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Planes packed with 800,000 Britons make the journey Down Under each year to take in Australia's famed natural beauty. But amid headlines of shark and crocodile attacks, are there a few hazards that visitors should be aware of?
The sunshine, good life, beach culture and natural wonders make Australia the destination of choice for thousands of Brits.
Whether it's the "trip of a lifetime", the honeymoon or one of the 40,000 year-long holiday visas used each year, the attraction is obvious.
"The temperature and conditions, even in the winter months, it's still hotter than an English summer," says Australian Lynette Eyb, editor of backpacker magazine TNT.
"The beaches and the East Coast have always been popular, Perth and Western Australia increasingly so.
"Tasmania is beautiful for walking and the outdoors, the rivers and the forests down there.
DEADLY CRITTERS
Saltwater Crocodiles
Great White Shark
Brown snake
Funnel-web spider
Box jellyfish
Blue ring octopus
"You could spend years getting to know it and seeing it all."
Emigration is set to step up. The Australian government this week launched its biggest drive to attract skilled workers since the "£10 Poms" took to their boats last century.
As a result, the figure of 20,000 Brits a year emigrating is expected to increase to 25,000.
With a shared language, common culture, good transport, peace, security and open people, Australia is seen as one of the easier sections of a round-the-world trip.
But as the death of a British man this week - probably killed by a four-metre crocodile off the northern coast - illustrates, in the most extreme circumstances, that it can be a very hostile place.
If confirmed, it will be the second such fatal attack within weeks in northern Australia, and record numbers of saltwater crocodiles have caused the closure of some sites in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park.
The death happened on the same day an Australian surfer fought off a great white shark with his bare hands off the coast near Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4287452.stm
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Posted: 2005-09-28 17:40:45
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you arse junkie!!you couldnt resist could ya
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Posted: 2005-09-28 17:47:28
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well i thought i'd better warn you of the dangers out there. ive also copied in your girlfriend on the email.
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Posted: 2005-09-28 17:50:11
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Dont forget the indiginous population, sweetie pie
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Posted: 2005-09-28 17:52:28
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well you'll have a great time down there with the locals creamsie
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Posted: 2005-09-28 18:02:17
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That's right. It'll not just be kangaroos that get tied down once you're there, sport
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Posted: 2005-09-28 18:16:46
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ROTFLMAOTICIFOTJCHM
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Do Not Follow Where The Path May Lead.
Go Instead Where There Is No Path; and leave a Trail. - JMC
[ This Message was edited by: batesie on 2005-09-28 17:22 ]
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Posted: 2005-09-28 18:20:48
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Posted: 2005-09-28 19:00:00
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New Zealand - while not big, we're just not as deadly to live in!
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Posted: 2005-09-28 23:12:20
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i heard somewhere that your more likely to fall off a hundred story building that get attacked by a shark...
bunch or paranoid fools
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Posted: 2005-10-03 16:51:40
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