Top 5 things that make visiting Australia so attractive

Now certainly is the best time to plan for your Autumn or Winter holidays to Australia. Isn’t it too late? It is already Autumn in Europe and most other parts of the world now. Not at all! Since Australia is in the Southern hemisphere of our Earth, it has direct opposite season of the year to Europe. So to say, we still have plenty of time to book your flight and hotel for our Autumn holidays to Australia, before next March. This is one of those things that make Australia an attractive choice for travelers especially those who wish to escape the chilly winter at their home ground.

The unique geographical location is not the only thing you need to know about Australia. Here are 5 other things that attract millions of visitors coming to Australia each year:

1) Climate

Australia is a huge country, 6th largest in the world. In fact its land mass is so huge that it is also classified as a continent by its own. Unlike most of other countries in the world, climate varies widely across Australia. While one can enjoy hot tropical weather of Darwin in Northern Territory on his first day, he or she can enjoy ski holidays on the next day in Snowy Mountain of New South Wales!

2) Time

Likewise, Australia is too large to have only 1 time zone. In fact it has 5 different time zones with up to 3 hours different between West and East! For travel photography hobbyists, sunset time varies too from North to South! So to say, if you are able to fly from Melbourne in Southeast to Broome in Northwest, you can miraclely catch both sunsets on the same day! 🙂

3) Attractions – With so many things to see and do in Australia, you really are spoilt for choices. From exciting theme parks, exquisite landscaping, wildlife national park, skiing resort, exclusive shopping, fine dining, and desert trekking, there are surely something that will entice you into making a trip there.

3) All year round Holidays season

Unlike Europe or Japan where peak holiday seasons are extremely packed with people, Australia is a country for holidays all year round! During the summer, Tasmania and Melbourne are great with a pleasant weather while during Winter, travelers can enjoy their open air theme parks under great sunshine in Gold Coast! This is why you can always find reasonably priced hotels in Sydney all year round!

4) Driving Tours

Australia is a highly urbanised country where civilization concentrated only to cities. Thus, public transportation to suburbs are lacking and many attractions could only be reached by cars. With many of the long straight and well maintained motorway, it is great opportunity for foreigners to plan a driving tour around Australia! Rental cars are popular and overwhelming in supply. It is also convenient to have the arrangement of collecting cars from one city and returning it in another city or airport. Foreign driving licences are accepted for as long as 6 months!

5) Travel Photography Opportunities

Again, its unique geographical characteristics provide endless opportunities for travel photography. Landscape shooters will fall for the breathtaking highland view, beaches as well as city skylines! Street photographers will have great chances in capturing vast varieties of different cultures found along the streets and cities. Wildlife hobbyists can head to the desert to capture many of the uniques species found only in Australia. Not to mention underwater shooters’s favourite spot, the Great Barrier Reef!

The above are the top 5 alluring factors of Australian travel. Do they sound attractive to you? Plan your Australian trip now as this is the best time to grab some great early bird hotel offers in larger cities such as  Melbourne and Sydney, to greater extent, if you are booking star rated hotels such as the Mercure Sydney or any other hotels, in the city centre. In addition, it is also great fun to find out how different are those cities such as Victoria, Newcastle, New England, Tottenham, Hyde Park, Everton or London Arch that bearing the similar name as those England cities! 🙂 – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog

About The Author

Cecil Lee

The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.