Hi,
I'm a French young girl who had such a great time last
summer in California, that I decided to do that thing as
often as possible. After a year of great fun in Bristol to
study, grgr. I suddenly decided to go to Oz. Kind of my big
dream since I'm a little girl.
Here I am with my ticket for Oz, Nz and India. I've got to
pack my bag and that will be it. What the fuck am I going to
do there. No clue. If you know anything or travel around
this summer too, just send me a mail.
Ciao
Anne
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Annie,
Australia is a large and diverse nation. You will find
almost every place to have some kind of interesting
quality. To a European native, you will be struck by two
things: the size of the place and the strange sense of
history that spans a mere 200 years. Keeping this in mind,
you should see sights that emphasise these two features.
Sydney is a must from the historical aspect and plain old
fun. Country New South Wales (hit Sydney and turn right)
is also excellent for this purpose. Most people travel up
the east coast and end up around Cairns which has access to
the Great Barrier Reef (I make it my mission to personally
beat travellers who miss the reef!).
Being that far north also makes it a short (read 2 hours in
an aircraft) hop across to the Northern Territory. The
territory has so many sights and the greatest part is that
they are all just sitting around waiting for you. A
complete lack of pomp and ceremony is the charm of the
place and you will certainly get the sense of space! See
the national park (before it is torn up to mine Uranium)
and just.......... wander.
The bottom line is that no matter where you go, you will
find things of interest. It is not that far removed from
the Northern hemisphere so as to provide discomfort (we
have running water) but is unique enough to be fascinating
and a lot of fun to most.
Sorry about the long response, but your question is a broad
one. I have travelled most of Australia and as much of the
world as time permits and (I do admit complete bias at this
point) and can honestly say that you will NEVER be bored
while over here.
Dan
Annie, what's your definition of fun? If you like parties
Victoria has a great outdoor party scene. There is also
great live music, restaurants, parties etc. ca depend...I
can only tell you about Melbourne/Victoria but I have many
second hand reports vouching for the excellence of northern
NSW and the great climate, beaches, rainforests, islands etc
of QLD but I'm sure the locals could fill you in better than
I.
feel free to email with questions.
OG24
Annie, as an Australian living in Europe, I envy your
travel plans. Australia is very well set up for the
independent traveller - it's like a religion there. Get a
guidebook and just GO!
If you're in Sydney pop into any music store (HMV etc) and
pick up a free copy of OTS (On The Street) or Drum Media
which come out weekly. They have the latest gigs, shows
etc. Other cities will have their own version.