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What's so good about Australia?

Old Jun 22nd 2011, 5:31 am
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Originally Posted by aussietobe
Hope you are joking./
Of course....... well sort of
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 5:31 am
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Originally Posted by aussietobe
Its the overall quality of life, wide open spaces, quality food, unique wildlife, beaches, waterways, that make Australia a standout. Most European cities and American cities just do not compare regarding the above. (and I have visited most)
Actually they do apart from the wildlife aspect. France offers a bit of everything bar desert.

Australian cities really don't begin to compare with the great European ones when it comes to urban lifestyle
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by aussietobe
I should add the cleanliness, the fact you can see stars in cities at night-time (well you can in Perth anyway)
As well as Sydney.

Australia might not be the best in the world at any of the individual things listed in the original post. But put them all together and where have you got? Australia. Not really anywhere else like it.
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by DeadVim
Sounds pretty sensible to me ... one day I will get in that campervan and head for the South Island ...
We did this for 3 months (both Islands). I'm actually from NZ but it was awesome.
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 5:33 am
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Originally Posted by bcworld
It's OK north of ChCh...but south to Dunedin is a bit meh...we just raced through it.
True, it's nice around Kaikoura - when it's not raining!
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by Amazulu
SI NZ is amazing. We were there in January and had an amazing holiday. The east coast of SI is pretty ordinary though. West coast is spectacular.
West Coast is crazy
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by Amazulu
Of course....... well sort of
Shooting Kangaroos is legal right?
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 5:36 am
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Originally Posted by Fluid36
Shooting Kangaroos is legal right?
dunno, it should be
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 5:40 am
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Originally Posted by Amazulu
True, it's nice around Kaikoura - when it's not raining!
I always have great luck with the weather in NZ...sunny days on the west coast!
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by Fluid36
Shooting Kangaroos is legal right?
They're shooting 3500 of them in the ACT this month so I guess the answer is yes. Probably need a licence though Australia is big on those too.
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by paulry
They're shooting 3500 of them in the ACT this month so I guess the answer is yes. Probably need a licence though Australia is big on those too.
That's if you shoot one. Push one down the stairs and say it was an accident.
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

You can't beat Tasmania for wonderful countryside. It is also part of Australia so I dont think you need to visit NZ or English countryside, its all in Tassie.
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 6:10 am
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by Fluid36
We did this for 3 months (both Islands). I'm actually from NZ but it was awesome.
I had a long chat with a random guy in an airport lounge (as you do when your flight has been delayed) and he was waxing lyrical about NZ, this was years before my move ... he was a nice chap but we were very, very drunk

Originally Posted by Qldmum
You can't beat Tasmania for wonderful countryside. It is also part of Australia so I dont think you need to visit NZ or English countryside, its all in Tassie.
And Tassie is second on my list to visit, if not first ... depends on finances.
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 6:11 am
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by the troubadour
Perhaps but it is far between. There is a lot of sameness. Still got some great parts though and makes a pretty decent road trip for all that.
It's also fair to say there are a lot of things that look similar. I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between a dunnart, antechinus and a hopping mouse from a distance.
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Old Jun 22nd 2011, 6:20 am
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Default Re: What's so good about Australia?

Originally Posted by Amazulu
True, it's nice around Kaikoura - when it's not raining!
Is it? I've been there three times and its always been pissing it down.

If anyone comes to Australia for cuisine, culture, city life they will be mightily disappointed. The wildlife, coast and outback are great but you need months to drive around and experience it - a couple of weeks holiday will just be hideously expensive trying to pack in the tourist ticks.

Any marine enthusiast or sailor will love Oz for a holiday - around the Whitsundays and reef around whale season. Ningaloo reef is also fantastic but Exmouth is bloody remote and there's nowt else there. FNQ for a few months a year is worth it - but visit from Sep through to April and you'll be sweating like a paedo in a clown suit. Whether it is better than Egypt, the Maldives, Fiji etc for a diving holiday then probably not - the coral isn't as healthy here. Yet, chuck in the humpbacks, minke whales etc and spend a much longer period to drive the coast then may be.
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