Cairns
Full day · 7am – 5pm
4.92
Great Barrier Reef Outer Dive Day
- All ages welcome
- Adventure
High-speed cat to the outer reef. Two reef sites, certified dives or guided intros for first-timers.
- Lunch
- Dive gear
- Reef tax
- Wetsuit
Day activities
Bucket-list moments.
Bucket-list moments.
No overnight bag required.
Already on the road? Got a day free between trips? Pick from our hand-picked single-day activities — dives, skydives, surfs, scenic flights, whale spotting and more. All run by operators we'd send our mates to.
Spotlight
The classics
Two activities every East Coast backpacker books at some point. Get them out of the way first.
Skydive Bucket list Skydive Australia
Byron, Sydney, Wollongong, Mission Beach, Airlie Beach. 15,000ft tandem with Skydive Australia + GoSkydive — the safest operators on the East Coast.
Explore
Scenic flights Iconic Helicopter & seaplane
Reef, Whitsundays, Uluru, Sydney Harbour. GSL Aviation + Ayers Rock Helicopters — the views you'll show your grandkids.
Explore All day activities
Multi-day tours → Pick a day on the road
15 single-day activities — book one, all of them, or none at all and chill.
Whitsundays
2 hours · sunset cruise
4.91
Whitsundays Sunset Sail — Providence V Tall Ship
- All ages welcome
- Sail
Two hours on the classic tall ship Providence V — bubbles, nibbles, sails up, sunset over the islands, moonlit return. The Whitsundays without the 2-night commitment.
- Bubbles
- Nibbles
- Tall ship
- Sunset
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Whitsundays
60 mins · fixed-wing scenic flight
4.94
Whitsundays 60-Minute Scenic Flight (Heart Reef)
- All ages (kids 2+ need own seat)
- Adventure
60 mins in a Cessna over Heart Reef, Whitehaven, Hill Inlet and all 74 Whitsunday islands. Guaranteed window seat. Run by Ocean Rafting from Whitsunday Airport — 8 min from Airlie.
- Window seat
- Transfers
- Pilot commentary
- Heart Reef
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Whitsundays
Full day · scenic flight + speedboat reef tour
4.95
Fly + Raft 'Northern Exposure' — Whitsundays Combo Day
- Ages Confident swimmer
- Adventure
Ocean Rafting's combo day: 60-min scenic flight (Heart Reef, Whitehaven from above) followed by a high-speed RIB to two reef snorkel sites (Mantaray Bay + Maureens Cove). If you've got one day in the Whitsundays — this is it.
- Flight + raft combo
- 2 snorkel sites
- Lunch included
- Pickup from Airlie
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Airlie Beach
Half day · 15,000ft tandem
4.92
Airlie Beach Skydive — 15,000ft over the Whitsundays
- Ages 16+ (under 18 needs consent)
- Adventure
Fall 15,000ft over the 74 Whitsunday islands with SKYONE. 60 seconds of freefall at 220km/h, 5-7 minutes under canopy, the most photogenic backdrop in Australia.
- Pro instructor
- Scenic flight
- Whitsundays view
- Certificate
Cairns
2.5-3 hrs · 3-course dinner cruise
4.87
Cairns Sunset Dinner Cruise — Spirit of Cairns
- All ages (kids 4+)
- Cultural
Cruise Trinity Inlet at sunset on the Spirit of Cairns — luxury sailing cat, 3-course dinner from local produce, welcome bubbles, rainforest mountain backdrop as the city lights up. Worth the splurge night.
- 3-course dinner
- Welcome bubbles
- Sunset cruise
- Licensed bar
Cairns
Half day · 1 bungy + 1 giant swing
4.96
Cairns Bungy + Giant Swing Combo (AJ Hackett)
- Ages 10+ (Bungy 45kg+ / Swing 55kg+)
- Adventure
AJ Hackett's Skypark Cairns — Australia's only purpose-built bungy tower (50m) PLUS the Minjin Giant Swing. 16 different bungy jumping styles to choose from. Return transfers from town included.
- Bungy + swing
- Transfers
- 16 jump styles
- AJ Hackett
Sydney
2.5 hrs · May–Nov humpback season
4.89
Sydney Whale Watching — Darling Harbour Cruise
- Ages Family-friendly
- Adventure
2.5-hour cruise on a small custom whale-watching boat with water-level viewing platforms. Far more intimate than the bigger ferries. Whale guarantee — see one or come back free. May-Nov peak, best in June-October.
- Whale guarantee
- Marine crew
- Water-level platforms
- Darling Harbour
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Sydney
Half day · 15,000ft tandem
4.93
Sydney Skydive — 15,000ft at Wilton Drop Zone
- Ages 16+ (under 18 needs consent)
- Adventure
60 seconds of freefall at 200km/h over the Royal National Park, with Sydney's skyline + Pacific coastline on the canopy descent. SKYONE operates the Wilton drop zone, 70km southwest of the CBD.
- Pro instructor
- Scenic flight
- Sydney views
- Certificate
Best Seller
Byron Bay
Half day · 15,000ft jump
4.94
Byron Bay Skydive — 15,000ft Tandem
- Ages 12+ (under 18 needs parental consent)
- Adventure
60 seconds of freefall at 220 km/h, then a 5-minute parachute glide over Byron's headland, beaches and hinterland. Run by Skydive Australia from Tyagarah Airfield — 10 min north of Byron.
- Gear
- Training
- Certificate
- Tyagarah Airfield
Byron Bay
1.5 hours · cultural walk + tastings
4.96
Byron Bay Aboriginal Bush Tucker Tour with Delta Kay
- All ages welcome
- Cultural
Walk the Bundjalung Country with Delta Kay — a local Bundjalung woman who shares stories, bush food and tea, and the deep ecological knowledge of this Country. The most meaningful 90 minutes you'll spend in Byron.
- Cultural guide
- Tastings
- Stories
- Small group
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Byron Bay
2 hours · morning departure
4.91
Julian Rocks Snorkel — Byron Bay's Underwater Wonderland
- Ages 7+ (kids with adult)
- Adventure
Julian Rocks is where warm tropical and cool temperate seas collide — meaning leopard sharks, manta rays, turtles, eagle rays and (in season) humpback whales all in one spot. Run by Out of The Blue Adventures with a marine biologist on the boat.
- Boat
- Marine biologist
- Snorkel gear
- Wetsuit
Byron Bay
Half day · ~2-3 hours
4.92
Byron Bay Surf Lesson — Half-Day with Mojo Surf
- Ages 18+
- Adventure
Mojo Surf will pick you up from your Byron hostel, drive you to whichever beach (Lennox or Ballina) is firing that day, kit you up and have you standing on a wave by lesson's end. They literally guarantee it.
- Pick-up
- Gear
- Instruction
- Stand-up guarantee
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Byron Bay
3 hours · sunrise or morning
4.93
Kayak with Dolphins — Cape Byron
- Ages Confident swimmer (kids on case-by-case)
- Adventure
Paddle out from Clarke's Beach with Cape Byron Kayaks and you've got a 90% chance of spotting a pod of the resident 300-strong bottlenose dolphins. Turtles and rays too. Whales June-Nov. Plus Tim Tams.
- Kayak + gear
- Guide
- Tim Tams
- Wildlife guarantee
Byron Bay
2 hours · Jun–Oct only
4.9
Byron Whale Watching — Humpback Cruise from Ballina
- Ages 5+ (kids with adult)
- Adventure
Mid-June to end of October, humpbacks migrate past Byron in their thousands. Out of The Blue Adventures take you out on a 2-hour cruise from Ballina with a marine biologist on the boat. Whale guarantee — see one or come back for free.
- Marine biologist
- Pro photos
- Whale guarantee
- Spray jackets
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