Australian Boat Australia Cruises and Tours, Cruise Vacations, Cruising Holidays, Trips, Scenic Cruise Trips

Boat Cruising is a memorable and fabulous great way to see Australia's wonderful and spectacular coastline, bays and estuaries and spectacular lakes and inland waterways in style and luxury. Boat Cruises of every type and location are available for tours ranging from Sydney to the Great Barrier Reef, from the Murray River to the Whitsunday Islands or the wild Tasmanian coastline, from the NSW Great Lakes region to the Swan River estuary in Perth, and there are many great packages available.

Many cruise boat companies offer cruise packages ranging in length from 1, 2 or 4 weeks but the length varies considerable between providers and locations. Cruising Vacations provide the best of both worlds - enjoying the fantastic on-board luxurious and stylish facilities and entertainment and the opportunity to enjoy the scenery and the many organised day tours and city visits on stop-overs along the way. Every day you will get the chance to see new destinations, wonderful changes of scenery, fantastic wildlife and be taken in luxury to many new places to explore.

There is no better and more relaxing way to see the seemingly endless and diverse expanse of the Australian coastline than by cruising.

There are also many smaller cruises available around Australia for scenic day-trips. Sydney is one of the most famous and visited cities in Australia with its fabulous harbour and Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. The modern and vibrant city has a fascinating history with a plethora of scenic, sites, attractions, places to visit and local tours to fascinate and totally captivate most visitors for days and weeks. You can explore Sydney Harbor by luxury ferry, a jet boat, sailing charter, water taxi or jet ski - the choice is up to you area.

The world famous Great Barrier Reef in far North Queensland is a fabulous place for Cruises either on luxury cruise ships, ferries of sailing boats. The renowned Quicksilver Cruises uses large twin-hulled wave-piercing boats to quickly and comfortably takes you out to the renowned Agincourt Reef amongst the unique thread of ribbon reefs that run along the very outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef. From the friendly crew you will learn about the reef ecosystem and its diverse range of fish, turtles and other fauna, which can barely prepare you for the dazzling and brilliant kaleidoscope of colour and abundance and diversity of the fish you will see when snorkelling through the coarl outcrops. You can choose to stay dry and see the stunning reef from the comfort of a Quicksilver semi-submersible vessel or a glass-bottomed runabout, or from a small helicopter. You may also want to go scuba diving if you are qualified.

The renowned Queensland Gold Coast, Broadwater and Surfer Paradise area boasts hundreds or kilometres of waterways that are boating paradise. You can wine and dine on a fabulous floating dinner cruise, Spend the day sailing on a tall ship, go on a whale watching cruise or catch your own dinner on a fishing charter. You can even hire a bare boat charter boat and spend a week or so cruising on the magnificent waterways of the Gold Coast. there are so many aquatic options involving cruises on the Gold Coast you will need weeks to experience them all.

Fantasea Adventure Cruising offers award winning cruises in the Whitsunday Islands area off the coast of tropical north Queendland. Their air-conditioned high-speed catamarans and ferries provide smooth and comfortable passage showcasing the delights of theWhitsundays icons. You can take a trip to the visitor platform on the Outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef and try snorkelling. Viist the famous Whitehaven Beach, which has the whitest sand in the world, the fabulous resort island of Hamilton Island with its new Hamilton Island Golf Club on nearby Dent Island. You can take the 5-island cruise around the Whitsundays.

In West Australia you can take a fabulous 5-day Cruise that includes all the delights of the Coral coast and Kimberley Region - Perth, Monkey Mia, Pinnacles Desert, Kalbarri, Ningaloo Reef and Carnarvon

Another fabulous wilderness area to enjoy on a cruise is the to see is the majestic Gordon River Cruise in the World Heritage Wilderness area on the West Coast of Tasmania departing from Strahan. For a more comprehensive Tasmanian tour, the Pacific Princess sails from Melbourne to Devonport, which is famous for its dairy products, honey, beef, farm cheeses and sweet berries. You will then cruise to Coles Bay and see Wineglass Bay on the stunning Freycinet Peninsula. The cruise then visits Hobart for an opportunity to enjoys its historic sites, antique shops, museums, restaurants and cafes. Next the cruise visits Tasmania's more famous historical site, Port Arthur and the picturesque Tasman Peninsula. You will see a diverse range of spectacular scenery on this fabulous cruise. There are many other beautiful cruises around the Tasmanian coastline.