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[quote=Anonymous]We did two weeks in Australia and a week in New Zealand for our honeymoon.  We both agree - while Australia had some cool parts - we had no desire to go there and wish we had spent less time there.  New Zealand on teh other hand was fantastic.  If it wasn't so far away - we would really love to emigrate there :)

Here's why:

Australia
- Everything is very spread out - BIG country so you have to fly. 
- Very urban country - most people live in cities which while cool are not all the distinctive/different from US/Europe
- Outback was cool but the bugs....the flies...if you go out in the daytime - tiny flies constantly swarm your eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
-  We went to Sydney, island out of the reef, Port Douglas, Uluru (Ayer's Rock)
- expensive

New Zealand
- Gorgeous, dramatic landscape
- Rivers, mountains, ocean - very cool geographic formations
- Very drivable
- Great food, neat small towns, friendly people
- All sorts of hiking & kayaking systems - hut to hut, etc.
- 1/3 the price of Australia - we could pull into any town there and stay at the nicest place easily
- Felt like America back in the 50s - slower pace of life[/quote]

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