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Talking Footy wrote: Thevenard Island
North end of Dirk Hartog Island hanging off the cliff at the "caves"
Mouth of the Warren River Yaegerup dunes
Anchored behind the reef at Coral Bay
West end of Rottnest island about 15km off
Peel Harvey inlet
White Hills beach on a late summers afternoon
Greys settlement Cervantes
Leedy's place
Vegas was ok I guess

Gee, you've picked some great spots TF. Just goes to prove you don't necessarily have to jump on a plane to see magnificence.
We don't have the history of other countries (which I love), but we can match the rest of the world in grandeur.

Dirty Weekender wrote:

La Hincha wrote: 1-Buenos Aires (See Profile Pic) - Steak, potatoes, salad, tea, Cricket, rugby, tennis, golf, lawn bowls, hockey, towns that speak Welsh, more than 40 suburb names which are Anglo/Celtic. It's the city Britain conquered by stealth and almost by force. Five minutes down the street and your in crazy South America - yet is more than 50% Italian. All that is what makes it stand out from every other place in South America. The girls aren't bad and Oh, and the odd Nazi or two escaped there. They don't play AFL though - only thing missing. La lengua es muy dificil tambien, pero si puedo escribirlo cualquiera puede.

2-Panama - interesting
3-Amsterdam -
4-London -
5-Venzuela - interesting
6-Tahiti
7-Malta
8-Naples
9-Melbourne
10-Madrid

Ahhhh yes La Hincha, the lovely Buenos Aires....lets not forget the asado & chimichurru...the only place in the world that seriously rivals the Uruguyuans for their ability to BBQ. My Argentinian mates call an Aussie style BBQ a "Cremation"

yo no hablo espanol, mas eu estou fluencia em Portugues!!!

Yeah mate, can't beat an Argentine asado. Best in the business.

Great that you can speak Portuguese. I have a heap of trouble with Castellano as the Argies call it. Will never quite come to terms with the usage of the words "lo" and "se". F**k I hate those words. What's wrong with just using "they", "its" "you" "thats"....

Don't worry trying to explain it to me if you know. People have tried but I'm too thick to understand. Lo obvio!

For mine I reckon Oz is the best place in the world, best thing about going OS is coming home I reckon ,,but anyway here's mine.

Santorini Greek Islands ( got married there)
London , just for the history, apart from that it's crap,
Berlin history once again amazing.
Scottish Highlands, something magical , also towns on North coast. Wick Thurso etc
Rome, been there a few times , still have not seen everything, don't call it the eternal city for no reason
Amalfi Coast, stunning, ( honeymooned there)
Seville Spain,,
Innsbruck Austrian Alps,,,
Grand Canyon, tie with Yosemite Nat Park,,probably the only things I liked in the US.
Kruger National Park South Africa,

58shark wrote:

Talking Footy wrote: Thevenard Island
North end of Dirk Hartog Island hanging off the cliff at the "caves"
Mouth of the Warren River Yaegerup dunes
Anchored behind the reef at Coral Bay
West end of Rottnest island about 15km off
Peel Harvey inlet
White Hills beach on a late summers afternoon
Greys settlement Cervantes
Leedy's place
Vegas was ok I guess

Gee, you've picked some great spots TF. Just goes to prove you don't necessarily have to jump on a plane to see magnificence.
We don't have the history of other countries (which I love), but we can match the rest of the world in grandeur.

We have some of the best places in the world right on our doorstep. You just have to get off the beaten track and find them.

I am a bit biased though always looking for water and somewhere to wet a line.

Bazza wrote: For mine I reckon Oz is the best place in the world, best thing about going OS is coming home I reckon ,,but anyway here's mine.

Santorini Greek Islands ( got married there)
London , just for the history, apart from that it's crap,
Berlin history once again amazing.
Scottish Highlands, something magical , also towns on North coast. Wick Thurso etc
Rome, been there a few times , still have not seen everything, don't call it the eternal city for no reason
Amalfi Coast, stunning, ( honeymooned there)
Seville Spain,,
Innsbruck Austrian Alps,,,
Grand Canyon, tie with Yosemite Nat Park,,probably the only things I liked in the US.
Kruger National Park South Africa,

some fantastic places there Bazza...how was Kruger? I've been to northern Africa but yet to get down to the south. it must have been fascinating.

Talking Footy wrote:

58shark wrote:

Talking Footy wrote: Thevenard Island
North end of Dirk Hartog Island hanging off the cliff at the "caves"
Mouth of the Warren River Yaegerup dunes
Anchored behind the reef at Coral Bay
West end of Rottnest island about 15km off
Peel Harvey inlet
White Hills beach on a late summers afternoon
Greys settlement Cervantes
Leedy's place
Vegas was ok I guess

Gee, you've picked some great spots TF. Just goes to prove you don't necessarily have to jump on a plane to see magnificence.
We don't have the history of other countries (which I love), but we can match the rest of the world in grandeur.

We have some of the best places in the world right on our doorstep. You just have to get off the beaten track and find them.

I am a bit biased though always looking for water and somewhere to wet a line.

I agree mate

here are my top 10 Aussie Places

Byron Bay/ Tweed Heads NSW
Cape Le Grande National Park Esperance WA
Hamersley Ranges WA
Smiths Beach Yalingup WA ( before the new resort stuffed it up)
Karri Forrests SW WA
Manly Beach NSW
Millstream National Park WA
Barrosa Valley SA
Blackwood River WA
Wild Coastline of Albany WA

BC wrote:

Bazza wrote: For mine I reckon Oz is the best place in the world, best thing about going OS is coming home I reckon ,,but anyway here's mine.

Santorini Greek Islands ( got married there)
London , just for the history, apart from that it's crap,
Berlin history once again amazing.
Scottish Highlands, something magical , also towns on North coast. Wick Thurso etc
Rome, been there a few times , still have not seen everything, don't call it the eternal city for no reason
Amalfi Coast, stunning, ( honeymooned there)
Seville Spain,,
Innsbruck Austrian Alps,,,
Grand Canyon, tie with Yosemite Nat Park,,probably the only things I liked in the US.
Kruger National Park South Africa,

some fantastic places there Bazza...how was Kruger? I've been to northern Africa but yet to get down to the south. it must have been fascinating.

BC, I feel in love with Africa, I am a wildlife freak , Kruger was AMAZING..

We did safari drives morning and night and observed plenty, Rhino, elephant, Leopard, Girraffe even and Arkvark ( no joke).

Sadly poaching is taking a terrible toll on Rhino and Elephant lately, when I was there they were plentiful.

I also liked Pretoria (went to the rugby there - great night out) and Cape Town is great...

I drove from Pretoria, into Botswana( my car got chased by wild Ostrich in Bots) and up to Zimbabwe to Victoria Falls ( actually the falls should be on my list - mind blowing) .. I did a river trip on the Zambezi..and theres nothing like sinking a cold beers as a massive heard of Hippo bath near you!

A wild elephant got into out Hotel gardens during the night in Zimbabwi and detroyed a tree.

Would dearly love to go back - Kenya and Tanzania..

Also been to Morrocco, Tangiers would be the dodgiest place I have been.

are the stories around violent crime taking over in places like Joburg and Cape Town true in your opinion? I've spoken to plenty ex-pat Jaapies who reckon they wouldn't go back as it's too dangerous.

BC wrote: I was just reading something on a news website listing ten places which won't disappoint if you manage to get there. As it's a slow footy comment week on here I thought I'd start a new thread and if nothing else, posters might give us all some ideas on where to go next between footy seasons. For me in no particular order...

1. Petra Jordan
2. Abu Simbel Egypt
3. Ankor Wat Cambodia
4. New York City
5. Great Wall of China
6. Prague
7. Berlin
8. Hermitage St Petersburg
9. Dubrovnik
10. Juneau Alaska

Yep Great Wall is amazing, actually I liked Beijing.
Agree with Berlin and yep Prague is good.

Japan is an incredible place, I reckon if one place sticks in my mind its the A Bomb site at Hiroshima.

agreed bazza...my wife and I went to Japan a couple of years ago and the A bomb museum in Hiroshima is certainly an eye opener. we also went to Kyoto which was very pretty and bumping into geisha in Tokyo was a lot of fun as well. We've just got back from Sri Lanka and am looking at Iran some time this year. I believe its a fascinating place and very safe these days.