![]() ![]() “A swollen stinger that could give him 20 minutes of agony and, if he’s unlucky, an unsightly allergic reaction to carry on his torso for his life.” ![]() History, landscape, culture, danger it’s all here as is the heartstopping moment he comes face to face with a ‘bluey’, a blue bottle jellyfish. Mixing stories of his own, those of early settlers, explorers and even tourists, Bill shows you a side of australia you won’t get elsewhere. He also loves to laugh at and with the locals, marvel at the habit of eating meat pies in mint soup, the obsession with cricket and marvel at the madness that are kangaroos. It From Sydney, it travels through the Blue Mountains and tracing the Darling River to the Murray River, then on towards Adelaide before crossing the Nullarbor Plain, Kalgoorlie before ending up in Perth.īill Bryson also loves Australia, and it shows. This is Bill’s fifth trip and he does it in style – across the Indian Pacific Railroad from Sydney to Perth, through New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia. Not your usual tourist advice or observation but then it’s something you’ll take with you to Australia that’s for sure! Now if that isn’t a Bill Bryson sentence we don’t know what is. If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles. ![]()
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