In Sydney, you can…
Walk on the city’s roof and see the spectacular 360° views at the top of Sydney Tower; climb the arch of Sydney Harbour Bridge, trek the convict built alleys and pathways of the Rocks, tour the Opera House; cruise Sydney Harbour on morning, afternoon and sunset cocktail cruises or dine aboard. Tour the city on sightseeing coach tours; visit the famous northern and southern beaches, including Manly and Bondi. Cuddle and feed animals at Taronga Zoo and Sydney Wildlife World; walk under the ocean and under thousands of fish and sharks at Sydney Aquarium. Go hot air ballooning, jet boating and skydiving. Take day or overnight tours to the wine region of the Hunter Valley, to the magnificent Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves, to the nation’s capital, Canberra, and to the south coast.
- Take a stroll over the Harbour Bridge. If you start from the CBD, continue to Luna Park or to Milsons Point under the bridge. If you start from the northern side, continue on to the historic Rocks area, Circular Quay and the Opera House. From either direction, you will have magnificent views of the harbour, the Opera House and city.
- Stroll through the Rocks, admiring the colonial sandstone structures, cobble stone lanes, trendy shops and eateries.
- Visit the Opera House. Look around yourself or join a tour then stroll through the Botanical Gardens.
- Take a ferry ride to Manly, walk along the Corso for a sunbake and surf at the famous Manly Beach. Alternatively, take a bus to famous Bondi Beach.
Formerly (Backpacker Boat Tours), Sydney Harbour Boat Tours is not like any other Sydney Harbour boat operator on Sydney Harbour!
Why …. you may well ask?
We are a boat tour company, not a boat cruise company.
Sydney Harbour Boat Tours starts off with a free courtesy bus. It then joins the Sydney Harbour Boat Tours boat, which stops off at all the famous landmarks on Sydney Harbour.
Combined with an included lunch and a visit to some of Sydney’s most amazing sites and landmarks, having ‘amazing experiences, and incredible memories……’
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To the north of Sydney lies the Hunter Valley, famous for its wines and home to many of the well-known wine making families of Australia. In the world of wine, the Hunter Valley is famed for its fertile soils, accommodating climate and world class viticulturists. It is world-renowned for its Semillon, while some regional Chardonnays are highly regarded, as are the earthly flavours or some Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignons.
Companies operate day tours to the Hunter Valley wine region from Sydney.
Boutique Tours conduct small group tours each day aboard luxury Mercedes Benz 12 seaters. After visiting Iron Gate Estate Winery for tastings and a tour, guests have the option to select from the 80 or so other boutique wineries in the lower Hunter Valley, or leave it to the tour guide. Usually each tour visits 3 to 5 cellar door tastings, depending on the group’s wine fancies and, sometimes, how the ol’ knees are holding up, etc.
Have you worked out which tour you would like to go on? Visit our website and BOOK and we won’t even charge you a booking fee!
Want to experience Hot Air Ballooning in Cairns, Port Douglas, Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Sydney or Melbourne? Hot air ballooning originated in France in the 1780’s. Its popularity quickly spread among the intrepid, enabling them to explore, landing here and there to meet the natives. To ward off thirst, those early balloonists naturally took one or two bottles of drink with them, champagne of course, to enjoy in flight, no doubt with other delectable goodies from the picnic basket.
However, in those days, balloon handling was agricultural compared to today’s standards, and landings even more adventurous. Indeed, sometimes landings were quite haphazard affairs, often in farmer’s fields, often entangling or demolishing trees, fences and gates, and disturbing crops and causing disharmony, if not panic and stampedes among the animals. In fact, due to the regularity of haphazard landings in farmer’s paddocks, those bottles quickly became offers of goodwill to pacify the irate land owners; to apologise and, indeed, to even convince them, and the gathered local citizenry and clergy, they were not devils incarnate, arrived from hell above!
And so a tradition was born that is practiced with exuberance today. However, these days the intent is not to appease and convince the natives of their origins and goodwills. Instead, today champagne is enjoyed to toast and celebrate the happy occasion with crew and fellow passengers, after a successful flight and hazardless touchdown.
You can enjoy a balloon flight and a champagne breakfast at any of our locations from Port Douglas to Melbourne. See our other blog “Flying with a hot air balloon”, select from our listings or contact us to discuss your options. When booking we will advise your transport arrangements and pickup and return times.
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Why do sane people want to jump out of an aircraft at 14000ft and freefall 10000ft towards earth? Why do they risk their lives on the hope a small piece of silk will then open to arrest their plummet to a gentle descent and land-on-feet touchdown? Why do they then want to change their undies, and go and do it again? It does not make sense, does it? Or does it? Each year tens of thousands of newbies dare themselves to a tandem skydive. Perhaps they do it to prove something – either to themselves or friends.
Perhaps they do it to conquer a fear or intimidation, or battle issues of self-worthiness. Perhaps they just blindly follow a mate, with the ethos, “if she can do it, so can I”. Perhaps it’s simply to win a dare or a bet, with a “here goes, wish me well” attitude. Perhaps, however, it’s to feed an ego, a self-scoring satisfaction of attaining another notch in the battle with sensory stimulation. To some, it’s probably the satisfaction of conquering another Everest, another challenge that drives them, that pushes them to the limits – to the extreme.
By world standards, skydiving is not a large sport yet a substantial industry has developed that introduces newbies to the thrill, dare or “what the hell am I doing here” complexes of skydiving. After viewing YouTube clips and reading their comments, it seems 99% of newbies experienced the latter feeling before hurtling into space attached to their instructor. By the time they were captured on video, soon after vacating the aircraft, their faces reflected different feelings, many described as freedom, the highest high and incomparable.
The usual picture-postcard scenery of popular tourist regions makes ideal skydive locations, enticing visitors to try the adventure while enjoying the benefit of seeing the beauty of the region from a bird’s eye perspective. Maybe, as well, those intrepid birdmen and women are entranced by the chance to fill another line on their skite sheet of extreme activities, to cut another notch on their belt, or maybe to satisfy a hunger that becomes a longer-lived activity.
If you would like to try a tandem jump, we can introduce you to a large number of skydiving operators from Port Douglas, Cairns, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Sydney. Peruse our listings or contact us to discuss your requirements. We don’t charge booking fees and will advise your pick-up time when booking.
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Visit all of Sydney’s best attractions including Sydney Aquarium, Sydney Wildlife World, Sydney Tower & Ocean World Manly once, from $29.99. Buy now!
Includes unlimited entry till June 30, 2011 to Sydneys best attractions, Sydney Aquarium, Sydney Wildlife World, Sydney Tower & Oceanworld Manly….all from $39.99
 Sydney is Australia’s oldest city yet one of the youngest, modern, dynamic and most scenic in the world. It has a multi-national cosmopolitan culture that has inspired an abundance of festivals and attractions, adding to the natural wonders of the coastline, waterways, plains and mountains of the region.
Sydney Aquarium reflects Australia’s unique marine ecology and its treasure, the Great Barrier Reef. View the thousands of fish, feed a shark from a glass bottom boat then hop to feed a kangaroo at next door’s Sydney Wildlife World – all in the heart of Sydney. For picture card views of the local environs, distant shores and the Blue Mountains, visit the Sydney Tower then take a ferry ride to Taronga Zoo, the nation’s leading zoological garden.
Or you may like to visit the magnificent splendours of Jenolan Caves, Australia’s largest caving system and visit the Three Sisters from Katoomba’s Echo Point. Visitors are recommended to pre-book well in advance with us to avoid disappointment and avoid queues. Take advantage also of special discounted packages that apply to some products. Experience Oz does not charge booking fees and we’ll advise your pick-up time when booking.
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