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Planula Divers Retreat

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Company description We want to offer people a great place to have their holiday or a short break by offering them accommodation in a beautiful house where they can truly relax and get away from the normal rat-race.
Our retreat is equiped with an extensive library. Besides normal reading books and comics in different languages it has a selection of reference materials such as marine-identification books, a wide selection of magazines and DVDs to find out more about what can be seen underwater while snorkelling or diving.
We, your hosts Tim and Wandy, are marine biology enthusiasts trying to create awareness for the marine environment in a fun and relaxing way. We hope that people will more appreciate what they see once they know what they are looking at, because the more you know the more you see!
Where does our name `Planula` come from?
Planula is the name of the larval stage of anemones, jellyfish or coral following sexual reproduction.
The official dictionary description:
planula - plural PLANULAE, free-swimming or crawling larval type common in many species of the phylum Cnidaria (e.g., jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones). The planula body is more or less cylindrical or egg-shaped and bears numerous cilia (tiny hairlike projections), which are used for locomotion. Planulae are produced by both of the basic body forms found in cnidarians--polyps, the stalklike, attached adult forms, and medusae, the bell-or umbrella-shaped, free-swimming adult forms.
SCUBA DIVING, SNORKELLING, INTRODUCTORY DIVE
Spend some time under the water at Julian Rocks Marine Reserve, which is now part of the Cape Byron Marine Park. The marine life is varied and abundant, because tropical and temperate currents mix in the waters in the Bay.
You do not have to be a certified diver to experience the underwater world in Byron Bay. Go for a snorkel and see the turtles, rays and fish from a different perspective.
For the more adventurous visitors: try an introductory dive. After spending some time in the pool, your instructor will take you for an ocean dive to experience Julian Rocks to the max!
Our guests receive a discount when this activity is booked through PLANULA.
Location description: PLANULA offers fantastic accommodation and total relaxation in lush tropical gardens set on 2.5 acres. Although it feels like a remote oasis PLANULA is just over three kilometres from the centre of Byron Bay.
Extensive continental breakfast is included with all stays at PLANULA and is served with fresh fruit, yoghurt, a range of cereal, bread, fruit juice, tea and plunger coffee.
At night you can sample the local cuisine in one of the many fantastic restaurants in Byron or just stay at home and make use of the outdoor BBQ area.
PLANULA has five modern decorated bedrooms and offers queensize double, twin share and single accommodation. All rooms look out onto our beautiful gardens. Bicycles, bodyboards and surfboard are free of charge (subject to availability).
Birds like the Eastern Rosella, different honey eaters, the scarlet flycatcher, fairywrens, king quails, currawongs, and cockatoos live in the lush tropical gardens. The adjacent wetlands house spoonbills, lapwings, herons, egrets and ibisses.
Many different frog species share their habitat around the ponds with numerous waterdragons. Other wildlife frequently seen around PLANULA include bandicoots, swamp wallabies, echidnas and possums.
For more info or to book your stay at PLANULA you can contact us on relax@planula.com.au or use our booking and enquiry form.
Find out what our guests think of PLANULA and visit the guestbook.
Tim and Wandy both are SCUBA diving enthusiasts. If you`d like to find out more about diving while staying at PLANULA, go to our dive or video site.
Dive Julian Rocks at Byron Bay with PLANULA. PLANULA offers beautiful accommodation just over 3 km from the centre of Byron Bay at the most easterly point of the Australian mainland.
We specialise in diving/accommodation packages with a difference. Check out our rates for package deals. Planula Divers Retreat is equipped with everything a diver needs and more.
Most diving happens at Julian Rocks Marine Reserve, which is now part of the recently established Cape Byron Marine Park. Dive sites are only a few minutes boat ride from Main Beach, Byron Bay.
Tropical and temperate currents meet here, resulting in an unique mixture and incredible abundance of marine life. Other spectacular dive sites around Byron Bay include Spot X, Mackerel Bowl, Cape Pinnacles and Middle Reef.
LIGHTHOUSE
Three kilometers from Byron Bay you can find the lighthouse, Byron Bay`s landmark, built in 1901. It stands 22 meters tall, 94 meters above sea level. Until today it remains a shipping aid and its light is the most powerfull in the Southern Hemisphere. Daily tours give visitors and locals the oppurtunity to find out more about the history and have a look inside. The area directly surrounding the lighthouse is perfect to see the local dolphins and turtles. During May till October each year it offers a great location to watch the Humpback whale`s migration

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Offers diving/accommodation packages, underwater videography, safe divegear storage and drying facilities, divers reference library.

Contact information:

Phone: ++61-2-6680 9134
Mobile: 0403 357 969
Street Address:
PO Box 1753
Byron Bay
New South Wales
Australia
2481
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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