# I want to go to Australia (some day). What advice do you have? What are must-do things?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-australia-some-day-what-advice-do-you-have-what-are-must-do-things/924177 "2020-10-29T04:42:32Z")
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### Author: ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-go-to-australia-some-day-what-advice-do-you-have-what-are-must-do-things/924177/51 "2020-11-11T21:03:52Z")

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I was in another thread, and saw this:

> [@Best way to get from JFK to Lower Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-from-jfk-to-lower-manhattan/767818/18):
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> Like he said, of course you need to be aware of your surroundings whether in NY, Los Angeles, London or Paris.

… So I came back to add “not in Melbourne”… except when surrounded by drunks in a busy bar (and that’s your choice anyway), you don’t have to be aware of your surroundings in Melbourne. We don’t even have a shark or jellyfish problem.

It’s still the case that if you go outback, into the country, you can get a long way away from any kind of rescue, and I wouldn’t go bushwalking by myself. That would be just stupid. But in the _Melbourne_ there isn’t any place I would be afraid of walking at any time without paying any attention.

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