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Category: Australia

DOWN UNDER — IF YOU EVER DECIDE TO GO

August 19, 2025 Steve Carr Australia, New Zealand 124 comments

In Australian slang, a common way to say goodbye is “Hooroo“. It’s a shortened version of “Hooray” or “Hoorah” and

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DOWN UNDER — THIS LAND IS MY LAND AND THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

August 15, 2025 Steve Carr Australia, New Zealand 73 comments

The First Nations people of Australia are comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. They were the original inhabitants of

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DOWN UNDER—THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

August 11, 2025 Steve Carr Australia, New Zealand 13 comments

In Australia, almost everything by land or sea can kill you. Why does Australia have so many more dangerous animals

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DOWN UNDER — GETTING AROUND

July 26, 2025 Steve Carr Australia, New Zealand 49 comments

Public transportation is a high priority and very popular in Australia and New Zealand. There are many affordable options. But

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DOWN UNDER — DOLLARS AND SENSE

July 22, 2025 Steve Carr Australia, New Zealand 20 comments

Sydney and Melbourne each are home to over five million people, and they are the nicest “new” cities I have

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DOWN UNDER — THE PEOPLE

July 18, 2025 Steve Carr Australia, New Zealand 164 comments

Australia has a population of 27,000,000. That’s less than California and Texas. And what’s crazy is that most of the

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MELBOURNE — PART 3

July 15, 2025 Steve Carr Australia 5,673 comments

As we rode our bikes and walked around Melbourne, we learned a lot about Australia’s southernmost metropolis. It’s a happening

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MELBOURNE — PART 2

July 13, 2025 Steve Carr Australia 52 comments

Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia (most populous in urban area), has

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MELBOURNE — PART 1

July 10, 2025 Steve Carr Australia 900 comments

We did an interesting 4-hour, 20-mile bike tour around Melbourne with a company called Melbourne By Bike, and our guide

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KURANDA

June 27, 2025 Steve Carr Australia 27 comments

For our last day of fun and games around Cairns, we booked the Self-Guided Kuranda Day Trip with Train and

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