Australia
1. The laid-back, sporty lifestyle of the Australians, and their natural directness
2. Beach life
3. The Pinnacles, a rock formation in Western Australia
4. The scale and uniqueness of Australia’s natural world, and the geographical contrasts
5. Sydney Harbour Bay and the Museum of Aboriginal Art
6. Realizing that your head’s still the right way up when you’re ‘down under’
7. The pleasant cleanliness of Melbourne
8. The Great Barrier Reef and Magnetic Island
9. The open arms of my relatives
10. Wineglass Bay on the island of Tasmania
11. Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands
12. Hyams Beach (Jervis Bay, New South Wales)
1. The huge number of biting insects near Ayers Rock
2. The brutal, 49°C heat in Alice Springs
3. The huge distances, and the complications these cause when planning a trip by car
4. The unfortunate, disadvantaged situation of the country’s aboriginal population
5. The rapidly increasing Asian population - fading British-Australian character
6. Public drunkenness is common
7. The dangerous wildlife
8. The fact that a building from the nineteenth century is already considered an ancient monument
9. The long process of recovering from jet lag
10. The impossibility of discovering the whole country
11. Fruitflies
