Australia Travel Tips
Australia's biggest attraction is its natural beauty. The landscape varies from endless sunbaked horizons to dense tropical rain forest to chilly southern beaches. Scattered along the coasts, its cities blend a European enthusiasm for art and food with a laid-back love of sport and the outdoors.
Visitors expecting to see an opera in Sydney one night and meet Crocodile Dundee the next will have to rethink their grasp of geography in this huge country. It is this sheer vastness that gives Australia much of its character.
Tasmania National Parks
Written by Viator, August 2010
One of Tasmania’s most enduring drawcards is its pristine beauty and stunning landscapes, protected in some of Australia’s best-loved national parks. Tasmania’s bushwalking, cycling, rafting and ...
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Top 4 Weekend Getaways
Written by Viator, July 2011
1. Wine Tasting in Yarra Valley As one of Victoria’s premier wine regions, mention the Yarra Valley to a local and you’ll hear a daydreamy sigh as they envisage the emerald glow of the valleys ...
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Melbourne Suggested Itineraries
Written by Viator, October 2010
What's your pleasure? Sports? Shopping? Art? Food? Wine? Wildlife? Melbourne ticks all these boxes and more. Straddling the curvy, lazy Yarra River, Melbourne is Australia's second largest city and, ...
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Melbourne Hot Air Balloon Rides
Written by Viator, August 2010
If you're not a morning person, the thought of getting up at 3:45am to jump into a wicker basket and take off into the air might be the stuff of nightmares. But if you steel yourself for the early ...
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White Water Rafting in Queensland
Written by Viator, August 2010
Calling all adrenaline junkies! In the mood for some white water rafting? Conditions are great in North Queensland! Rafting in North Queensland has the added advantages of departures all year ...
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A Guide to Australian Rules Football
Written by Viator, August 2010
One of the best ways to get beneath the skin of a country is through sport, and when you’re talking Australia, and Melbourne in particular, that sport would have to be Australian Rules Football. ...
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Yarra Valley Wine Tours
Written by Viator, August 2010
As one of Victoria's premier wine regions, mention the Yarra Valley to a local and you'll hear a daydreamy sigh as they envisage the emerald glow of the valleys and the straw-gold glow of the wine. ...
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3 Days in Canberra: Suggested Itineraries
Written by Viator, January 2011
Despite being Australia’s national capital, Canberra often gets overlooked by travelers in their hurry to experience big-ticket stunners like Sydney Harbour, the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru. But ...
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Cairns Bungy Jumping
Written by Viator, August 2010
Want to feel like you're in The Matrix? Want to feel invincible? Want to feel like you're able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Sounds like you might be just the kind of person who ...
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Launceston Suggested Itineraries
Written by Viator, February 2011
Launceston is a popular base for touring Tasmania’s north coast region, with great accommodation and dining options, and the nearby Tamar Valley for wine-tasting day trips. Day 1: Explore ...
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Best Thai Restaurant in Sydney
Hands-down, the best Thai restaurant in Sydney (at least city center) is Spice I Am in Surry Hills (90 Wentworth Ave). It's always crowded, and deservedly so.
I love the larb (it's seriously spicy ...
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Historic Towns From Launceston
Written by Viator, February 2011
Launceston is surrounded by a ring of historic colonial towns, their sleepy main streets lined with intact Georgian architecture. The pace of life is tranquil in these colonial country towns, and the ...
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How to get from the sydney airport to the main city centre
Written by koalakiss86, Australia, November 2010
The train station in Sydney airport is right out the front of the airport, for around $13 Australian catch a train into the city centre which should take about 30mins to get to. From there all the ...
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee in Sydney!!
Written by Tighthead Prop, Australia, September 2010
Can't start the day without a decent cup of coffee ?? Then head to Single Origin Roasters (60-64 Reservoir St in Surry Hills, in Sydney). They roast their own, and specialize in crop-to-cup, single ...
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If you like the QVB, try the Strand Arcade
Written by Undercover American, Australie, October 2010
The Strand Arcade is sort of like the Queen Victoria Building's half sister. (No, not Feodora, it's a building). Like the better known QVB, the Strand Arcade is a beautifully restored shopping ...
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Doing what: Phillip Island: Penguins, Koalas and Kangaroos Day Tour from Melbourne
