My first choice of an excursion was cancelled by the vendor but I did enjoy the "Bushwalk & Culture Experience" for both the cultural and nature experience. I enjoyed the walk in the bush and the walk to the beach as well as the information and experience from the aboriginal guide. ...
On board Coral Princess. Destination staff member gave an informative talk night before of things to do for free in Eden. Ship docks right next to Eden Welcome Centre (tourist info). Markets outside on port day. Free shuttles from WC to town centre. Town centre has plenty of small shops, cafes and iga supermarket in its Main Street. Most were open early for cruisers despite being a Sunday. ...
Eden is a beautiful little town on the coast which can be walked in an hour or so, depending how long you linger in shops and such. There is a whaling museum and a few coffee shops and we had a beer or so in the pub on their sun drenched deck. Very nice indeed. They had fresh oysters and mussels which are some of the best. The town really made us welcome providing a shuttle bus and many volunteers ...
I hadn't been to Eden since I was a teenager on family holidays. Its a scenic part of the coast. I took the ship excursion "Easy Eden" where we were taken to the lookout, driven around town and given the history. We stopped to feed the pelicans on the way to Boydtown and the historic Seahorse Inn. Here you could look around or get a coffee. A stop was made in town for those who wanted to look ...
The local community had put on a festival with stalls and entertainment, with picnic rugs and plenty of places to eat and buses to shuttle us back and forth to save the walk up the hill but we never made it that far, just as you get out of the wharf there is a small marina where you will find a whale watching charter boat, we got there about 9am and noticed a sign saying the tours run daily at 930 ...
Not much to see here. The weather was rainy and windy so that the ship's tender would have been a rough trip. We stayed aboard ship and admired the green port area and unusual looking evergreen trees. ...