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So, I'm wondering:
For all you overseas folk, when you start planning your Exciting Trips To See Australia, what things do you think of seeing?
(brief digression approaching...)
When I went to Munich, everyone said "Oh, you've got to see [exciting landmark]! It's the best!" ...and they were always talking about
1) Neuschwanstein
2) Ludwig's (other) castles
3) Oktoberfest
4) Dachau
Whereas, when I got there, my favourite bits were
1) the Deutchesmuseum
2) the Residence
3) the English Garden
And, in fact, the vast majority of things I found interesting were barely mentioned in guidebooks at all.
(...back to Australia)
Anyway, it occurs to me that there's a big difference between:
a) What tourists want to see in Australia
b) What I think tourists want to see in Australia
c) What I think tourists should actually see in Australia
My answer to b would be the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, and possibly surfing.
My answer to c would be much longer and more rambling, but would definitely include an Aussie-animal sanctuary, the Great Ocean Road, Sovereign Hill, and Port Arthur.
But, for a? Not a clue.
So - when you think about the stuff you'd like to do as a tourist in Australia, what's on your list?
For all you overseas folk, when you start planning your Exciting Trips To See Australia, what things do you think of seeing?
(brief digression approaching...)
When I went to Munich, everyone said "Oh, you've got to see [exciting landmark]! It's the best!" ...and they were always talking about
1) Neuschwanstein
2) Ludwig's (other) castles
3) Oktoberfest
4) Dachau
Whereas, when I got there, my favourite bits were
1) the Deutchesmuseum
2) the Residence
3) the English Garden
And, in fact, the vast majority of things I found interesting were barely mentioned in guidebooks at all.
(...back to Australia)
Anyway, it occurs to me that there's a big difference between:
a) What tourists want to see in Australia
b) What I think tourists want to see in Australia
c) What I think tourists should actually see in Australia
My answer to b would be the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, and possibly surfing.
My answer to c would be much longer and more rambling, but would definitely include an Aussie-animal sanctuary, the Great Ocean Road, Sovereign Hill, and Port Arthur.
But, for a? Not a clue.
So - when you think about the stuff you'd like to do as a tourist in Australia, what's on your list?
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She knows about wallabies, and has a toy kookaberra that Kate brought her. Kate has told her stories about echidnas and platypuses. Jolie does call echidnas "kidneys".
We've never been to Australia before, but we're likely to move there someday on a prospective marriage visa. Kate lives in Perth (which is why we specified the Perth zoo -- I imagine the other major cities have zoos as well). If we're ever in Melbourne, though, we'll look you up for sure, and if you're ever in Perth while we're living there, you're welcome to hang out with us. :)
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