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A lot of travelers know that Australia requires a big trip because it’s a long flight from anywhere, but what many don’t recognize is that once you arrive, it is also a really big country (roughly the same size as the continental US). The most obvious place to start a trip is Sydney. It ranks with New York and Paris as one of the world’s most pleasurable cities to visit. For food, natural beauty and spirited people, it is hard to beat.
Understanding the essence of Australia, though entails time at the beach and in the bush, an Aussie term that refers to the countryside or wilderness. Even in cities, you will feel the wilderness. I have seen wild stork-like birds wandering around Sydney’s busy Circular Quay with rush-hour crowds swarming past them barely giving them a glance. Visitors who see kookaburras or cockatiels flying free in Sydney often assume that they are escaped pets. The Royal Botanic Gardens and Sydney Aquarium, too, harbor elements of Australia’s weird and wonderful wild specimens like dugong...
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