Destination Overview
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Ports of Interest
- 1770, Qld, Australia
- Abrolhos Islands, Australia
- Adelaide, S A.
- Adele Island WA
- Adventure Bay, Tasmania
- Agincourt Reef, Qld, Australia
- Airlie Beach, Qld, Australia
- Albany, WA
- American River, Kangaroo Island, Australia
- Appollo Bay, Victoria, Australia
- Ashmore Reef, Australia
- Augusta, WA Australia
- Augustus Island, W.A.
- Ayers Rock, Australia
- Badu Island,QLD Australia
- Ball's Pyramid, Australia
- Bateman's Bay, NSW
- Batemans Bay (Canberra), Australia
- Bathurst Bay, Qld, Australia
- Bathurst Island, Darwin, Australia
- Beauty Point, Tasmania, Australia
- Bigge Island, Western Australia
- Boston Island, SA, Australia
- Botany Bay, Australia
- Breaksea Island, WA, Australia
- Bremer Bay, WA, Australia
- Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Broome, W A
- Broughton Island, NSW, Australia
- Browse Island WA
- Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Buccaneer archipelago, WA
- Bunbury, WA
- Bundaberg, Qid, Australia
- Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
- Busselton, WA
- Cairns, Qld, Australia
- Camden Harbour, WA, Australia
- Cape Arid National Park, WA, Australia
- Cape Arnhem, NT Australia
- Cape Donington, SA, Australia
- Cape Leveque, WA
- Cape Melville, Queensland, Australia
- Cape Naturaliste, WA, Australia
- Cape Peron, WA, Australia
- Cape Raoul, South Australia
- Cape York, Qld, Australia
- Capricornia Cays QLD Aus
- Careening Bay, WA
- Carnac Island, WA, Australia
- Ceduna, South Australia
- Chatham Island, WA Australia
- Christmas Island, Australia
- Cid Harbour, Qld, Australia
- Clerke Reef, WA, Australia
- Cockatoo Island, Western Australia
- Coconut Island, Qld, Australia
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia
- Coffin Bay, SA Australia
- Coffs Harbour, Qld, Australia
- Coles Bay, Tasmania
- Collier Bay, Western Australia
- Cooktown, Qld, Australia
- Coral Bay, WA, Australia
- Coral Sea, Qld
- Creal Reef, Qld, Australia
- Creech Reef, Qld, Australia
- Crocodile Island, NT, Australia
- Croker Island, NT, Australia
- Cygnet Bay, WA Australia
- Dampier (Karratha), Western Australia
- Dampier Archipelago, Australia
- Darlington Bay, Tas, Australia
- Darwin, NT, Australia
- Deception Bay, WA, Australia
- Denham, WA Australia
- Denmark, WA, Australia
- Depuch Island, WA Australia
- Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
- Dirk Hartog Island, WA Australia
- Dolphin Beach, SA, Australia
- Doubtful Bay, Australia
- Duke of Orleans Bay, WA, Australia
- Dunk Island, Qld, Australia
- Dunsborough, WA, Australia
- Eagle Falls, WA Australia
- Eden, NSW, Australia
- Elcho Island, Australia
- Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA
- Esperance, Western Australia
- Exmouth, Western Australia
- Faraway Bay, Western Australia
- Fitzroy Island, Qld, Australia
- Flinders Group National Park, Qld
- Flinders Island, SA, Australia
- Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Flinders Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Forbes Island, Queensland, Australia
- Fortescue Bay, Tasmania
- Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
- Freshwater Cove
- Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia
- Funnel Bay, Queensland, Australia
- Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- George Town, Tasmania
- George Water,Western Australia
- Georgous George, WA
- Geraldton, Western Australia
- Gladstone, Queensland
- Glenelg River, Australia
- Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
- Great Barrier Reef & Coastal Islands, Qld, Australia
- Great Keppel Island, Australia
- Great Oyster Bay, Australia
- Groote Eylandt NT Aus.
- Half Moon Bay, Australia
- Hamelin Bay, Western Australia
- Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia
- Hardy Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia
- Hayman Island, Queensland, Australia
- Head of the Bight, SA, Australia
- Hedley Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Heron Island, Queensland, Australia
- Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Holbourne Island QLD
- Hook Island, Queensland, Australia
- Hopetoun, WA, Australia
- Horizontal Waterfalls, Western Australia
- Horn Island, Queensland, Australia
- Hunter Island Group, Tasmania, Australia
- Hunter River, West Australia
- Ile Des Phoques, Tasmania
- Injidup Beach, WA, Australia
- Iron Islands, WA
- Israelite Bay, WA, Australia
- Jar Island WA
- Jensen Bay, Northern Territory, Australia
- Jensen Bay, Queensland, Australia
- Jervis Bay, NSW, Australia
- John Brewer Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Jurien Bay, WA Australia
- Kalbarri, WA, Australia
- Kalumburu, Western Australia
- Kangaroo Island, South Australia
- Kelso Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Kent Island Group, Tasmania, Australia
- Kimberley Coast, Western Australia
- King Casades, Western Australia
- King George River, Western Australia
- King Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Kingston, Norfolk Island
- Koolama Bay, W A
- Koolan Island, Western Australia
- Kununurra, WA, Australia
- Kuri Bay, Western Australia
- Lacepede Islands, Western Australia
- Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
- Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, Australia
- Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Limestone Coast SA Australia
- Little Boydong Island, Australia
- Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia
- Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
- Low Island, Low Isles, Queensland, Australia
- Low Rocks, WA, Australia
- Lucky Bay, WA, Australia
- Maatsuyker Island, Tasmania
- Mackay, Queensland, Australia
- Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia
- Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia
- Margaret River, Australia
- Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Melville Island, NT, Australia
- Michaelmas Cay Qld Aus
- Middle Percy Island, QLD Australia
- Middleton Reef NSW
- Mitchell Plateau and Falls, Western Australia
- Moa Island, QLD Australia
- Monkey Mia, Western Australia
- Montebello Islands, WA Australia
- Montgomery Reef, W A
- Mooloolaba (Noosa), Queensland, Australia
- Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia
- Mornington Island QLD
- Mornington Peninsula, Australia
- Mt. Borradaile, Arnhem Land,NT, Australia
- Muiron Islands, WA Australia
- Murray Island, Queensland, Australia
- Murujuga National Park, Burrup Peninsula
- Mussleroe Bay, Tasmania, Australia
- Nares Point, WA
- Nathan Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia
- Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Nhulunbuy, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
- Ningaloo Reef, WA Australia
- One Arm Point, Western Australia
- Opal Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Orion Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
- Pearson Islands,SA, Australia
- Pelorus Island, Queensland, Australia
- Pennefather, Qld Australia
- Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
- Percy Isles, Queensland, Australia
- Perth (Fremantle), WA Australia
- Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
- Piper Islands, QLD Australia
- Pixie Pinnacle, Queensland, Australia
- Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia
- Port Bremer, Coburg Peninsular
- Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia
- Port Davey, Tasmania, Australia
- Port Denison, WA Australia
- Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
- Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula
- Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
- Port Hedland, Western Australia
- Port Huon, Tasmania, Australia
- Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
- Port Lincoln, South Australia
- Port MacDonnell, South Australia
- Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
- Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia
- Portland, VIC, Australia
- Possession Island, Queensland, Australia
- Preservation Island, Tas, Australia
- Prince Frederick Harbour, Western Australia
- Promise Bay, Tasmania
- Raft Point, Western Australia
- Recherche Archipelago, W A
- Recherche Bay, Tasmania
- Reevesby Island, SA, Australia
- Restoration Island, QLD Australia
- Ribbon Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Robe, SA, Australia
- Roe River, Western Australia
- Rottnest Island, WA, Australia
- Rowley Shoals, Western Australia
- Scott Reef Atoll, WA
- Secure Bay, WA Australia
- Seringapatam Atoll, Western Australia
- Seven Spirit Bay, Northern Territory, Australia
- Shark Bay, Western Australia
- Sherrard Island, Queensland
- Shute Harbour, Queensland, Australia
- Silky Oaks, Queensland, Australia
- South Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
- South Molle Island, Queensland, Australia
- Stanley Island, Queensland, Australia
- Stanley, Tasmania, Australia
- Steep Point, Western Australia
- Strahan, Tasmania, Australia
- Streaky Bay, SA Australia
- Strickland Bay, Western Australia
- Swansea, Tasmania, Australia
- Swift Bay
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Talbot Bay, Western Australia
- Tamar Valley Tasmania
- Tangalooma Island, Qld Australia
- Tasman and Forestier peninsulas
- Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
- Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
- Torres Straight QLD Australia
- Torres Strait Island, Australia
- Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Trial Bay, NSW, Australia
- Turkey Creek, Western Australia
- Turquoise Bay, WA Australia
- Two Isles, Queensland, Australia
- Twofold Bay, NSW, Australia
- Uluru, NT, Australia
- Vansittart Bay, Western Australia
- Victor Harbour, SA, Australia
- Victoria Settlement NT
- Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, Australia
- Voltaire Passage, WA
- Wallaroo, SA Australia
- Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
- Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia
- Whyalla, SA Australia
- Willis Island, Coral Sea
- Willis Islets, Coral Sea, Australia
- Wilsons Promontory National Park, Australia
- Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia
- Wistari Reef, Australia
- Wollongong, Australia
- Woody Island, WA, Australia
- Wyndham, Western Australia
- Yamba, New South Wales, Australia
- Yampi Sound, WA
- Yirrkala, Australia
- Yorke Island, Qld, Australia
- Yorkeys Knob, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Australia
Australia is the world's smallest continent and largest island. It is like nowhere else in the world. It's young, adventurous, stylish and friendly. It has unique animals and a fantastic climate and offers a wide and contrasting range of cruise experiences covering experiences from visiting the Barrier Reef to Tasmania.
Cruise Types
Major cruise lines offer itineraries along the Australian coast and often include the Islands of Noumea and Vanuatu from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Specialty cruises, generally in small ships with passenger numbers ranging from 10 to 00 allow passengers to explore Australia’s diverse coastline. These cruise destinations include the Barrier Reef, the largest living organism on the planet, which is a wonder of Coral, Birdlife & Sealife.; Australia’s Top End (northern Australia) with cruises operating from Darwin to Broome; and around Tasmania.
Cruise Seasons
While larger ship and Barrier Reef cruises are available year round, the Speciality cruises are seasonal. Tasmanian cruises operate in the Southern summer (November to March) while Top End cruises operate in the winter months (April to October)
Main Ports
The key embarkation ports include Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane but specialty cruise run from smaller ports such as Darwin, Wyndham and Broome
Weather
Australias seasons are the reverse of the Northern Hemisphere so Christmas here is in mid-summer and the coldest months are July and August. However Australia spans from the tropics (were winter is very pleasant and summer is hot and humid) to Tasmania which has a more temperate summer and cold winters.
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