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steve2470

(37,481 posts) Mon May 12, 2014, 11:33 AM May 2014

Ever been to Australia (or live there) ? [View all]

I have, in 1995. I was there for a week. I saw Sydney, Bondi Beach, Hunter Valley and Canberra. The people were great and generally warm. I never saw a kangaroo, which I am told is typical unless you go to the Outback (much further inland). I saw one Aborigine (I think that's the correct term) playing his digeridoo at the Sydney Harbor Quay (I think that was the place). In Canberra, it was interesting seeing the Australian Parliament and all the embassy buildings. Bondi Beach is very much like our beaches in Florida. Sydney was fun, very cosmopolitan.

How about yourself ?

*hopes people enjoy these quasi-travelogue threads*

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Ever been to Australia (or live there) ? [View all] steve2470 May 2014 OP

my brother, while in the Navy, was whistler162 May 2014 #1

I lived there for a year 1975-1976 HeiressofBickworth May 2014 #2

All the embassies have high walls now Violet_Crumble May 2014 #6

Fear has really taken over, hasn't it? HeiressofBickworth May 2014 #9

Berrima's a beautiful town... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #12

Yes, it was the White Horse Inn HeiressofBickworth May 2014 #16

Don't be sorry. It's great to hear about places I've seen in RL... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #23

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU HeiressofBickworth May 2014 #25

Very cool post! warrprayer May 2014 #28

In 1972, several Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics, Art_from_Ark May 2014 #8

Perth in 1985 for one week XRubicon May 2014 #3

I was there for three hours, kentauros May 2014 #4

Lived here all my life Violet_Crumble May 2014 #5

You might want to consider moving to NZ. kentauros May 2014 #7

Family keep me here, but if our RW govt keeps on going, I might move anyway... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #13

Well, at least it's a short flight over (about 3 hours) if you ever want to visit. kentauros May 2014 #19

Sydney and Melbourne were a sweet surprise to me! pink-o May 2014 #10

Don't worry if our current PM has his way... uriel1972 May 2014 #11

1 Aldridge St., Alice Springs, NT 1972 - 74 A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #14

I lived in the Sydney area, 1969-'71 BarbaRosa May 2014 #15

Nope sakabatou May 2014 #17

Bondi Beach for two years with a Qantas pilot just after I graduated university riderinthestorm May 2014 #18

Sydney has a pretty large Asian population steve2470 May 2014 #22

You've got to take what Sydney cabbies say with a grain of salt... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #24

who is Allan Jones ? steve2470 May 2014 #29

My experience was with a busload of Japanese tourists who would debark, take pictures riderinthestorm May 2014 #27

I was supposed to go to Sydney on R&R from Vietnam in February 1970 pinboy3niner May 2014 #20

Go. A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #21

I'd like to go someday shenmue May 2014 #26