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59 Reasons Australia is the Best Place on Earth

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So you may have read our article why 59 Reasons Why New Zealand is the Best Place on Earth (you can read it here). We received so much love from the article that we decided to create a similar celebration of Australia and all its beauty! Here at Nomads we are torn when deciding which country is the better travel destination – each has its own unique character and diverse landscape as you travel from place to place. To put it simply, no destination in the world compares to Australia or New Zealand. So while we continue to sit on the fence with this one, we will leave it up to you to decide which country is the ultimate paradise.

So here they are… 59 reasons why Australia is the best place on earth!

1. It is home to the largest sand island in the world: Fraser Island

2. Where else can you poo in a self made sand toilet whilst eyeing off a Dingo?

3. Melbourne is voted the world’s most liveable city year after year

4. The largest property in Australia (a cattle station of course) is larger than Belgium

5. Where else can you wear a thong in public? (actually it would be more socially acceptable to wear two thongs)

6. If you visited a new Australian beach every day it would take 27 years to see them all!

7. The average Aussie drinks 96 litres of beer each year

8. And Avocados are eaten with everything!

9. Hyam’s Beach in NSW has the world’s whitest sand

hyams beach
By Dave Naithani (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
10. Tasmania has the world’s cleanest air

11. Sydney’s IMAX theater is the largest cinema screen in the world

12. Australia holds the Guinness World Record for the largest Toga party

13. And has over 500 national parks

14. There are 60 Wine regions in Australia

15. Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands is continuously voted as the most beautiful beach on the planet

16. In Ningaloo Reef you can swim with Whale Sharks

17. And did you know you can swim with Great White Sharks in Port Lincoln?

18. And with the Crocodiles at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin?

19. And Sea Lions?

20. Australia’s former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds!

21. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest living organism

22. Most Australians are the most laid back and friendliest people in the world (head beyond the cities and you will know what we are talking about)!

23. Australia is an extremely multicultural country and is home to the largest Greek population outside of Greece

24. It is home to the world’s longest fence

25. You can visit the world’s largest rock – Mt Augustus in Western Australia – yes Uluru is the second largest monolith in the world

26. And a Pink Lake

Pink Lake
By Kurioziteti123 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
27. It is home to some of the weirdest natural attractions in the world such as The Pinnacles

28. And Devil’s Marbles…

29. It loves it’s big things!

30. The Australian Alps receive more annual snowfall than Switzerland

31. Where else can you learn to throw a Boomerang?

32. Australia is the only country in the world without an active volcano (but it does have a lot of animals that can kill you including the world’s most deadliest animal the Box Jellyfish).

33. Australians tend to be a lot more attractive than the rest of the world (we might have made this one up)

34. There are 19 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Australia

lamington national park
Jussarian flickrlicense

35. And holds the World Championships of Cockroach racing

36. On a serious note… Melbourne is the sporting capital of the world with more top level sporting events than anywhere else in the world

37. There are 8,222 islands

38. Vegemite!

39. Goon!

40. The Aussie sense of humour is like nowhere else on the planet. Did you know that an Australian man once tried to sell New Zealand on Ebay?

41. Although there a number of deadly spiders in Australia – there has not been a death from a spider bite since 1979

42. It is home to one of the world’s most beautiful ocean drives

australia is the best place on earth

43. Sydney is probably the sexiest city in the world

44. And was voted this year as the world’s friendliest city

45. The Stromatolites in WA are the world’s oldest living organism

46. Where else in the world can you cuddle a Koala?

47. Or get chased by a Kangaroo?

48. Or eat a Kangaroo?

49. The Whale migration along Australia’s East Coast is absolutely amazing!

50. There are too many amazing snorkel and scuba diving spots to name

51. And Waterfalls…

52. And Rainforests…

53. And Mountains…

54. And breathtaking views

mitchell river falls
By Aussie Oc at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

55. And once again… the beaches!

56. Brisbane’s inner city lagoon is the bomb

57. Sydney has the best NYE fireworks in the world

58. Aussie music is actually quite good. Did you know that the Peaky Blinders theme song is by Aussie Artist Nick Cave? Our favourite current Aussie rockers: Sticky Fingers, Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett, RUFUS, Hermitude, Kingswood, Violent Soho – check them out!

59. It’s PARADISE!

30 thoughts on “59 Reasons Australia is the Best Place on Earth

  1. what about the fact that it is the home to the best store on earth; Bunnings warehouse.

    also, the most serious attack on our prime minister, was a vegimite sandwich being thrown at Julia Gillard, remember that, that was weird, it was all over the news and there was news footage and everything, and it didint even hit her.

  2. I’m Australian and I think the Netherlands is the best country in the world. Australia is a ckise 2nd and could jump to number one if the got with the times and legalized cannabis

  3. Australia is no doubt a wonderful place, and the points you listed here just proved why it is! The breathtaking views and the adventure that awaits you in Australia, wooh!

  4. It was actually on top off the world near Europe before god of all kings made man kind from Indigenous we where the start of humanity so thank us

  5. Australia is great but need to stop their racism,my son has being dreaming to get scholarship to Sydney Australia.

  6. Australia is the best country in the world. I am indian but my only dream in my life is to visit australia. I am very unlucky that i am born in india . Here there is not a single place where you would like to go it is such a horrible country .

    1. Australia is a good place to live. I am in love with Australia and wish to be there oneday. How can I know how to travel to Australia .

  7. Australia is the best place ever living there my whole life I’ve never wanted to be anywhere else unless they got me some vegimite

  8. I really want to visit Australia once in my life, I already travel so many places and i am just to visit their once.

  9. It’s no doubt that Australia is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I moved here last week and would love to see these wonderful places. Thanks for sharing the images of these amazing locations.

  10. The list of reasons with the amazing pictures is the best way to explain why Australia is the best place on Earth. Amazing pics.

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