The best places to go in Oz...

[clipclop1]

Iv just broke up with my cheating rat of a boyfriend and have decided to go mad and be in Oz with a working visa before the end of the year... and was just wondering if anyone has been there and can recommend places to go and things to see as il be putting together a big list of things to do on a road trip out there..... any ideas?! :)

[boxtops]

There are people living in Oz who post on AB, if you hang on until later in the night you might get some good hints!

[Buenchico]

Perth is the most isolated city in the world. (The distance to the next main centre of population, excluding Freemantle which is effectively a suburb of Perth, is greater than from London to North Africa). Consequently it's got a distinct culture all of its own. (It's also got more millionaires than you'll find anywhere else in Oz or, indeed, in most other parts of the world). It's a beautiful, spacious, friendly city where the 'sterotypical' Oz still exists. (You'll meet people who spend their spare time gold prospecting, possibly with corks hanging from their hats. There are kangaroos bounding across the roads, with beautiful birds and flowers everywhere). There are great beaches for surfing and sunbathing, plus it's a superb base for touring (including visiting The Pinnacles in the Red Desert):
http://lh6.ggpht.com/...desert-australia2.jpg
(Totally stunning and best viewed with a group of slightly tipsy octogenarian girl guides who've made you join in singing 'Waltzing Matilda' at least 50 times on the drive out there - I write from experience!!!)

Wherever else you go in Oz, don't miss Perth!
http://www.westernaus.../Perth.aspx?map=Perth

Chris

[clipclop1]

oo thanks for the tip! funnily enough Perth is where i was going to start as thats where one of my best mates lives!! was planning to work around there for a while, then road trip and fly over to the east coast after a while!!
thanks again!! :)

[alexanderd]

have been to Melbourne and Cairns, Melbourne great for shops and touring, Cairns for nightlife and of course The Barrier Reef

[jno]

I don't know when Chris was there but Perth has acquired quite a few white South Africans on the run from a black-controlled state; if you see anyone at a cricket test against India jeering 'kaffirs', that'll be your jaapies. I'm not sure whether it's really more remote than Honolulu, but there are interesting places to go nearby: Margaret river valley for the vineyards, swimming with dolphins along the coast, walking among treetops near Albany on the south coast.

In the middle: Alice Springs and Uluru (Ayers Rock) - if you can only do one, do Uluru. In the north Darwin, though I've not been there and don't know if it's really got much to offer beyond mosquitoes and crocodiles. Cairns and the reef in the north-east coast are well worth a visit; and in the south-east you've got Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra in that order of interest.

I've never seen Tasmania either but it has a reputation as being wild and green.