Beoz

I've never really heard any NSWers go on about Bondi as far as a beach is concerned. I think they all pretty much say it's a poor beach if you are referring to white sands, lovely water, beautiful landscape ..... which it is not ......... Great perv though.

Jon77

I was doing a tourist drive around the Blue Mountains last month with family from the UK and we spotted a tourist sign to something called the 'catherdral of ferns' at Mt Wilson, just off the Bells Line of Road.

It is basically a few fern and a few trees! You see better things by the side of the road!

Beoz

Cairns ..... Lots of tourists .... not a lot there

BadgeIsBack

St Kilda - massively overrated.

chris955

They go on about it as if it is the only beach in the country.

bikeframed

Hands down: Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium in Auckland - it is small, overpriced, and unexciting. When you leave you find yourself laughing at how much you paid and how little you saw. How bad is it? When I'm trying to explain to my wife how crap something is I now say it is "Tarltonesque". If I was from NZ I'd be embarrassed to take anyone there.

Beoz

They ... Who's 'They' ... What 6 million NSWer's? Sure Chris.

slapphead_otool

I must confess that i am surprised, nay amazed, at the amount of time you spend on the BE site thee days Chris. Missing Australian? Or just nothing to do on the long cold dark evenings?

Hino

Do "they" really ?

I've lived in NSW for about thirty years and I've never heard anyone 'bang on' about Bondi beach being the best in the world...... I wonder why that is ???

Jon77

Depends on what you go for. There are some fantasic cake shops / cafes down the main street.

There is a Russian cafe that has been there for years that does some fantastic cakes!

It has been on TV a few times.

I agree that they beach / bay area of St Kilda isn't much cop though.

bcworld

That place closed years ago I think. It was grim anyway...took my family there once & we got the about the coldest and most unfriendly service ever!

moneypenny20

Doesn't often happen but I totally agree.

GarryP

Frankly that is just plain laziness. There is exactly zero excuse for them not to have put up a walkway between the stones such that paying visitors can get up close (but not too close). If I were Culture minister I'd be hauling someone's arse over the coals for the mess they have made of that opportunity.

In Oz I'd tend to say that most 'tourist attractions' fail by virtue of not thinking and making the best of what they can have. Too many marketing words, not enough delivery. The days of people turning up in a coach, looking at a random object, taking a few snaps, then going away again, are over. Much more is required, particularly if you are expecting them to travel hundred of kms to be there.

They need to be thinking, and acting, on the words 'experience' and 'interactive', rather than just tacking them on to tacking marketing copy. If you want me to just look then it had better be big and impressive, like a mountain range or the grand canyon.

bcworld

Not really. This seems to be exactly how Chinese tourists are treated when they come...and there are plenty of them.

BadgeIsBack

Cheeky. I often agree with stuff you say. Go easy on this old bloke.