Adventure Getaways in Australia
If you are planning to go to Cairns Australia , there are some great things to do for those thrill seekers out there.
The Tully River, which is about a 2 hour drive south of Cairns, is said to be the best white water rafting river in Australia and New Zealand, and is always better after the monsoon season! A couple of local agencies run tours, namely R&R Rafting and Raging Thunder. Look here, They organise tours from their offices in Cairns to the Tully River or, for the less adventurous, the Barron River. The Tully River offers rapids up to Grade 4, and the Barron River offers rapids up to Grade 3. Everyone knows, Both rivers operate on what is known as ‘controlled release’, where the water is released from a reservoir upstream.
Everyone I talk to who has done one of this kind of tours has not been disappointed! This allows for rafting all year round, even in the middle of the dry season. So the Whitewater Rafting in Cairns is outstanding.
As a bonus theres also the Great Barrier Reef, the number 1 tourist attraction in Australia and the envy of the rest of the globe. You could learn to scuba dive with one of the many dive centres in the area or just do a resort dive on any of the tours to the great barrier reef. Everyone knows, As a local, I would suggest the area around Cape Tribulation as the reef is significantly closer than other places and is a bit less visited by tons of tourists.