Headed To Australia

[TheRealDeal]

I'm going to Australia on Thursday for a couple weeks.

Anyone been? Anywhere I have to go? I'm starting in Sydney.

Any places to avoid?

Thanks

[Ja Rhule]

Gulf of Carpentaria is place to camp at night right on a sandy beach.

Just kidd... do not go anywhere near Northern Australia. Stay the fug away from Northern Australia beaches or be eaten.

[Ja Rhule]

Funnel Web spiders are nasty black spiders in Sydney. They can bite you through a shoe and they deadly as hell.

[Chimera]

[Squirrel]

Take lots of money. The exchange rate is terrible for the dollar right now there,

[Wither]

I'll go no where that spider lives.

[mush]

Take a tour of the Blue Mountains if you are starting in Sydney. Don't be afraid to get on a red old person day trip tour bus. They take you around to all the big places you'd want to see for about $30. Coffee is European standards coffee there....blows Starbux away. No free refills on drinks. NASCAR races still shown but not til about 4 am their time but live. With Jetlag that's about when you'll be waking up for the first two days. Take a boat ride through the harbor that takes you around the Sydney Opera house.

Take a tour of some of the sports stadiums during the day. Don't order Jack Daniels its $50/bottle over there so a drink will set you back. Go ahead and start saying, 'no worries' and bring me back a bottle of vegemite....one of the world's best sources of Vitamin B and tastes awesome.

[4Corners]

you should try swimming there

[God]

try punchbowl.

[PhillyB]

mush is right. hit the blue mountains. trains to katoomba are cheap and if you're feeling adventurous head on up to newnes... it's an abandoned coal mining town in the middle of millions of hectares of the wollemi wilderness. population three.

melbourne is overrated if you ask me, but almost everyone i know prefers it to anywhere else in the country. head up to the gold coast if you're looking for a party. surf n' sun backpackers in surfers paradise is a winner if you're looking for a fun place to stay. and btw... stay the fug out of hotels. stay in hostels. it's a whole subculture around the world that most americans never even sniff. you dont know what you're missing until you try it.

have fun!

[Ivan The Awesome]

Uluru-Kata Tjuta

[R0CKnR0LLA]

i'm seriously looking into moving to australia. let me know how your trip goes

[TheRealDeal]

Thanks for the advice guys...except MrT.

It is a work trip but I'll be there for a couple weeks so I will have a couple days off. I'm going to try and do as much as I can while I'm there and not working. All of this sounds really fun.

I don't think I'm going to make it to Melbourne though, maybe next time.

[PhillyB]

can you rent a car? if so driving up into the blue mountains is your best bet, if you're going to be working most of the time and you just have a couple days to explore.