Road trip · 13 days · mixed

Australia, the East Coast

Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, the Whitsundays and Cairns: the East Coast by van and plane.

The route, stop by stop

1. 1Sydney · 4 nights
   The Opera House, Bondi, the Blue Mountains
2. 2Byron Bay · 2 nights
   The lighthouse, the surf, the dolphins
3. 3Brisbane · 2 nights
   South Bank and the koala sanctuary
4. 4Airlie Beach · 2 nights
   The Whitsundays by sailboat, Whitehaven Beach
5. 5Cairns · 3 nights
   The Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree rainforest

When to go

Best months: April, May, June, September, October and November.

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.