Now, have you ever been to Austalia.
This is my second time here, actually celebrating Christmas with the Australian family of my eldest brother's girlfriend (the first time I was here, my familiy came to visit him while studying here).
Today, I have been to an animals sanctuary with lots of more or less dangerous animals, birds, and reptiles (and snakes such as the tiger snake - the most dangerous snake in the world) 
I also saw a joey (kangaroo baby) beeing treated for diarea in an animals hospital 
I you have ever been here, what is your thoughts of the country and it's animals? I managed to scare myself a little too much to go there. We have a SOS survival guide book as loo reading and I accidentally read the page about snakes. Apparently of the 20 most poisonous snakes, the top 10 are from Australia. Now, I shiver at the thought of snakes so it's gonna take some conviction for me to go there and actually... touch ground that isn't plain cement where I can see it all, even the camouflage ones.
Yeah, I've been to Australia, I live here 
Where did you go in Australia? Did you enjoy it? Went there on my honeymoon. The only bad thing about Oz is their restrictive imigration policy 
I would move there in a minute if I could.
I was in Sydney, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin and Cairns as bases and then visited sites around those cities. Problably my favorite spot was Kangaroo Island (I was afraid it would be all touristy with a name like that, but it was great.) We dove on the Barrier Reef, climbed Uluru (Ayer's Rock), camped in Kakadu, and did a lot of other things. The wildlife was amazing and so was the beer! The people are some of the nicest I ever met and they even speak a language that is close to English!
As to the snakes thing, don't let that worry you. It's grossly exagerated. I think the Aussies might have a little Texan in them Check out this site about the reality of the snakes there.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/myth.html
If you haven't been there, do it! And plan to take as much time as possible. | HoboPelican wrote: |
| I was in Sydney, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin and Cairns as bases and then visited sites around those cities. |
It's a shame you skipped Melbourne it's easily the best city in Australia! Funny how you have been to more places in Australia than I have and I've lived here all my life except for a short period of living in Germany.Yeah, I've also been in Australia celbrating Christmas once. For some years ago... I was so suprised the Santa Claus didn't come at Christmas Eve as here in Sweden. "Some years ago..."
i would love to go to australia, i heard the girls are hott :p and aussie TV serials being played everyday on tv doesnt contradict that theory
Anyone watch Home and Away? i hated it but the girl who plays Belle Taylor it hott with a capital H Well, I live in Australia, and in reply to CyanEyed, yes, our girls are banging
I'm interested to see what other countries think of us... tell all! | scotty wrote: |
It's a shame you skipped Melbourne it's easily the best city in Australia! ... |
Yeah, we had to make some hard decisions to fit in as much as possible. In a few years I hope to go back and take more time so that I can see some of the things I missed the first time.
I guess I never was much of a city lover, so I just looked at them as rest areas in between the real vacations. So what is great about Melbourne? If I get there, what should I see?I've been to Australia....like a million times
lol I live in Queensland. Beautiful place!
One place i always have wanted to visit... I'm going sometime in my life.... I hope..
I would like to visit that country where people moves head-down and legs-up...
I have to be nice country...
"How do you get to school?"
"By head..."
I was born in and lived in Australia for 14 years, leaving it was probably the 2nd worst thing i've ever done in my life. Even if i did live in Wagga Wagga the whole time...
as the scared wierd little guys said:
Come to Australia, where you might accidently get killed.
I never went to Australia, but I know someone who used to live their and I loved the movie Kangaroo Jack, but thats off topic. I would like to go there. Maybe I can convince my parents to spend next vacation in Australia. Can anyone suggest any amazing places to go/stay?
Well, I have never been to Australia, but I really hope to visit there one day. It sounds like a beautiful country and my friends have told me its peaceful.
Maybe one day I'll go, maybe I won't; but I sure hope I do Due to the performance's of my countrymen (flintoff & co), I dont think it'd be wise to show my face down under.
I never had been in Australia..
I have never been there yet, but it is definitely on my "Countries to Visit Before I Die" list. 
After living in this country for up to 9 years, I admit it is the best place in the world.
Nice weather, friendly people(In general, less racist against Asian), cheap food (if you cook by yourself, fresh and good quality), and good medical system.
Something to highlight of this country:
1. Seafood, fresh and taste good.
2. Red meat! best in the world.
3. Weather, always sunshine, most of the east coast cities are great to live
One thing a bit worry about me is Australia is losing water, the drought has been there for up to 3 years and has causing some problems.
Hey guys, i live in Australia as well. it's a very nice place and is great during the summer. I live in the capital of Australia, Canberra. Not th emost exciting place in the world but Sydney is a great place hi....its great to see your gals banging on the net n players banging every team in the cricket field....
Yep, went there for vacation. Sydney. Was really cool with the opera house, stuff like that. Went to Blue Mountains too, was cool with the caves.
After arriving at Sydney airport, I spent some days in Sydney, feeding birds and stuff Even watched a consert in the opera house!
Then I went to Adelaide and spent some nights on Kangaroo Island. Really fun
Then I went to Melbourne via Apollo Bay, and now I have spent some days here, in Apollo Bay, surfing and stuff, and am heading back to Melbourne again tomorrow. I went there when I am very young. Its a nice place...
It's great to read all these good things said about Australia!
Makes me proud to be an aussie Nope, but I'd love to go someday.
I couldn't go around Christmas time, because the whole idea of being sweltering hot & at the BEACH on Christmas is just too bizarre for me to fathom.
I live in Australia too, about 45 minutes drive north of the northernmost part of Sydney, in a place called the Central Coast.
I have one thing to say:
CITIES SUCK!!!
But I love living in Australia, even if the media is becoming increasingly Americanised.
Apart from the drought, and the parts of Australia where the storms are severe enough to cause a lot of damage (mostly the northern parts of the country), it's a great place to live. Most of us (contrary to popular belief) live on or near the coast (like 90% of Australia's population are in coastal cities).
I've never been to any other country, so it's probably not fair for me to say that I'd probably never want to live anywhere else. But so far, that's true for me .
But I would also have to agree that Aussie beer is awesome (even though I don't really drink) and our girls are beautiful (keep in mind a lot of Australians are of mixed cultural backgrounds). Aussie beer is awesome????!
I hate to break it to you but the only "good" aussie beer is Crown, and even then it isn't that great. All the other ones have a faint taste of embalming fluid.
Don't even mention XXXX
You know why they call it XXXX right?
because you can't write "shit" on a tin.
So in short, come to Australia and BYO (unless you are from England, in which case anything is a step up).
Exactly which Aussies beer have you tried, besides XXXX and Crownies?
Nobody outside of Queensland likes XXXX by the way, and I'm not sure that many Queenslanders like it much either. VB is horrible stuff as well. Tooheys Extra Dry is my beer of choice when I so happen to decide to have one.
Try Corona's, a Mexican beer, in Australia. 
Lol you put a slice of lemon in the neck of the bottle when you drink it.
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Althought I've only ever had a couple of sips of it.
All the edits: I'm trying to fix the bottle. 
I have never been to Australia. I think it would be quite interesting to go there on a vacation, and meet different cultures and learn about the animals and wildlife that live there. Feh, Coronas are overrated. My brother finally got over them several months back . I live in Brisbane, the Great Southeast of Queensland, where all the fun happens! Beautiful Beaches [Gold Coast], Great Theme Parks, and beautiful scenery, Lots to do.
I haven't been to Australia yet, but I have wanted to for a long time. I'm planning to go there in 2008, alone. The furthest I have travelled alone yet is to Sweden, so it's gonna be quite an adventure.
I haven't been on any other continent yet, just in Europe and touched the top of Africa (Egypt) and a little bit of Asia (Turkey)
I live in Brisbane also. It's a beautiful place and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of visiting. | Aless wrote: |
Nope, but I'd love to go someday.
I couldn't go around Christmas time, because the whole idea of being sweltering hot & at the BEACH on Christmas is just too bizarre for me to fathom. |
Yeah, know exactly what you mean. After all, I live in Norway, and in the middle of wintertime, the sun never goes above the horizon...
I know it may sound weird, but it is actually liveable here nope but i'd love too, its seems really cool
