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 Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it. The people are cheerful, their cities are clean, the beer is cold, and the sun nearly always shines.©2000 Bill Bryson (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Adventure Travel Travel Writing & Commentary Adventure Funny Witty
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I must say that I am a fan of Bill Bryson and this book helped me a lot to understand a little bit more about the country I'm living now. I really recommend it for those who are curious about why this country is so peculiar...

It is an amazing review of what is Australia

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Contrary to other reviewers here I actually greatly enjoyed the narrators American accent - after all the author of the book, Bryson, is American. Hearing him try to pronounce the many Australianism’s like Gidday mate and no worries in a slightly mangled American version was just perfect! Roger Perth

Narrator was great

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I've been living in Australia for almost 3 years now and even this book has many years now I'd love to visit Every placed mentioned in the book with maybe, different eyes. A bit of Australian history and many fun facts. R
ecommended read

incredibly fun

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love all the emotion, the stories, the mishaps, the foreign viewpoint, and all that is uniquely Australian

Love these stories

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Bill Bryson knows Australia very well from a tourist's point of view. Told with love and truthfulness, I enjoyed this book.

Excellent fun

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