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King Cross Sydney
18 Reviews Kings Cross is the place to be for a gang rape experience by maori bouncers and prostitues whilst your partner gets beaten up out the back. I guess you could say we were in the wrong place at the...
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Sharks Perth
5 Reviews I say an article today in the paper on the sharks in the swan river - appartently they have always been present in the river - which is a shock to me!!! Bull sharks can survive in the fresh water and...
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Crime Brisbane
4 Reviews Brisbane is one of the safest major cities in Australia, with one of the lowest crime rates in the world. Both men and women should be able to walk around the CBD (Downtown) at all hours of the...
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Water safety. Gold Coast
14 Reviews The beaches of the Gold Coast are beautiful and alot of tourists have the impression that they are safe, but unfortunately sometimes they have rips and currents which can drag people out to sea and/or...
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Native Fauna Adelaide
5 Reviews IN Adelaide? You are more likely to be a victim of Adelaide's terrible drivers ;-) or ripped off than be hurt by Adelaide's creatures or other natural dangers. Some that people talk about...
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Crime Canberra
6 Reviews ACT Housing is full of druggies/drugo's, ex-con's and veritable losers. ACT Housing will assure you that this is not the case. But if anyone here has ever had any experience with ACT Housing, they...
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Wildlife. Hobart
2 Reviews There are not many dangers in Hobart, it is a nice quiet city, the danger gets when you get out of the city, with snakes (deadly) , big waves (deadly), sharks (deadly), but I did survive them all, so...
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Bag snatching / Pickpockets etc Sydney
20 Reviews Sydney is mostly safe, apart from some dodgy areas. Here are some areas that you should avoid and places you should be safe: SAFE: South Sydney (Cronulla, Woolooware, Sutherland). East Sydney...
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Kanagaroo's and Emu's Perth
6 Reviews Kangeroos are everywhere along the roads if u drive away from perth city. It is very saddening every morning to see fresh carcasses of kangeroos lying by the roadside. As with all road trips, keep the...
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Sunburn Brisbane
6 Reviews Brisbane is capital of the Cancer State! Yes we suffer the highest incidence of sun cancers in the world. Don't add to the statistics. Slip, Slop, Slap! Slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on...
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Schoolies Week. Gold Coast
6 Reviews If you ever want to avoid the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise, well, when Schoolie's week is on is the time to do it. At the end of November, and the 1st week of December every year, thousands of...
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Weather Adelaide
4 Reviews Here in Adelaide South Australia we are experiencing a phenomena of 'Extreme Weather'! We are living through the hottest and longest heatwave ever recorded - one can't help but think about global...
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Wildlife Canberra
5 Reviews There is a great opportunity for visitors to Canberra to se over 500 Eastern Grey kangaroos within minutes of the Canberra City! Just travel down Ginninderra Drive from the city and turn into...
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Spiders / Snakes / Animals Sydney
18 Reviews I am not too sure u will find these in your hotel, but just to be on the safe side! I live in Sydney and know that we have the Funnel Web Spider, known to cause 14 fatalities and a painful, venomous...
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Transport Brisbane
7 Reviews Now This has never happened to me before. Being fairly tentative with on line checkin I went oh so carefully this time. The seat numbers came up 12A and 12B but the boarding pass was NOT printed. A...
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Wildlife. Gold Coast
5 Reviews Pelicans, they love to eat fish!, so if you are fishing and there is a Pelican nearby, you had better wind it in quick, or lose it! They have been known to chase after people for the fish. Also,...
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Transportation Adelaide
4 Reviews The speed limit in Adelaide is usually 60 kph. If you drive 70 kph instead and you are caught it costs you AUD 133. :( Drivers in Adelaide are very considerate. There is not so much fighting and...
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Traffic Canberra
4 Reviews Car Parking, this was one place where we drove round and round! There is a large underground car park beneath the Forecourt of the building with a time limit of three hours, but this was completely...
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Water and general safety Sydney
29 Reviews I had never heard of these until I saw them on the beach. They aren't bottles, and they aren't glass. But they are blue and they are similar to a jellyfish! YIKES! These are also called a Portugese...
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Politics Canberra
3 Reviews In total, the national parliament has under 250 politicians: even including their personal staff you have probably no more than a thousand people. And remember, if you're an Australian citizen and...
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Drugs Sydney
7 Reviews I went to the Ivy Club/bar in March. I stayed there for 4 hours. Ivy has a hole in the roof meaning its outdoors. Thios places disgusts me! There are smokers everywhere. & if your a person that has...
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Driving and Transport Sydney
11 Reviews If you are traveling on sydneys trrains on weekends there will most likely be track work at the station your leaving or going to When trackwork happens passangers must hop on a cityrail bus that will...
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Money Changing Sydney
4 Reviews DO NOT USE THIS REAL GAP PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY AND NOT TRAVEL WITH REAL GAP BUT WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY DESPITE PAYING THEM £599 THEY GAVE ME NO HELP WHATSOEVER AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH LEFT ON MY...
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Sun / Sunburn Sydney
8 Reviews Follow those steps even if not at the beach on a 35 degree day!! Walking around in Summer, wear a hat and sunscreen. I enjoyed a brunch with a spaghetti strap dress on- was there for around 2 hours....
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You may never want to leave! Sydney
11 Reviews Sydney is an easy, carefree city and I can see why you wouldn't want to leave. During my visit I found myself wondering what it would be like to live in such a beautiful city. I didn't want to leave...
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Most popular Australian beaches are patrolled. Make sure to swim between the red and yellow flags. These areas have been chosen because they are the safest places. If you do get into trouble raise your hand above your head and wave it.
The dangers of travelling in the outback are not over- stated. It really can be extreamly dangerous out there. Never go bushwalking alone.. always leave details of your route when driving in the outback. Always carry drinking water and food with you. Hats and sunscreen are absolutely necessary for a comfortable outing.
Australia is one of our favorite places we have visited. The Aussies are great people with warm hearts, a super sense of humor about themselves and life in general. They will go the extra mile to help you every time. Plus, it is mostly an undeveloped country -- with huge expanses of wilderness, unusual flora and fauna found nowhere else in the world. The city of Sydney is one of our favorite cities -- right up there with Paris and San Francisco. Very beautiful, very cosmopolitan, clean, safe, vibrant.We can hardly wait to go down under again!
When travelling in Northern Queensland be prepared for extreme weather. We had planned on driving back to Cairns in the morning....Unfortunately it poured all night long and rivers overflowed onto the roads. If you rent a vehicle get a 4wd truck not a camry like we did!
Coming here in Summer is great, but beware bushwalkers, as Australia is a sun-burnt country, this resorts to many fires, especially out in the bush, read current fire warnings, and watch out from accidently staring a fire.
Use a lot of sun cream because the sun is very intensive and you will burn like hell. Skin cancer is one of the most widespread sicknesses in Australia.
Australia is a relatively safe place to travel to. There are snakes and spiders, but you dont see them unless you go to bushy places etc. So if you do go to places where these animals may be, then common sense should prevail.
The sea snakes are supposedly deadly, but I have seen divers play with them. The have very small teeth like a coral snake and must chew to get the poison in. They are reportedly very docile and allow handling without getting angry. I will leave that to others.
Road Trains are the most frequent vehicles on the Northern Territory highways. Since there is no speed limit in this part of Oz (at least: there wasn´t any in 1998), you can rush along the roads. But beware of the Kings of the Road: They are NOT as fast as you, they are long, and they are wide. Which the roads are not. So don´t go flying into the bush while overtaking one of these monsters!
* I read somewhere that Australia is the country with the highest criminality rate. I think the autor of that article must've been drunk. We didn't notice any of that. I cna't even imagine it's true.* Only thing I would advice is, when you hire a car, is to limit your driving to 350 kilometres a day. Otherwise, it can be very heavy. Also follow the designated route. I wanted to make a short cut through a rain forest one evening and we got lost. The tank was running empty, we had no more radio reception, there was even no more real road. Eventually, we got where we wanted to be and we even saw kangoroos passing by in our headlights, as well as wombats. It's fun to tell the story now, at the time it's wasn't that much fun. It's a good test for a relationship, I have to say. We passed without a problem.* When you hire a car & you're from Europe, please watch your speed. Speed limit is 110...
Park Hyatt Sydney Sydney
5 Reviews and 286 Opinions A luxurious setting, conveniently close to the city centre without the hubbub. You can have it both,...
Crown Towers Melbourne
10 Reviews and 303 Opinions We arrived by limousine , the doorman opened the door with a flourish, a Casino representative...
Novotel Langley Perth Perth
4 Reviews and 523 Opinions My partner and I just spent an anniversary night at the Novotel Langley. While the rooms were clean...
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Q: Hi All, My name's Sophie. I am 19. I am Looking to visit Australia alone. I am cheating a little bit as I am flying over to...
A: Be careful about you immigration status. Don't travel on tourist visa if you actually are performing paid work.
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