Guide To Australia

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Are you thinking of heading to Australia? Planning can be a little overwhelming, so you may want to just hire an experienced travel agent. There, you'll find some basic information on arranging flights and experiencing Australia for the first time. Be forewarned, though; you just may want to stay in Australia permanently!

If you're looking for flights to Australia, then you may want to first check one of the four main air carriers, which are Qantas, JetStar, Tiger Airways and Virgin Blue. Qantas has been around the longest and, as a result, offers the most options. They have a flyer miles program and offer specials, like a flight from LA or San Francisco to Sydney for $1098 round trip. Flying from NYC would cost you $300 more. Tiger Airways is new as of 2007 and offers cheaper fares, as does discount airliner JetStar.

Once you're in Australia, if you need to fly around, then you'll likely go through Regional Express (Rex Airlines), which flies to South Australia, Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Maryborough, Broken Hill, Olympic Dam and Coober Pedy. Australia sometimes offers "value travel passes" for as low as $499, which covers unlimited standby travel for a month. If you're flying to smaller cities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, then you can catch a flight with Skywest. You can fly into Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Cairns, Darwin or Tasmania.

You should plan your trip to Australia carefully, as the seasons are completely different than what you're used to. Summer runs from December to February. Yes, Christmas is in the "summer!" Temperatures also vary, depending on where you are in the country. For example, if you're in the tropical regions, then temperatures range between 30-50 Celsius in the summer, with a lot of humidity and rainfall. Due to floods, some national park trails or activities may be closed.

During the dry season, which is May to October, the average temperature is 20 degrees Celsius. In the drier regions of Australia, the summer is 40 degrees on average, while the winter drops down to 16-24 degrees Celsius. Night time temperatures can reach 19 degrees and areas of Central Australia are experiencing drought. Temperate Australia ranges from 30 degrees in the summer to 15 in the winter. Winters can be cold, wet and windy in some parts of Australia, but pale in comparison to northern America. Spring is September to November and autumn is March to May, and the milder weather and comfortable temperatures make it an optimal time to fly to Australia.

Come to Australia to explore some of the many one-of-a-kind attractions. Australia is home to some of the best snorkeling and scuba diving in the world, with the Great Barrier Reef just off the coast. With places like "Shark Bay," "Kangaroo Island" and "Seal Bay," you can only imagine how much wildlife there is! Hang with the surfers at the beach, try your hand at sandboarding, eat fresh shrimp on the barbie and grab a big oil can of Fosters. Immerse yourself in Australian aboriginal folklore and check out a museum that'll let you know the amazing story of European settlement in Oz! Don't miss local Australian music by seeing "The Big Day Out" festival if you can, push yourself a little outside your comfort zone and enjoy your trip to the land down under by experiencing as much as you can!

That's the end of this article, I hope you found it interesting.





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Today's Tip On Australia

Was Australia really used as a penal colony by the British?

Yes, surprisingly enough Australia was known as a continent for convicts. But to be fair not every state or province was founded to be a penal colony. States such as Victoria and Western Australia were originally founded as "free" but later would accept convicted inmates in their area. One area in particular had one of the largest jails; Port Arthur, Tasmania was the largest area in which convicts were put into incarceration. Perhaps it was because this was a new territory deemed "wild" and "untamable" that led many to advocate Australia's use as a penal colony. The fact that it was an island also added to the appeal of being able to ship off convicts away from the more civilized areas.


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