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    REPORT IDEAS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION

Australia

Papua New Guinea

    Athena 
    13 years old

   I'm in the 8th grade. I like the Great Barrier Reef and Ayres Rock, I also like Perry lake's stadium in Perth. What I don't like about Australia is the outback. My favourite places are Albany because it's a fun place, Bunbury, because it's got a good beach and Perth because of the shopping malls. My hobbies are square dancing, stamp collecting, reading, writing, singing and studying. 

    There are many things I love about living in Australia. I love the landscape, the people, the animals, the weather - the list goes on and on. I love the landscape, the 'land of sweeping plains, of rugged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains". I live in Wollongong, NewSouthWales(State), Australia - an hour from Sydney. Wollongong means 'between the Mountains and the Sea" and it is a beautful place to live in. Right now I cannot think of anything that I hate about Australia. I don't like it that pet products and books are more expensive here than in the US, (among other things) but I wouldn't say that I hate it. Some of the neat things I have seen in my country are New South Wales (NSW) : The home of Sydney, Botany Bay and the 2000 Olympic Games

    Sydney has so much to offer and its not hard to see why it is so popular. From the harbour with the Harbour Bridge, Opera House, Centerpoint Tower, Olympic Stadium, National Park, Manly Aquarium, Manly Beaches, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Chinatown, Piermont Bridge, Doyles, SegaWorld, The Rocks, Planet Hollywood, The Blue Mountains, ... the list just goes on and on.

    Queensland (QLD) : Northern state of Australia. Gold Coast, in Queensland (like California in the US). There is MovieWorld, Seaworld, Wet'n'Wild and not to mention the lovely Gold Coast beaches. Northern Queensland there is the Whitsundays/Great Barrier Reef. I spent a few months up in the Whitsundays where I witnessed the beauty of the coral reefs, spent hours spotting dolfins, turtles and thousands of colourful fish through a glass bottomed boat.

    Tasmania: the southernmost island state of Australia. With its beautiful rivers and historic buildings, breath-taking rainforests and abundance of fertile soil for planting. Tasmania is home to the Tasmanian Devil, also portrayed as TasDevil in the WarnerBros cartoons. Tasmania is full of history, beauty and nature. It's one of the prettiest states.

    Victoria: Southern State of Australia I have been on a Melbourne Tram and visited the many shops there. Its a little colder in Victoria but lots of things to see and do. Melbourne is famous for shopping and the theatre, a little bit like New York, I suppose.

    Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Parliament House, Botanical Garden, National Gallery, Butterfly House, Questacon (Science Center), Australian Institute of Sport, etc I havent been to Western Australia, Northern Territory or South Australia, but there is plenty of things to see and do no matter what state you are in.

    My hobbies are hermit crabs, science, environmental education, website creation, graphics, learning javascript, teaching others, music, art, ceramics, going to the movies, swimming and cycling.

   Rhenise
   17 years old

   Lena
   17 years old

   Hi my name is Lena and I am 17 and I live in Perth which is the capital of Western Australia (pretty big). What do I like about Australia? The weather is wicked except it doesn't snow which is a bummer as Rhenise said. I love Australia 'cause we have a good political system and we are very
multi-cultural :) and not ignorant to other cultures. We have some of the best beaches which is good for me 'cause I love to swim. I love the laid back attitude that people here have and the freedom also. What do I hate? ... the stereotypes that we are given by other countries, because we are all not like the people of Crocodile Dundee hehehehe. My hobbies are swimming, music, lotsa stuff :)

    Michelle 

   I like (love!) Australia because it's made up of people from all over the world so it's very diverse and interesting. We also have a very laid back culture and generally everyone is very friendly and willing to help each other out when it really counts. So I would have to say that what I
like so much about Australia is the people. I don't like the fact that it gets really hot here sometimes!!! I really don't have any time for hobbies. I work full-time, study at University part-time, and I am also a Youth Group
leader at my church. I suppose that as far as hobbies go I could say that I love to read (when I get the time) and I am teaching myself guitar - I also sing! I think that probably my most memorable experience would be when I drove from one side of Australia to the other - it took us three days! We
saw a lot of the Australian bush and vast range of beautiful landscapes - it was amazing (tiring but amazing).

   Bill Blair

What do I like about Australia? Where do I start :-) Australia has such a diversity (perhaps even more than the US) so I will speak mainly about my feelings about where I live. It is a relatively small place (300,000) and surrounded by open farming and national parks so the environment is clean
with plenty of opportunity for outdoor recreation, the town is relatively safe from urban violence, clean and well planned. Where we live, the climate has four real seasons with variety, but not extremes of weather. The people are generally friendly and society is relatively harmonious yet with variety of ethnic origin.
    What do you I hate about it? We are starting to follow down some of the directions of other overseas countries. Some years ago I would boast of the lack of a class system in Australia and how the difference between the lower paid workers and the highest was much less than elsewhere in the world. This is not true any more with the emergence of an 'under-class' and yet many of our company CEO's are earning millions each year. Economic rationalism and
outrageous capitalism has become accepted.
    Where are my favorite places in Australia and why? Wow, except for the cities, I find all of Australia wonderful. (the cities have their interesting points, but Sydney in particular is becoming an urban sprawl). If I was to pick one specific place - perhaps Wineglass Bay on the East
coast of Tasmania - while it is cold down there the water is a pristine green, the sand white and the countryside spectacular. A region - the Snowy Mountains near where I live in Canberra - so much opportunity for hiking, fishing, cross country skiing etc etc. If you were to come to Australia for two weeks where would I suggest - Victoria, base yourself in Melbourne and with day or overnight trips based there, you can see so much variety and capture almost all the essence of the non-tropical portion of Australia
    Did you have any adventures on your scouting trips? Depends on what you consider an adventure. My favourite aspect of scouting trips is getting into the high country and showing the young scouts some of the heritage of this country - the untouched wilderness areas along with the huts of the mountain .graziers.