Tips For Travellers Podcast

Gary Bembridge of Tips for Travellers shares his observations, tips and advice about Australia. Subscribe to the show free on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or TuneIn Radio. Highlights of the show includes: Overall:Vast country and had not really digested how different and extreme the climates were. Like being transported to different worlds with the arrid centre to tropical cyclones in north with a range of time zones (including half hour ones !)Provinces and territories  Northern Territory - DarwinQueensland - BrisbaneNew South Wales - Sydney and CanberraVictoria - MelbourneTasmania - HobartSouth Australia - AdelaideWestern Australia - Perth Some observations: All major cities on Coast with between 70 & 90% of population live on Coast Long history of Sydney vs Melbourne rivalry while Canberra was created as capital in early 1900s Mix of American influence and feel with a dash of British colonial features. It is increasingly Asian. Aboriginal history and issue is an uncomfortable topic for Australians. Australi