Surfers Paradise Information and Booking Centre
Surfers Paradise Transit Centre
Greyhound coaches stop at Surfers Paradise. The coach terminal in Surfers Paradise is at the corner of Beach and Cambridge Roads.
Surfing at Anglesea
Go Ride a Wave can teach you to surf at Anglesea. One two-hour lesson costs $65 and three lessons costs $180.
Surfing at Apollo Bay
Apollo Bay Surf & Kayak can teach you to surf at Apollo Bay. Two-hour lessons cost $60.
Surfing at Lorne
Go Ride a Wave can teach you to surf at Lorne. A two-hour group lesson costs $65 and three two-hour lessons cost $180.
Surfing at Torquay
Although Torquay’s beaches are popular with more experienced surfers, it is also possible
to learn to surf here. Go Ride a Wave offer a two-hour lesson for $80 ($65 if you book in advance) and three two-hour lessons for $180.
Surfing at Yallingup
Dunsborough is close to excellent surf beaches at Yallingup, about 10km outside town. Yallingup Surf School can teach you to surf from $50 for one lesson or $125 for a three-day course.
Surfing Byron Bay
Byron Bay has excellent beginners waves and is a popular spot to learn to surf. Surfing Byron Bay runs beginners surf lessons that start at $60.
Surfworld
Surfworld is a brilliant museum about surfing and beach culture that delves into everything from physics to surf history and culture.
Torquay’s visitor information centre is in the same complex as Surfworld.
Susan River Homestead Backpackers
Swan Bells
This impressive 82.5m copper and glass tower in Barrack Square is one of the world’s largest musical instruments. It houses a set of 18 bells, which includes 12 bells from St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London that date from before the 14th century. The tower features galleries where you can see the bell ringers in action as well as observation decks that boast stunning city views.
Swan Hill Pioneer Setlement
Swan Hill Pioneer Setlement is Australia’s first open-air museum is also Swan Hill’s leading attraction. This recreated pioneer village showcases life on the Murray between 1830 and 1930. The Pioneer Settlement features heritage streetscapes and cruises on the Murray aboard the PS Pyap.
Swan Hill Train Station
V/line trains connect Swan Hill with Bendigo and Melbourne and coaches go to Mildura. Both coaches and trains leave from the station on Curlewis Street.
Swan Hill visitor information centre
Swimming with sealions
Adventure Bay Charters and Calypso Star Charters run unique tours that give you the opportunity to swim with sealions.
Sealion tours involve a 1½ hour cruise to Hopkins Island where you can swim with sealions. On the way back the tour stops at the tuna farm where you can swim with the tuna. Sealion tours cost $195.
Swimming with tuna
The tuna tours involve a 15-minute cruise to a tuna farm where you can feed the tuna from a purpose-built pontoon and also swim with the fish. Don’t be fooled by those tiny cans in the supermarket, tuna really are big fish! Tuna tours cost $100.
Swimming with whale sharks in Coral Bay
Growing around 12m-long, whale sharks are the world’s largest fish and they visit the Ningaloo Reef near Coral Bay from late March to mid June. Ningaloo Reef Dive and Snorkel operate full-day snorkelling experiences where you can swim and snorkel with whale sharks. These trips also give you the opportunity to see dolphins, dugongs and turtles.
Swimming with whale sharks in Exmouth
Growing up to 12m, whale sharks are the world’s largest fish and mis-year (late March to late July) they visit the Ningaloo Reef near Exmouth. Ningaloo Dreaming run snorkelling trips where you can swim and snorkel with whale sharks.
Sydney Airport (SYD)
Sydney Airport is about 8km south of the city centre and is easily accessible by train from Central Station. The airport is split into domestic and international terminals that are several kilometres apart. The international terminal is all contained in one building, while the domestic terminal is comprised of separate buildings that are used for Jetstar, Qantas, Rex and Virgin Australia flights.
The easiest way to the airport is the new Airport train line that whisks you to the airport in around ten minutes. Trains leave from Central Station and less frequently from other stations on the City Circle line. The one-way fare from the Domestic Terminal to Central Station or Kings Cross is $16.40; one-way fares from the International Terminal are $17.20 to Kings Cross or any station in the city centre.
The train fare between the two terminals costs $5.40, but there are also free buses linking the domestic and international terminals.
Sydney bus and coach station
Sydney has good bus and coach connections to the rest of the country withTrainLink NSW, Firefly Express and Greyhound Australia coaches departing from the coach station on Eddy Avenue near Central Station.