Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago. Mary-Kate Olsen
(Credit: www.flickr.com/photos/getthebubbles/with/73962916) The turkey is eaten, the leaves have fallen, & baby, it's starting to get cold outside. Don't pack up that bathing suit so fast. If it's 5 o'clock somewhere then it's summer somewhere as well. That somewhere would be on the opposite side of the globe from the US in the continent of Australia. As we here in the US start bundling up for winter the Aussies are heading to the beach. I have always loved everything about Australia. Their sports teams play like warriors, the people have an authenticity about them, & their accent is really cool. The diversity of the terrain & climate range from tropical regions in the north through the arid expanse of the interior to the temperate regions of the south. Australia is surrounded by water & has 1,600 miles of coastline. For a beachcomber such as myself that many possible miles of beaches could keep me occupied for a long l...