Brisbane

Ha. Mate you should absolutely visit. I fully understand that you have amazing places over there. Well here there are lots of beautiful spots kinda on our doorstep.

It's a different world my friend. I'm from England and got here 32 years ago. I don't visit those places anymore, but it's nice to know that they exist. And I have great memories of such places. I'm lucky that I've had Aussies let me tag along with them on some trips.

And it's just such a fantastic feeling of feeling safe. There are no mountain lions stalking you, or the chance of running into bears for instance. And violent crime is pretty damn low.

My advice generally is to travel while you can, because we don't really want to live with regrets. ( I mean we live with plenty I reckon, but let's minimise them if we can. )

And don't worry about ticks. These last four make a total of five since I got here.

As for all the other scary animals that want to kill you, meh. Yes they exist, but so do many many other crap things in life that we rarely come across.

Feel free to ask me anything if you wish.