife is easily spotted whilst walking in the region and there are numerous walking trails – Nitmiluk National Park alone has more than 60 miles of walking tracks, ranging from gentle strolls to challenging hikes.

Originally inhabited by the Dagomen and Jawoyn Aboriginal people, Katherine itself was “discovered” in 1862 when the explore John McDouall Stuart passed through. The town of Katherine developed following the arrival of the Overland Telegraph Line. After favourable reports about the suitability of the land here, the homestead “Spring Vale” was established here in 1879 – it still exists today, and is the oldest homestead in the entire NT. Katherine boasts a number of other “firsts” – it was here that the first flying doctor worked, and his original aeroplane is housed in the Katherine Museum. 56 miles from Katherine Township is Pine Creek, famous for its gold mining (which only ceased in 1995) and railway heritage.

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Hobart has today, developed into an exciting and thriving city with excellent restaurants and vibrant nightlife. Hobart is the gateway to the rugged beauty of the Tasmanian countryside.

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