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WHY VISIT AUSTRALIA
1.Natural beauty - Australia's landscape is highly diverse, encompassing dry Outback, the high plateaus of the Great Dividing Range, the lush woods of Tasmania, the rainforest and coral reefs of the tropical north and almost 18,000km (11,000 miles) of coastline. The Great Dividing Range forms a spine down eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria, separating the fertile coastal strip from the dry and dusty interior.
When visiting Australia, you have to go to the Great Barrier Reef, it is truly a natural beauty.
2. Appealling climate - Australian seasons are the opposite to the Northern Hemisphere, summer starts in December, autumn in March, winter in June and spring in September.
Due to its size, geographical location and the lack of extensive high mountain ranges, Australia has a wide range of climates with generally no extremes.
The average maximum temperature is 25.5C (77.3F) and the average minimum temperature is 15.7C (60.2F). This, along with the fact Australia is the driest continent on earth make our land a great all-destination. In our winter you can ski in the southern states one day and be diving in the northern states the next!
3.Unique wildlife - Australia has a unique collection of fauna which is definately worth seeking out. Most are marsupials, such as the emblematic kangaroo and koala. The platypus and echidna are among the few living representatives in the world of mammals that both lay eggs and suckle their young. With just a little effort, visitors can also see Australian native animals in the wild. Beyond the cities, in rural and outback Australia, it's not unusual to see mobs of kangaroo grazing in the late afternoon sun and see the flightless emu going about its business.
The dingo, brought to Australia by the Aborigines, is considered the country's native dog. You can also see fairy penguins at Phillip Island, Victoria
4. We also live in a land rich in Multiculturalism - Australia is a multicultural country and as such offers every type of cuisine. To accompany the fine cuisine Australia also boasts a range of wineries, producing some of the best in the world.
Visit tiny, boutique wineries or taste the wide selection made by some of Australia’s largest wine producers. Take a tour, meet the winemaker and purchase your favourite wine by the bottle or the case from the cellar door. Australia is now the world’s eleventh largest wine producer. All the major wine growing areas are located in the southern half of the continent, and most are within a hundred kilometres of the coast. The finest Australian wines are among the best in the world – a judgement that is consistently reinforced at international wine shows.
Australian food Australia began to develop its own cuisine in the 1970s. Creative chefs use local ingredients, blended with the flavours of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, to make dishes with a truly Australian identity. Each area of Australia produces its own specialty, you can sample rock oysters, beef and lamb from New South Wales, olive oil from South Australia, and salmon from Tasmania, dairy produce from Victoria, exotic fruit from Queensland and cheese from Western Australia.
Sydney is well known for its seafood including Balmain Bugs (a small local freshwater lobster creature), Crayfish from Tasmania, Barramundi (large white meaty fish) and John Dory (smaller white fish). There are also specialties from other areas such as Queensland Mud Crab, and Coral Trout from the Great Barrier Reef, and Ocean Salmon and Trout.
Other specialties include pavlova (a meringue, cream and fruit dessert), lamingtons (sponge cakes doused in chocolate sauce and rolled in coconut), meat pies, and Devonshire teas (cream, scones, jam and tea). Perhaps the most popular way for Australians to cook when entertaining is ‘the Barbie’ or the barbecue. Meat is safe to eat and inexpensive. Vegemite is a peculiarly Australian institution. It is a salty tasting yeast extract and locals believe it is delicious spread lightly on toast. But be warned, it should be used sparingly as the taste is very powerful. Damper is traditional ‘bush tucker’, a type of flat bread originating with the early colonial pioneers and nomadic drovers (Men who made a living off moving herds of cows or flocks of sheep, normally the long distance to town to sell at the markets)
5. Ancient Aboriginal culture - Australia is the world's oldest continent, inhabited for more than 40,000 years by Aborigines. It was settled by the British just over 200 years ago, in 1788, and since then has transformed from a colonial outpost into a nation with a population of more than 20 million. For visitors, its ancient, worn landscape contrasts with the vitality and youthful energy of its inhabitants. It is an ancient culture that is deeply connected to the land. At the heart of the continent is Uluru (named Ayers Rock by the colonial settlers), a monolith of great spiritual significance. This great rock reaches 348 metres tall and measures nine kilometres at its base. Take a guided walk around Uluru or visit the Aboriginal Cultural Centre to find out more about the history of the area.
6. Australia is a shopper's delight - There is plenty to accommodate all tastes and budgets, from simple souvenirs and gifts to fine arts and crafts, fabulous gemstones and jewellery, bush-style clothing and designer fashions all with an unmistakable Australian flavour. From exquisite black opal earrings, pearls of extraordinary beauty and lustre, to woollen overcoats and original artworks, Australia offers shopping of every sort for every shopper. Works by Australian craftspeople make wonderful mementoes. Good buys include ceramics, jewellery, textiles, clothing, fashion, accessories, leather goods and items made from native timbers.
In Australia, shopping locations are as varied as the choice of items. Visitors can browse or buy in huge centres packed with hundreds of outlets to small intimate side street boutiques, weekend markets or craft galleries. Markets are a popular bargain hunter's choice and there are many to choose from throughout the country. Specialities items include Aboriginal art, traditional clothing, woodwork and opals.
7. Only in Australia, can you buy the following unique Australian items (You gotta try vegemite on toast and Tim Tam biscuits)
And, before you hit the keyboards, I realise there are number of reasons why Australians elect to travel overseas.
These factors include the buoyant Australian dollar, which gives us more travel-based buying power internationally than perhaps any time in the past three decades; our relative geographic isolation which fuels our admirable wanderlust; and Asia being right on our doorstep, with its tremendous value, high standards of service, amazing hotels and resorts and more. And, of course, there’s bragging rights: saying you’ve been to Bali rather than Broome somehow seems to sound more impressive.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have travelled to all corners of Australia, as well as to the four corners of the world, and I can honestly say that among my most memorable and cherished travel moments have been experiences I’ve had in Australia (which I plan to list in a forthcoming column).
So, I hear you ask, give me one good reason why I should holiday in Australia, I hear you ask, rather than abroad? Well, here (as part of a special, three-part series of columns on Australia over the coming weeks) are 20-odd - some very odd - reasons to consider before you next book those overseas flights.
Your country needs you
Tourism is one of Australia’s most important industries, employing as many as 500,000 of our fellow Australians. And it’s an industry that’s suffering since fewer of us are choosing to travel in our own backyard.
Everyone speaks the same language
Well not necessarily, which is a good thing. Among my favourite Australian travel moments have been overhearing the different Aboriginal dialects being spoken at a newsagent in Alice Springs’ Todd Mall. Then there are the myriad languages you hear at Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne and Adelaide’s Central Markets, two of the world’s best city markets outside of Europe. And then there’s Cabramatta in Sydney and Richmond in Melbourne, with their distinct Vietnamese identities.
Get to know the extended family
We run the risk, in what has to be the worst form of provincialism, of not knowing our fellow Australians beyond our own immediate towns and cities. How many of us, for that matter, have bothered to connect in any meaningful way with indigenous Australians?
You don’t need a passport, visa, vaccinations
On my last overseas trip I had to obtain four visas, at a cost of several hundred dollars, for the countries I visited. Then there are all those ridiculous airport taxes that we still have to cough up for various overseas airports.
Broome
They wax lyrically about the sunsets in Broome but the sunrises are just as arresting – and a great reason to leave the curtains of your resort room fully open, as I duly did on a visit to the Top End of Western Australia earlier this week. Nature’s ultimate alarm clock, if there ever was one.
No jet-lag
It’s amazing, when you consider it, how often we’re prepared to subject ourselves to the rigours of long-distance travel when we can travel in Australia by air completely unaffected. And while we like to criticise the likes of Qantas, often for good reason, the truth is that we have one of the most efficient, accessible and safest domestic airline networks in the world.
The people
We’re supposed to be among the friendliest people on earth and yet we avoid travelling in our own land, preferring to spend all of our holidays putting up with the world-weary, sour-pusses in parts of Europe and elsewhere.
Uluru is much closer than the Grand Canyon/Taj Mahal/Great Wall/Iguazu Falls…
And just as impressive in its own right, in my book.
It surprises me how few Australians still haven’t had an encounter with The Rock. You can travel to Uluru, truly one of the great and most spiritual wonders of the world, for a long weekend, if you really want to push it. It’s only about three hours from most Australian capitals and with Virgin Australia now flying there the airfares are a bit cheaper than they used to be when (ahem) Qantas was the only carrier to operate there.
Melbourne Feeling in need of a Europe fix? Aren’t we all? But save the airfare for a change and head for a city that does one of the most world’s most increasingly convincing, and enjoyable, impressions of a European city.
The taxi-drivers…
They may not know where the hell they’re going, anywhere, in Australia, but do you get to sit in the front seat with them. (Even the Prime Minister sits in the front seat of her Commonwealth car). Try that on in London or New York without asking and see what happens.
The food’s better...
I’ve been to cities than never close down and I can say that Australian cuisine is at least as good, or better, than anywhere I’ve been in the world. And rural Australia – particularly country Victoria – has an increasingly impressive array of regional dining opportunities to match many overseas countries.
The coffee’s better
Even if I’m jet-lagged after another long-haul overseas flight I like to pause, after I’ve collected my luggage from the carousel, before heading home to sit down and order an Australian-style cafe latte or a dinki-di flat white. Bliss. And the truth is you get now get a decent coffee pretty much anywhere in Australia. Now that’s what I call progress.
The sense of humour
Have you ever travelled overseas, like me, for a prolonged period and longed for a dose of Australian sarcasm? Try a holiday at home.
You get to bag the Australian tourism authorities…
About their marketing efforts (a new national sport) with more certainty and vigour once you’ve finally taken the trouble to see the country for yourself.
It’s the second best country in the world
That is, to live in, according to the United Nations’ latest annual Human Development Index. Might even be worth a holiday sometime…
Tipping is discretionary
Unlike certain other countries you won’t be chased down a street by an incensed waiter if you don’t leave a gratuity since we pay our hospitality workers a decent wage. And, as it’s oft said, Australia is one of the few countries where a taxi driver, rather than the customer, will round up the change on a fare.
Canberra
Only kidding.
The weird, wonderful wildlife
How much of it have you seen beyond a city zoo? I still get a thrill seeing a koala in a tree at Kangaroo Island, South Australia; an emu and its chick crossing the road in the Kosciuszko National Park; a kangaroo at feeding time at dusk in the Blue Mountains; a lyrebird in the Barrington Tops, NSW; the nostrils of crocodile just above the surface of the river in the Daintree National Park, Queensland; brumbies amid the snow gums in the Australian Alps in winter; the amazing, exotic birdlife of Kakadu National Park; the teeming wildlife on Maria Island, off the east coast of Tasmania…
How do you know you’ll be a sprightly enough to be a grey nomad...
When the time comes to finally buy or rent that campervan and finally see your wide brown land? Sure, the average life expectancy of Australia is 80-plus, among the highest in the world, but you can’t be certain you’re going to be physically up for the requisite round Australia trip. And, let’s face it: grey nomads are just a teeny bit daggy, aren’t they?
Actually, I like Canberra
Really. It is, after all, one of the few capitals of the world where nature is literally on the doorstep of the seat of government. Perhaps that’s why they act like animals.
Five million foreigners can’t be wrong
We love to beat ourselves up, as the Americans say, about attracting a sufficient number of tourists from overseas (such as from the States). But about five million visitors from around the world annually consider Australia a worthy enough destination to visit - unlike so many Australians. Sad but true.
The landscape deviates from dry to tropical rain forest to all the beaches. One of the best thing to do is do a summer camps that really make your time worth spending in the land of Australia.
To all the travelers, anytime they want to visit Australia is a good time, whether it is Summer (December to February) which can turn out to be a wee bit hot, but do not fret as the sandy white beaches are available for you to cool off, with perhaps a cocktail or two. Or if you're into cold weather you can go in winter ( June to August) in which they offers skiing in NSW, Victoria and sometimes in Tasmania. However in time of spring and autumn the weather is perfectly gentle.
Australia prides is in fact their diversity when it comes to wild animal like: kangaroos, koalas, possums, wallabies, potaroos, dugongs, kookaburras, arowana fishes, Tasmanian tigers, emus, platypus, spiders, scorpions, octopus, wobbegong shark, barracuda, jellyfish, stonefish, and stingrays--the name-dropping can go on forever. However these animals is very fun to look at but we still need to keep in mind that it is a wildlife that we need to be careful while exploring in Australia because you don't want to harm you with the wild animals in the first place.
Australia might be very beautiful with its respective scenery, but there is always something more about this country that you can do and can attract visitors more often to take a vacation here. Like watching an opera in Sydney, this is might be interesting especially for those who's into plays and theater. Perhaps you have a family and friends that living in Australia that you might want to check out for a visit. And if you really want to stay In Australia maybe you want to study or find a job here. The truth is there are numerous Universities in Australia that are internationally recognized, so if ever you're a graduate from these University, chances are, the percentage of being offered a job opportunity for you is higher than with graduates from other school.
I want to go, what am I going to do?
Australia is known for it's fine beaches and a really hot summer days wherein almost a thousands of tourists have been attracted to. People tend to spend their vacation in this country, not only because of the impeccable sceneries but also for the easiness of applying visa's whether you needed a working, tourist or student visa as long as you're qualified in all requirements.
You can just check out the site http://www.nationalvisas.com.au if you want to get more information on getting a visa. You can subscribe with them and browse their list of services that might help you in a very possible way. However if you had already a relatives in Australia you can also ask him/her go to Australia Embassy and help you take that visa.
Going in another country is quite difficult to most of us especially if our own home is our comfort zone. However Australia will make these things conceivable in a good way. It will not just make you feel at home but allow you to enjoy all the sceneries and beaches like you've never imagined.
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