How to sum up such a country as Australia? One of the newest countries in the world, Australia might be tender in years but this belies a massive maturity in the way it presents itself to visitors.
Sparsely populated inland thanks to inhospitable terrain of deserts, mountains and bush scrub land, you'll find that most of the major cities enjoy marvellous coastal locations. Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne have carved out images that mean their names are instantly synonymous with Australia, even more so than the capital Canberra which often people struggle to recall the name of. Sydney is the most well known. With the incredibly beautiful harbour and its world famous bridge which heralds the new year for the entire globe with a fantastic firework display, the iconic Opera House and Bondi Beach it's easy to see why everyone knows Sydney.
As well as the cities which are at once, both exhilarating and totally laid back - probably the same could be said for the people - Australia has been endowed with more than its fair share of bounty bestowed by Mother Nature. The beaches, the bush, Uluru (Ayres Rock), the mountains are all imbued with a totally different look and feel to elsewhere in the world. Even the wildlife is unique - this isn't a place of big cats and primates, here it's kangaroos, koalas and the weirdly wonderful duck billed platypus as well as a host of pretty nasty spiders. If you want to get about to experience this wealth of nature you really need a hire car, just because of the vastness. For serious nature lovers, Queensland has to be de top of the list. If there was ever a reason to learn to Scuba dive, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is it.
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