Head “down under” for three exciting weeks of adventure and good times.

Snorkel with fish on the Great Barrier Reef, go to surf school in Byron Bay, kayak with dolphins in the wild, star gaze at night from the deck of a sailboat in the Whitsunday Islands,  learn about Aboriginal culture on a Dreamtime walk  and kayak with dolphins in the wild.

Places we visit: Surfer’s Paradise (Gold Coast), Byron Bay, Noosa (Sunshine Coast), Fraser Island, Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Mission Beach, Cairns, Atherton Tablelands, Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation

Activities:

· Surf lessons

· Three day/three night sailing trip in the Whitsunday Islands and

   Outer Great Barrier Reef onboard a 101ft sailboat

· Snorkeling & beginner scuba diving

· Dreamtime walk with an Aboriginal guide

· Waterfall/wildlife tour in the Atherton Tablelands

· Kayaking with dolpins in the wild

· Guided walks (one at night)  in  Cape Tribulation (the world's oldest living rainforest)

· Crocodile cruise on the Daintree River

·Bungy jumping and minjin swinging at the AJ Hackett Bungy Zone

Community Service: Eight hours at AUSTROP (the Australian Tropical Research Station)

Ages: 14 and 16 years old (by the end of 2011)

Accommodation: We stay in a variety of accommodation styles: hotels, cabins, hostels, rainforest huts, sailboat

Number of leaders on trip: Four

Australia - Beaches, Reefs and Rainforests

Dates: August 1st to August 20, 2011

Location: Queensland, Australia

Begins: Brisbane, Australia

Ends: Cairns, Australia

Cost: $6,975 CAD plus airfare to Australia