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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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I didn't have any trouble with jellyfish, as I was there in a ggod season (august). But in every beach I saw this meduses warnings, so you better be careful and make sure if it's high season for these creatures.There are jellyfishes in the Great Barrier Reef too, and when there are is recommended to snorkel with body lycra suits. If you don't have one, the agency with which you go snorkeling will surely rent you one (about 5 AUS $).
Reading previous info about Australia, it may seem as there are dangerous animals and risks at every corner. I didn't have any problem with poison snakes or similar; I guess just using you common sense will keep you safe enough in Oz. For instance, don't swimm in a river where you find these signs... quite obvious, isn't it?
Be careful when you are approaching the many roundabouts on the Cook Highway between Machans Beach to Trinity Beach--the speed limit has changed -- coming out of a roundabout you accelerate to 100klm per hour and all of a sudden just up the road a 60klm per hour sign is in your face just before you reach the roundabout.Lots of skids and accidents of late.Us locals reckon it is a driving hazard especially for tourists who may not be used to driving on the left side of a highway and may be preoccupied with sightseeing.Please be careful.
Petrol (along side bannanas are the most expensive commodity in the current market)Today's high and low ULP prices around Sydney: Lowest price today:109.9 cents per litre* Highest price today:149.9 cents per litre Average price today119.3 cents per litre Cheapest day of the week**Wednesday Just thought this might be a good tip for anyone planning an Australian roadtrip by car/motorbike/ride on lawnmowerAustralia is very vast so if you are coming from Europe distances between major towns may cost you more to drive than to fly.Keep it locked.cybergenic
Food courts are now a common sight here (an introduction that came with the influx of Asians immigrants and visitors) and any Asian thinking that they can get "authentic" Asian food ala what that are available back home, well, be-warned.A lot of the "Asian" food here...cluttering the food stalls in food courts and small eateries are actually Anglocised creations, localised to fulfil local tastes and perceptions. Despite more Australians travelling to Asia, these items continued to plague the nation.Think:Honey Soy Chicken, Mongolian Beef, Black Bean Sauce Beef and Curry Laksa.Sounds seemingly innocent enough but hardly Asian once you have placed them in your mouth, winced and regretted. The balance is usually wrong and sometimes, non-Asian ingredients were used. I have seen folks use peanut butter into satay sauce and tomatoes into Thai Tom Yum soup.Of course, you can still find the real...
It isn't really that far away...there will always be small pockets of Australian society, deeply resentful of non-white presence or widely ignorant that there is a much bigger world out there.What can you do with people that has brains smaller than sesame seeds?Obviously evolution had stopped for this breed of primates.Truthfully, I have been visiting Australia for years and the level of racism I've encountered are generally more benign compared to encounters in Europe. Guess having Asia at its doorstep and a combined 2 billion population of Chinese and Indian on the northern borders bred familiarity and acceptance (or maybe resignation).According to the latest Australian census, 6% of Australian are now of Asian descent (out of 21 million people). It is not a lot but then you can no longer deny an Asian presence and influence in Australia.Unfortunately, white supremacy is still not far...
Australia's fauna provides quite an amount of life-threatening creatures. The most dangerous species are depicted on this t-shirt, which I bought in Fremantle. (Brand named for copyright reasons: Flamin' Galah Creative Industries).
It's very difficult to be a victim of these animals while you are in Australia, but this is to alert you of their existence. Despite the fact that they can harm us, they should be protected from unnecessary killing. It is just a matter of leaving them alone. Box JellyFishThe Jellyfish has extreme toxins present on its tentacles, which when in contact with a human, can stop cardio-respiratory functions in as little as three minutes. The tentacles may reach up to 80 cms in length. It is found along the coast of the Great Barrier Reef.Irukandji JellyfishThis is a deadly jellyfish, which is only 2.5 cenimetres in diameter, which makes it very hard to spot in the water. It inhabits Northen Australian waters.Saltwater CrocodileThe Saltwater Crocodile has been reported to grow to lengths of 7 metres, but the average size of a Saltwater Crocodile is 4 metres long. They are found on the northern...
During Australia's summer months they get an alarming increase in jellyfish population around certain beaches. I can't speak for the west coast, but the east coast has warning signs all over to caution surfers and swimmers. Some jellies sting like a bee, which could just irritate someone's skin, or really cause problems if they're allergic. Other jellies have deadly and/or paralyzing stings, so be careful and be sure to ask life guards or visitor centers if you have to watch out for jelly fish.We were there in March (their autumn) and there were no jellyfish problems/incidents.
* Always swim or surf at a beach patrolled by lifesavers. * Swim between the red and yellow flags. They mark the safest areas to swim. * Always swim under supervision. Or with a friend. * Read and obey the signs. * If you are unsure of conditions, ask a lifesaver. * Don't swim directly after a meal. * Don't swim under the influence of alcohol or drugs. * Don't run and dive in the water. * Conditions change regularly, check before you enter the water. * If you get into trouble in the water, don't panic - signal for help, float and wait for assistance. * Use at least 15+ sun screen and wear a shirt, hat and sun screen. (30+ available) * Float with a rip current or undertow. Do not swim against it. Note: Not all beaches are patrolled by lifesavers so please take care when swimming in the ocean.
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 304 Opinions We arrived by limousine , the doorman opened the door with a flourish, a Casino representative...
Novotel Langley Perth Perth
4 Reviews and 529 Opinions My partner and I just spent an anniversary night at the Novotel Langley. While the rooms were clean...
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