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02
Dec/2008

Welcome to Australia
by soulna

Australia is a large country and the interesting sights are far apart. I recommend flying to each major city (see Virgin Blue Airlines), renting a camper (Apollocamper.com) or car (Bayswatercarrental.com.au), and staying at the convenient Caravan/Holiday Parks for economy (these external links offer excellent value). A camper conveniently lets you show up in most parks without a reservation, provides a kitchen, and carries all you need without reshuffling luggage. A camper would have been especially useful in Tasmania, where we had to reserve lodging at least several days in advance even in "shoulder" tourist season.
     I adjusted to driving on the left within one day; Carol was more cautious but also quickly adapted. Be prepared for narrower, bumpier roads and fast traffic in Australia (compared to the USA). We liked the Australian roundabouts which let traffic flow much more smoothly than a stop sign.
     For a great short trip, go to the beautiful Sydney area for a few days, then hasten to Tasmania, which offers wonderful variety on a compact island. To extend the trip, consider flying to Adelaide and visiting Kangaroo Island for wildlife, coastal scenery, and geology. Also worthwhile: fly to Melbourne and visit Wilson's Promontory National Park for great wildlife, estuary, & coastal scenery; and if you like beaches and waves, add the Great Ocean Road. The flight to Perth, Western Australia, is pricey and the driving lengthy before you reach interesting places, but once we arrived in the Walpole area, I really enjoyed the old growth forests of amazingly tall tingle and karri trees, which are found nowhere else on earth.
     The Bottom Line: I find New Zealand to be a better travel value than Australia (such as for variety of sights, shorter driving distances, wildlife, better exchange rate for the US dollar & lower costs). Many of Australia's scenic wonders (such as forests, canyons, deserts, mountains, and coral reefs) are equaled or exceeded by similar sights that I regularly see in North America. I best liked the fascinating native Australian birds, marsupials, reptiles, eucalyptus and other wild and unique living things -- visiting the real Australia beats any zoo or garden. Everybody says that the northern and interior Australia differ greatly from the southern parts that we saw, and we may go there some September or October in a future year, though we have many other exciting countries to visit first.

 

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