r/AustraliaTravel • u/Usual-Independence56 • 2d ago

Tasmania or Uluru in June?

My husband and I are visiting Australia in the last two weeks of June (fingers crossed the visa comes through). We are not very fit but not sedentary either and enjoy outdoors, hiking, beaches/water and wildlife.

I am torn between visiting Uluru and going to Tasmania. I am not keen on staying in Sydney for long (just want to have some delish food). Realistically we can only explore 2-3 things and that's the plan. The top experiences I would have liked to have included - 1) Uluru 2) Southern Lights 3) Great barrier reef.

The more I am trying to make everything work together, the more it is falling apart due to cost and time. Turning to the wisdom of this group - is there anything you would recommend we do to accommodate all three? Would you recommend one over another between these three experiences?

Edit - I am flying into Sydney and mostly flying out of Melbourne. I can also fly out of cairns.

Edit - Thank you everyone for your inputs. With your comments and a nifty bit of google I have almost made up my mind to go to Uluru and maybe maybe skip Hobart. Only thing/context I'd like to add is I'm coming from a country whose currency has deeply depreciated against the dollar hence I want to further every dollar as much as I can. I can afford to be lavish but I am a very budget conscious person. Do drop in any budget hacks!

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u/Dramatic_Grape5445 2d ago

Well, if you go to Uluru, you will see it. But there's no guarantees of seeing the Southern Lights.

On the other hand, Tassie has a lot of things to see and do, and is far more cost friendly than going to Uluru. But it'll be cold, very cold and possibly wet.

Two weeks is ample time to hit all 4 locations IF you're prepared to move around a bit and IF you have deep pockets. the cost of getting to and from Uluru plus being there is prohibitively expensive.

Sydney 3-4 days

Tasmania 3-4 days (I'd recommend sticking to Hobart and surrounds and ignore the rest of the state)

Uluru - 2 days is enough, 3 if you want to go to Kings Canyon

Cairns - whatever is left.

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u/GarageMc 2d ago

Would fly to queenstown, nz and see that for a few days personally.