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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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If you are fortunate enough to drive a car while in Oz you might want to think twice before venturing out after dark, especially once you get a little ways out of the city. I saw more wildlife jumping, crawling, rolling, or flying out from the corner of my headlights than anywhere else in Austrailia. Many locals, especailly in the outback, just take it for a given that you don't drive at night.
This is Australia, so your biggest worries shouldn't be thiefs, muggers and all that stuff (even though they are there like in every country).There are more serious dangers, like the sharks, the snakes, the spiders, the jellyfish, the salt water crocs, the blue ringed octopus, but even these won't be a big threat to you. If you go by the rules, you even won't see them, or if you do, there is no danger at all.The biggest danger in Australia is the Sun, almost no ozozne anymore, so whatch those rays
I think the best time to visit is in June because during the summer time, there's a lot of fly. They're not the normal fly, they're very big. If you find the koala from the souvenir shop, you'll find that they wear a hat with some strings around it. It's to avoid those big fly!!!
Working at a hostel for food and accomodation without a working visa is illegal. I got kicked out! And no amount of crying was able to convince them that I should be allowed to stay. By the way, working for food and accomodation on organic farms without a working visa is LEGAL. I asked immigration.
Cassowary warning signs at Mission Beach ,Far North Queensland.These signs, erected by the local road authorities are not to scale. An uninformed traveller who has never seen a cassowary, may well be hurtling down the road ,watching the tree tops,awaiting a giant 6-8 metre high elephant sized bird to smash into their vehicle [as in the scale on the sign]. Cassowaries are however about emu or ostrich sized and an endangered species.
Nothing much but the usual, poisonous jelly fish, poisonous spiders, poisonous snakes, the crocs (at least they are not poisonous...Nah, seriously... take lots and lots of water with you and watch where you walk, sit and swim, and you'll be fine.
SNAKES - they are here and can be dangerous if you irratate them. But they aren't a problem if you just keep on walking. I live in Australia, have spent many holidays in the bush as a kid, live near a park that some snakes live but i have never ever come across one in my life except at the zoo. So they are around but very few people see them.
Watch out when driving after 7 p.m. out of the cities – it is time that kangaroos start to be active and they jump suddenly on the street. When driving 120 km/h it is easy to hit one of them. If your car has no special protection at the front then it is very dangerous for you. Kangaroos seem to be not aware of danger and not afraid of the noise of engine.
Try not to let go of your (hand)bags in public places. My sister's bag got grabbed from her lap at the Town Hall train station. In shopping centers, I've seen shoppers lose their shopping bags just because they let go while paying bills, looking at shop displays etc.
Snakes: Australia has 8 of the most deadly snakes on the planet. I saw none of them on either of my two visits. Although, I did have the honor of holding the non-venmous Rainbow Python, the serpent which the Aborigonal Dream Time is based.
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 528 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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