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Whale Watching in Australia

By: Phoenix Arrien

Towns along the mid north coast of Australia’s New South Wales - a prime whale watching region - have adopted whales as part of the ‘Humpback Whale Migration Icon’ project.

Port Stephens has adopted ‘Panda’, a juvenile Fairly whale; Port Macquarie has embraced Panda’s mother, ‘Magenta’, a supermum featuring a distinctive ‘M’ on the underside of her white tail; while Coffs Coast has adopted a Humpback called ‘Janggalay’ (meaning Free Spirit/Happy Go Lucky).

The whale watching season along this stretch of Australia occurs from June to November and attracts visitors to view these amazing ocean giants from pristine coastal vantage points or on board professional cruise operations.

I have watched whales from several vantage points around Australia’s coast and I can honestly say it is an incredible sight. They are huge, slow and mighty and magnificent - giants of the sea.

Visit www.midnorthcoastnsw.com.au for more information.

Giving You The Best Australian Travel Experience

By: OZtralia.tv Staff

We are proud to continue to give you the best travel experience for Australia online.

From our video map, you can see all of Australia. But now, from our direct pages, we also give you a wealth of written information on every location we cover in Australia.

Below are links so you can check it all out yourself.

Watch videos and find information about
all the amazing Australia’s travel destinations:

» Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest
» Sunshine Coast - Noosa
» Brisbane
» Canberra
» Melbourne
» Byron Bay and the Rainbow Valley
» Sydney
» Whitsunday-Overview
» Rainbow Valley
» Hobart and Southern Tasmania
» Northern Tasmania
» Perth and the Sunset Coast
» Cairns and Port Douglas
» Surfer’s Paradise and the Gold Coast
» Uluru
» The Great Ocean Road

 By: Phoenix Arrien

Who travels to Australia to meditate? Oz has many attractions but sitting on one’s behind to contemplate one’s navel or nothing at all, is usually not one of them.

However, a group of people have just emerged from a wooden temple in the eastern coastal state of New South Wales after meditating for three years, three months and three days. They were not allowed contact with the outside world apart from a phone call every few months, so they are trying to come to grips with the changes right now.

It is worthwhile getting away for a bit and giving yourself a break from the world; however you don’t have to put yourself away for that amount of time of course. Australia has many different options.

Meditation retreats where you can sit for an hour or a week and have everything supplied; walkabout tours that stem from aboriginal ‘walkabouts’ or ‘heading bush’. You can join group walks or just wander off into the bush - with plenty of preparation and understanding of Australia’s diverse and often challenging environments.

Or do what I and most of Australia love doing. Go to a beach, find a room in traveller’s accommodation or camp in a ‘holiday park’ and just relax on the sand for as long as we can get away from responsibilities.

Make sure that you keep out of direct sunlight between the hottest hours of the day (usually 11am-4pm) and smear plenty of sunscreen on your skin and wear a hat. The sun is brutal Downunder, but nice!