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Bryson spends weeks traveling through all parts of Australia by car, plane, ferry and on foot, and sees and comments on Australian subjects. He marvels that anyone could survive in a country with few water sources, a brutal sun and the most poisonous creatures on earth. He sees many animals, reptiles, flowers and trees that only exist in that one spot and writes of the many early explorers who barely lived or died to make new discoveries. He examines the treatment of the Aborigines by White Aust
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In considering a move to Australia, I am trying to learn as much about it as I can. This little side-book provides a decent trip to all the major cities and sites in the country. Bryson is a fun writer, but this book did get a little overly boorish in some places, and he didn't necessarily have the same interests I would if I were traveling there. It seems he spent an inordinate amount of time visiting pubs, which I am sure, in the heat of the country is a nice reprieve... but really gives you n
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Another brilliant Bryson read. So well-written and engaging--so humorous & informative too! OK--now I'm hankering to travel "Down Under" myself and to especially take the India-Pacific Railway across the bottom of this intriguing country & continent.
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