Frommer's Australia from $60 a Day
Chapter One
The Best of Australia
Maybe we're biased because we live here, but Australia has a lot of bests-world
bests, that is. It has some of the best natural scenery, the weirdest wildlife, the most
brilliant scuba diving and snorkeling, the best beaches (shut up, California), the oldest
rainforest (110 million years and counting), the oldest human civilization (some
archaeologists say 40,000 years, some say 120,000; whatever-it's old), the best wines
(come see what we mean), the best weather (give or take the odd Wet season in the
north), the most innovative East-meets-West-meets-someplace-else cuisine-all
bathed in sunlight that brings everything up in Technicolor.
"Best" means different things to different people, but scarcely a visitor lands on
these shores without having the Great Barrier Reef at the top of the "Things to See"
list. So they should, because it really is a glorious natural masterpiece. Also high on
most folks' lists is Ayers Rock. This monolith must have some kind of magnet inside
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