Australia Family Trip Review: Melbourne, Kangaroo Island, Port Douglas, Sydney, Wildlife, Rainforest, Reefs, Bike Tour

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Karen M.

2.25.2023

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Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Australia

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

Our family had a fabulous time in Australia - Melbourne, Kangaroo Island, Port Douglas & Sydney. We spent time doing what was most important to us - seeing and learning about Australian wildlife, their habitat, flora, the rainforest and reefs. We had several excellent tours led by knowledgeable and engaging guides. We also spent several days in both Melbourne and Sydney to get to know those cities as well. The Aussies we met were friendly and happy to talk with us.
Rick at the travel agency was quite knowledgeable about the area, listened to what we wanted and made suggestions. Based on our conversations and emails, he scheduled many interesting, high-quality activities and booked great accommodations - all in excellent locations with the right amount of space for the family. We stayed in 4 locations in the 2 1/2 weeks we were there and all transportation was set up for us making travel a breeze. A couple of weeks before our departure, Rick met with us for a couple of hours via Webex and went through every detail of the trip so we would be prepared and could ask questions.
I highly recommend this travel company.

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

There were so many memorable experiences. We had a great trip to a wildlife sanctuary outside of Melbourne where we observed animals up close and interacted with kangaroos and wallabies. We then headed to Philips Island and saw the "penguin parade" at dusk where hundreds of tiny penguins come ashore and waddle to their burrows.
We had two full days of tours on Kangaroo Island. The guide was a retired wildlife specialist and was a wealth of knowledge and interesting stories. Both days, we stopped for tea and found koalas in the trees. Later, our guide prepared a gourmet lunch at a beautiful spot. Most of the dozen people were on both tours so we became friendly with several of them which added to the fun.
At Rick's suggestion, we did a bike tour our first full day in Melbourne and Sydney which was a great way to get to know the city. The guides had quite a bit to tell us and we saw so much.

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

I would not change most of the trip - it was very well planned.
One issue was that it was the rainy season in the Daintree forest area, so our snorkeling trip to the Great Barrier Reef was cancelled. We also had a tour with an aboriginal guide which was abbreviated due to flooding. These types of things always happen with traveling, but it might have been better to spend less time in that area during February.

Australia Family Trip Review: Melbourne, Kangaroo Island, Port Douglas, Sydney, Wildlife, Rainforest, Reefs, Bike Tour

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