Travelling In Australia 20 Best Experiences Awards

Travelling In Australia 20 Best Experiences Awards

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Heli Experiences (VIC) - Australia's first premium helicopter travel experience provides clients exclusive and all-inclusive five star adventures that cherry pick the best that Victoria has to offer. The chopper will whisk you away to a range of lifestyle destination where you can fish, golf or dine to your heart’s content. www.heliexperiences.com.au
Global Ballooning (VIC) - Experience the romance of a sunrise balloon flight over Melbourne as the city awakens. If you are looking for a romantic soft adventure that gives you a peek at city life from a totally different angle then Ballooning over Melbourne is a must. (website not up) www.globalballooning.com.au
Pungalina Safaris (VIC) - Experience a seven-day air tour safari, in a six to eight passenger twin-engine aircraft. The tour departs from Melbourne then overnights on a remote cattle station before arriving at Pungalina Station on the morning of the second day. Enjoy such activities as canoeing, walking, swimming, barramundi fishing, bird watching and caving. www.pungalinasafaris.com.au
Par Avion - Day in the Wilderness (TAS) – An unforgettable day tour with Par Avion Tours, exploring the pristine waterways and wilderness of Port Davey. Visit the untouched Celery Top Islands. The tour takes approximately eight hours and includes scenic flights, boat trip and a delicious lunch. www.airtasmania.com.au
Experience Tarkine (TAS) – Fly over deep valleys, undulating mountain ranges and towering trees as you head into the very heart of the Tarkine region. Pass Lake Chisholm and the Milkshake Hills before returning back to Wynyard. www.westernaviation.com.au
Edge of the World Helicopter Experience (TAS) - For a bird’s-eye perspective of the Tarkine wilderness, spectacular coastlines, and an historic farming property, Edge of the World Helicopter Experiences offer unique insight into one of the most rugged and yet diverse regions of the world. website
Chinta Air Tours (SA) – Based in Ceduna, South Australia Chinta Air Tours specialize in taking visitors out to the Eyre Peninsula, the Outback and the Nullarbor. Choose from 30 minute flights to the 10 day Ultimate Blend tours that includes destinations like Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Coober Pedy and the Gawler Ranges. www.chinta.com.au
Banksia Adventures (SA) - Banksia Adventures has developed a network of tour services across the country that give visitors insight into outback culture, marine and coastal environments, and Australia’s food and wine industry. www.banksia-adventures.com.au
Hot air ballooning (ACT) - Drift peacefully over Canberra’s picturesque centrepiece, Lake Burley Griffin as the early morning sun saturates the landscape with soft morning light. Descend gently back to earth and celebrate your adventure with a Champagne breakfast. www.dawndrifters.com.au
Aquila Helicopters (ACT) - A whirly-bird flight over Lake Burley Griffin offers some of the best views of Canberra you're ever likely to get. Canberra's iconic architecture and landscape are set against the backdrop of the Brindabella Ranges and Snowy Mountains enabling architect Walter Burley Griffin's grand plan for Canberra to be fully appreciated from above. www.aquilahelicopters.com.au
Seair Pacific - Lady Elliot Island (QLD) - Specialising in daytrips from Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast, Seair flies directly to Lady Elliot Island; a true coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef. Step right off the beach and snorkel or swim in the world's richest marine eco system, which is a breeding and feeding area for the giant "kites of the reef"; manta rays. www.seairpacific.com.au
Aviation Tourism - Heart Reef & Whitehaven Beach Seaplane Tour (QLD) - Be amazed by the spectacular beauty the Whitsunday islands and outer reefs on a discovery flight that offers breathtaking aerial views of Hayman Island, Whitehaven Beach, Day Dream Island, the Molle Group and others surrounding islands including the world-famous Heart Reef. www.avta.com.au/wst_heart_wh.asp
Broome Air Services helicopter ride over Buccaneer Archipelago (WA) – Broome Air Services specialise in aircraft charter throughout the magnificent Kimberly region and the Buccaneer Archipelago. The journey takes in Koolan and Cockatoo Islands, Kooljaman at Cape Leveque. A flight over Broome’s famous Cable beach completes the journey. www.broomeairservices.com.au
Sling Air helicopter flight over the Bungle Bungle Range (WA) - This helicopter flight is a must for people visiting the Purnululu National Park. Take a close up look at the gorges and see spectacular areas that are not otherwise accessible. Includes Cathedral Gorge, Piccaninny Gorge and Creek, Deep Gorge, Y Gorge plus much, much more. www.slingair.com.au
Wilpena Pound scenic flights (SA) - Wilpena Pound lies in the heart of the north Flinders Ranges and is a remarkable natural amphitheatre covering nearly 8000ha. It is a huge flat plain covered in scrub and trees and completely surrounded by jagged hills that form a rim. www.southaustralia.com