17-03-2021, 11:01 PM
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other side of the world
Recently I have been getting very keen on going to Australia.Been watching quite a bit on youtube and have a cousin in Sydney.
Ok it is a long long flight but just to be able to say I have been and hopefully meet up with a few people I have been watching really interests me.
If you get an itch you want to scratch it and that is how I feel about going.
thinking about going to Sydney -Cairns and Brisbane mainly but at the moment it is just thoughts until this covid thing gets sorted more.
18-03-2021, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by keezoy
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Come!! as soon as you can. You are welcome. Just be prepared to not want to go home again.
It sounds like realspeed shares my enthusiasm, but I expect our itineraries will be quite different.
18-03-2021, 05:00 AM
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Well if you're going to come all this way you may as well see more than that. And Smithy is right. Those places you said are pretty much a must yes but you shouldn't miss Victoria and South Australia. Many people here say Melbourne is the best city in Australia. And depending how you define the boundaries, also the biggest. I'm a Sydneysider through and through but I love Melbourne. You shouldn't miss it. Adelaide is only a small city - the smallest of the mainland capitals - but it is elegant, classy and welcoming and only a stone's throw from the Barrossa Valley. If you like wine this place is a fantasyland. Perth is a sprawling big place with a small, vertical CBD that is all business and not much else. The countryside and coastal towns in the South West are great but Perth for the most part is missable IMO. Also Tasmania is just wonderful. Well worth a visit. Hobart is the second oldest city in Australia after Sydney. Well preserved and pretty as a picture. Brisbane/ Gold Coast/ Sunshine Coast are one huge conurbation of 4 million people. It's popular but I couldn't live there. Too damned hot. OK for a visit as long as it's either winter or you have air con everywhere. I'm happy to elaborate on anywhere that's worth seeing here if you want.
18-03-2021, 06:03 AM
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Aww Bruce!..THat's so unfair..Funny!..very. But not true.I didn't say I think it is the best city but be fair. Many people say it leaves Sydney for dead for actual things to do of every kind. I like day time. Sydney is best for outdoors things. I'm a musician so at night I just like somewhere to play. And Melbourne has lots of them. I would never live anywhere in the world except Sydney. I am one eyed and biased. But Gleeson is a total bastard. We all know that. Ignore him RS!...Hes avvin a laff. Melbourne is as clean as anywhere else and the public transport is brilliant. St Kilda is a groovy place full of great places to go. YOu don't need a car at all. Anyway RS don't forget the non city places. Kakadu, Uluru, Daintree Rain Forrest, Barrier Reef (What's left of it) Queensland hinterland. Margot Robbie country. If you're very lucky you might see her .
18-03-2021, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by carol
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What I've always wondered is: Is there a lot of difference between Australia & New Zealand?
Apart from that when I was travelling in strange places we always reckoned that if we couldn't have a Kiwi to watch our backs we'd have an Aussie!
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