Welcome Betty and hope you enjoy your stay. I had the good fortune to be in Australia back in 1996 which seems a long time ago now. As a friend lives in Melbourne, we were able to drive around the Great Ocean road etc as well as do Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane-Gold Coast-McKay-Cairns-Barrier Reef with towns and Islands inbetween. Have you seen the movie Australia yet? Your tourist authority are working hard on the back of it but I can't really say what's in the movie would make me want to go.
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