I can well understand why people want to go to Australia for hols, backpacking etc and the results of the poll are no surprise. When a British backpacker goes missing we hear it on the news but in reality there haven't been that many. Australia is still a relatively safe and largely unpopulated country with populations tending to hang around the cities. Vast areas of this country are empty and contain lots of superb national parks and UNESCO World Heritage sites eg, Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, Uluru, Blue Mountains, Purnululu (the Bungle Bungles) and Shark Bay where you can view the oldest living things on Earth - Stromatolites...
There is an element of risk when you consider travelling to Australia and this makes it rather appealing. People aside, there are more natural things there that can kill you or cause permanent injury than anywhere else in the world....... Box jellyfish, Blue ringed octapus, poisonous fish, spiders, snakes, sharks and crocodiles.
Australia is packed with all this brilliant stuff and I for one can't wait to go and see it.....
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