tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post515494148716299522..comments2023-10-26T17:06:56.408+04:00Comments on cool travel guide: Australia's well-trodden east coast trail... but why?Lara Dunstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05568159382939703162noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-2260623278289397522009-02-08T11:30:00.000+04:002009-02-08T11:30:00.000+04:00Hi Claudio - I'll drop by and check out your site....Hi Claudio - I'll drop by and check out your site. <BR/><BR/>Hi Gary - the one thing that most travellers to Australia say is that because it's so far to come here it will most probably be there one and only visit. <BR/><BR/>If that's the case, then why not see the very best the place has to offer - Sydney sure, but what about Uluru, Kakadu, the Margaret River, Broome... <BR/><BR/>The interior is no more a wasteland than Arizona/Utah/New Mexico or the Sahara or Empty Quarter is... it boasts some truly spectacular semi-arid and arid scenery with an abundance of wildlife and birdlife. <BR/><BR/>If travellers want bang for their buck, apart from Sydney and the GBR, I don't think they're going to get much 'bang' on the east coast, as fond of it as I am. I'll be back in Dubai in April, but if a publisher offered me another Australian-based project next year and I had to choose between the east coast or the Red Centre, I know which I'll be choosing.Lara Dunstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568159382939703162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-68972737911796095232009-02-08T05:22:00.000+04:002009-02-08T05:22:00.000+04:00Gary, if you have only a limited amount of time, w...Gary, if you have only a limited amount of time, why keep driving through towns that are literally all the same? The Barrier reef? Sure, fly to Mackay.<BR/><BR/>At least you won't have to pass 5,000 wicked campers doing exactly the same trip because everyone told them they 'had' to do it.<BR/><BR/>Bang for your buck? Depends what you prioritise as as traveller. For some people, seeing that 'giant wasteland' is one of the highlights of their trip to Australia.Terence Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228779056012020561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-69267929890937777632009-02-07T11:21:00.000+04:002009-02-07T11:21:00.000+04:00I think it is pretty simple.That is where most of ...I think it is pretty simple.<BR/><BR/>That is where most of the people live. That is the where the majority of the vegetation in the country is. That is where the Great Barrier Reef is. <BR/><BR/>I've been to every Australian state and capital city. While there are great things to see all over Australia, they are much more difficult to get to. Darwin and Perth have no other major cities nearby. The vast majority of the interior country is a giant wasteland. <BR/><BR/>You can get the most bang for your buck if you only have a limited amount of time by traveling the east coast.Gary Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323216050300630970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-6049147796871218582009-02-07T05:16:00.000+04:002009-02-07T05:16:00.000+04:00I invite you to visit my blog. you can find my las...I invite you to visit my blog. you can find my last works of art at:<BR/> <BR/>www.claudiotomassini.blogspot.com<BR/> <BR/>yours Claudio TomassiniClaudio Tomassinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11638492237183637193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-81526653856914524312009-02-07T04:08:00.000+04:002009-02-07T04:08:00.000+04:00For me as a 'youngster' in grade 11 at school, the...For me as a 'youngster' in grade 11 at school, the east coast trip was a surf trip. Sure I'd done the trip by caravan with my parents, but the surf trips ruled. Byron Bay and Broken Head still hold fond places in my memories -- and considering what Byron is like these days it's best left remembered as a sleepy surfie/hippy town with a milk bar, a 'Mexican' restaurant and a service station.<BR/><BR/>The 'attraction' of Byron aside, I don't get the East Coast trip either. It's not that it isn't beautiful, but for sheer physical beauty, nothing can beat the west coast. And arguably, once you've seen one east coast Aussie beach town, you've seen them all:<BR/>Milk Bar. Check. Bakery (pies made on premises a bonus). Check. Inauthentic Chinese Restaurant. Check. Inauthentic Mexican Restaurant that's actually Tex Mex. Check. Caravan Park. Check. Hippy/New Age store where the owner might know where you can score 'weed'. Check. Newsagent. Check. Bad motel chain. Check. Surf Shop with surfboards bolted to walls, but none you can actually buy. Check. And so on...<BR/><BR/>I actually do love the east coast, I just wouldn't recommend it to visitors as something that 'must' be done on an Aussie sojourn when there is so much else to explore that's far more unique.Terence Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228779056012020561noreply@blogger.com