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[–]mapam 56 points57 points ago

Hill Inlet on Whitsunday Island. I've been there and can confirm that it is as beautiful IRL as it is on pictures.

[–]Kroosn 6 points7 points ago

I grew up in the Whitsundays, loved every minute of it. Have parked a boat many times off white haven beach.

[–]JustRiedy 6 points7 points ago

Came here to ask where to book my next trip, thankyou.

[–]SoberOneKenobi 14 points15 points ago

I highly recommend it. The sand is so fine, it traps air when the tide comes in. So when you walk in shallow waters, bubbles tickle your feet. Also, loads of stingrays that swim away. It's like running through a flock of pigeons, except in shallow bubbly waters.

[–]robinftw 3 points4 points ago

Except stepping on a pigeon does not kill you.

[–]joeynana 3 points4 points ago

I just love that sensation. There's a fresh water river mouth that looks very similar to this called Elliott Heads, it's near Bundaberg, my home town. Same thing occurs there.

[–]Cannonwe2 71 points72 points ago

Never have I wanted to eat a continent so bad. This looks strangely delicious.

[–]StepOfDub 70 points71 points ago

Please don't eat us.

[–]IS_JOKE_COMRADE 17 points18 points ago

Do you have oil?

[–]lecoletroll 3 points4 points ago

Yeah there's oil in Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania.

[–]FlyWrennie 2 points3 points ago

Really? I'm Australian and I never knew that.

[–]TrueValhalla 9 points10 points ago

Tasmania is part of our continent too. Oh, changed your mind?

[–]phonein 33 points34 points ago

Git fffaaarrrrked.

[–]zood3000 2 points3 points ago

Tasmania would taste alright if you didn't eat the people on it. The people there always seem to give me a sour after-taste.

[–]UnholyDemigod 2 points3 points ago

It's the two heads. The don't mix well together

[–]DreadPirateHenry 342 points343 points ago

Somewhere, lurking in the beautiful, serene setting, are 17 different animals that want to kill you.

[–]CanadianSkelly 205 points206 points ago

And 12 plants.

[–]xTRYPTAMINEx 167 points168 points ago

And 3 convicts.

[–]Neodymium 56 points57 points ago

we call them prisoners now-a-days

[–]Yeti_Rider 142 points143 points ago

We kiwis call them Australians.

[–]_archer_ 147 points148 points ago

Are there any of you left in NZ, or do you all live here now?

[–]Yeti_Rider 68 points69 points ago

Are there any of you left in NZ, or do you all live here now?

We have left a small handful of communities populated so that we have enough people for a full All Blacks team.

I see you have one down-voter. Overly sensitive sook :P

[–]ozwozzle 22 points23 points ago

I hate the all blacks as much as the next australian but that was mildly funny, upvotes for all!

[–]Swissmilkhotel 36 points37 points ago

I read that as "I hate all blacks as much as the next australian". We're not that racist.

[–]Flat_out_no_lube 2 points3 points ago

Burn!

[–]rembinalle 3 points4 points ago

I bet it does burn, Flat_out_no_lube

[–]ZergBiased 10 points11 points ago

Do you know why the grass is greener over in NZ when compared to Oz?

It's because you're all over here walking on our grass.

[–]Yeti_Rider 3 points4 points ago

That's the last thing I do over here.

F#%kin green ants!

[–]ZergBiased 2 points3 points ago

The red ones are worse.

You in QLD? Green and red ants galore, that and the bindies :P

[–]Yeti_Rider 2 points3 points ago

Yeah Brisbane.

I lay on the grass when I first got here and about 3 of the little mofo's bit my head. Jeez I felt sick.

[–]xTRYPTAMINEx 2 points3 points ago

I see you understood what I did there

[–]xTRYPTAMINEx 3 points4 points ago

I know, just the old time reference... I was honestly expecting a -30 with that comment.

There must be a lot of British people on right now for it to be positive

[–]omni4life 11 points12 points ago

As an Aussie, I can confirm no-one cares if you call us convicts.

[–]redkey42 3 points4 points ago

Be racist all you want to Australians, water off a ducks back. just don't call them racist for their participation in casual racial stereotyping, or 'bonding'.

[–]infrikinfix 19 points20 points ago

I'm American and I found it funny. Though, to be fair, I'm an idiot.

[–]Moses89 8 points9 points ago

We all are. At least that is what I have been told.

[–]phonein 4 points5 points ago

I'm glad you're accepting this.

[–]xTRYPTAMINEx 4 points5 points ago

Plant a seed and let it grow...

[–]Snickerslol 2 points3 points ago

Im not american

[–]xTRYPTAMINEx 2 points3 points ago

Haha I just figured that the English have a special place for Australia in their hearts compared to most...

And by special I mean as cold as the dark side of the moon

[–]basicseacat 4 points5 points ago

I take great pride, and a small measure of mirth, from my convict ancestry. My mother and I did some research into our ancestry when the Old Bailey released transcripts from the era of transportation a few years ago. Seems my ancestor had not to say in his defence, bar the following: I was intoxicated, and have no recollection of it (the alleged crime).

[–]biscuitball 16 points17 points ago

Actually yes. This is the in the Whitsundays - Whitehaven beach. Part of the year, that beach is full of stingrays in the sand (will attack you if you step on them), the water has jellyfish (stingers) and they have an island near there where the put all the snakes they catch.

[–]Massif_centrale 11 points12 points ago

I used to live near whitehaven in the UK. It's basically the complete opposite.

[–]0l01o1ol0 3 points4 points ago

I used to live near Whitehaven in Tennessee. It's about 300 miles from the sea.

[–]phonein 2 points3 points ago

Snake island? Got a name for me on that?

[–]AzMoo 23 points24 points ago

Australia.

[–]LordWhat 27 points28 points ago

don't be silly. it's far, far, more than 17.

[–]m1nd64m3 11 points12 points ago

Stonefish...everywhere!!!

[–]Fosnez 32 points33 points ago

There's probably more, but those that the ones that come to mind.

[–]DVDV28 32 points33 points ago

As an Australian, I can confirm that you are not one of us.

[–]Fosnez 3 points4 points ago

Have a look at the sidebar in /r/sydney, and also /r/cairns.

[–]poopslide 14 points15 points ago

Don't forget Gympie Gympie

Contact with the leaves or twigs causes the hollow, silica-tipped hairs to penetrate the skin. The sting causes a painful stinging sensation which can last for days or even months, and the injured area becomes covered with small, red spots joining together to form a red, swollen mass. The sting is known to be potent enough to kill humans, and it can also kill dogs and horses.

[–]AnthonySlips 11 points12 points ago

"The sting causes a powerful stinging sensation..."

[–]KiloNiggaWatt 3 points4 points ago

If you want perspective on that shit, they have a fruit which you can eat. The bush tucker man decided he would not eat that fruit.

[–]CaptainYankaroo 4 points5 points ago

I live in Cairns and have been stung by this stinging tree, it is the worst pain imaginable, this is not hyperbole. This plant will ruin your fucking Year if you touch it. There are stories of people who committed suicide etc, it is an extremely painful sting/burn/electric shock feeling. The leaves are covered in hypodermic needle sharp hairs with the poison in them. The hair also keeps your skin pore open which makes it ridiculously sensitive to temperature, so when you walk into Aircon or the cold isle you will feel the poison again. It is unfuckingbelievable pain. Always read signs in trails and look for it.

[–]nemokitty 3 points4 points ago

Completely unsurprised as to this unpleasant plant since going to the town called Gympie is bad enough...

[–]identity743 3 points4 points ago

You left out the cassowary

[–]seriouslyketoers 11 points12 points ago

I like its stiff scrotum hat

[–]ManWithDominantClaw 7 points8 points ago

Fashioned from a recent victim.

[–]Hellenomania 8 points9 points ago

Say that to it's face while your trying to stuff your guts back into their hole....

[–]namlub3 2 points3 points ago

The best part of this is it sounds so absolutely ridiculous like it's our typical tough guy exaggeration. But it's completely true, such an unassuming killer.

[–]AzMoo 2 points3 points ago

You forgot tiger sharks, box jelly fish and the worst of the lot, irukandjis.

[–]phonein 1 point2 points ago

Why the hell would you be worried about whip snakes? They are a lizard without legs, effectively.

[–]themanager_bevan 3 points4 points ago

Unless they're hoop snakes...

[–]iHAVEsnakes 2 points3 points ago

Except you're wrong, and they are venomous.

The Tree snakes are the safest things on that list. Tree snakes have mild venom Which is unlikely to cause any adverse reactions.

Whip snakes really can cause problems.

[–]phonein 2 points3 points ago

The tasmanian ones are about as venomous as a bee. So unless you're allergic, they are harmless. I know we got the wierd sub species of everything though. So mainland snakes might be different.

[–]iHAVEsnakes 2 points3 points ago

http://www.avru.org/general/general_whip.html

So yeah, not particularly dangerous, but even if you're not allergic they still aren't pleasant to be bitten by. And if you are allergic, you don't want someone to have told you they're no more dangerous than a legless lizard...

[–]therealflinchy 0 points1 point ago

don't forget the gympie gympie - worlds most painful plant also... delicious fruit which is bears.

[–]smithjoe1 3 points4 points ago

Stonefish pack a punch, fuckers can survive out of water looking like a rock on a low tide beach and can kill you if you tread on it.

[–]therealflinchy 1 point2 points ago

Nope, just the finest grains of sand in the world that will fuck your camera in literally seconds of exposure.

[–]gaspatchio 3 points4 points ago

On average, all the people killed each year by snakes, crocs or sharks can be counted on just one hand.

[–]MangoCats 2 points3 points ago

Yeah, but this happened just a few days before we moved 1000 miles to live in the area.

[–]Spanky_The_Pig 2 points3 points ago

As an Australian, I can confirm this.

[–]gav_man 2 points3 points ago

actually at whitehaven beach (where the picture is) I had to wear a stinger suit to go in the water so that the jellies wouldn't kill me

[–]dman8 2 points3 points ago

I live a relatively close distance to the OPs picture. You can't swim most of the year in the ocean due to stingers, the rivers are off limits due to crocs, etc. For 4-5 months a year it is stupidly hot and humid.

That being said it is a very beautiful part of the world.

[–]soyabstemio 2 points3 points ago

Poisonous trees and deadly quicksand.

[–]PeterPanzer 94 points95 points ago

Why did you put 'Australia is not that bad' in the title? Pretty much everyone I know regards Australia as not only a dream holiday destination but also somewhere they would like to live in the future. Everyone I know that has been to Australia loved it.

[–]Atarashii 207 points208 points ago

Aussie here.

It's terrible here, don't come.

[–]saintNIC 91 points92 points ago

I can confirm that Australia is a horrible place. A daily fight with man eating spiders and other dick entering bugs. Only yesterday I was sodomised by a racist koala. We all talk like an American trying to sound like an Englishman. There are only two channels on TV. The beer channel and sports channel that only really features cricket or an obscure form of Irish football that any Irishman only vaguely remembers the rules for if they are drunk enough to root their Mum. We are shit to play scrabble against because we spell in english. I could go on....

[–]infrikinfix 10 points11 points ago

Is there any other kind of Koala?

[–]hamsta5 3 points4 points ago

Yes, the Dropbear.

[–]soyabstemio 6 points7 points ago

The beer channel, heh? I'll be there shortly.

[–]saintNIC 12 points13 points ago

Did I mention beer spiders?

[–]soyabstemio 2 points3 points ago

I won't mind as long as they bring their own beer, and don't try and drongo mine.

[–]fishboner 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, I wouldn't live here, but I do.

[–]Scot430 0 points1 point ago

Also, slow Internet...

[–]the_penultimate_user 0 points1 point ago

We all talk like an American trying to sound like an Englishman.

As an American that has witnessed this,I can say this is obviously the worst thing.

[–]Valgrindar 32 points33 points ago

[–]mattaugamer 6 points7 points ago

Pretty backpackers with low standards, please disregard.

[–]Gavin_152 3 points4 points ago

I was there on college, wanted to stay ... didn't get a working visa! I still plan on trying a gain some day!

[–]Nogitsune 2 points3 points ago

This. We train dingos to eat the babies of tourists... occasionally things go bad.

[–]avoiding_his_peers 4 points5 points ago

Nah, just fucking with you cunts. He/She's only saying that 'cause we're tired of boat people.

[–]FuckItWellPostItLive 17 points18 points ago

Or rather politicians and the news tell us that we're tired of boat people.

[–]Nogitsune 1 point2 points ago

Boat people were awesome when they were Vietnamese and Chinese. Now they are Afghans and Iraqi not so much.

[–]FlyWrennie 2 points3 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]LOHare 21 points22 points ago

Most people that travel to Australia end up spending the rest of their lives there. The rest of their very short lives.

The above comment is not backed by facts and stats of any sort, merely stereotype.

[–]daniel_hlfrd 10 points11 points ago

I've had this image in my wallpapers folder for a while. Guess I finally know where it came from!

[–]Ragey_McRagerton 18 points19 points ago

Hill inlet and Whitehaven beach (rated #2 in the world), in the Whitsunday Islands of Queensland. Proposed to my fiancee there.

[–]Narellefromaus 3 points4 points ago

My family surprised us with a wedding day gift to fly out to have our wedding photos taken there. It was like a monsoon on the day of our wedding so we dressed up again two days later and with just the helicopter pilot, photographer and us on the beach, we spent the next hour like two like two kids dressed up for a special occasion running barefoot on the sand and jumping in the water.

[–]RageMorePlz 15 points16 points ago

See that meandering river? That was once the path of a snake.

[–]gilgoomesh 24 points25 points ago

That's not actually very far from some of the Aboriginal myths about the creation of Australia by the Rainbow Serpent.

[–]notoriousjpg 19 points20 points ago

Hah, myth.

[–]Quolli 5 points6 points ago

I remember singing that rainbow snake song at school. Along with other silly Australian songs you only learn in school. Something about a swagman and another about a gay kookaburra.

[–]Aydork 7 points8 points ago

Laugh, kookaburra laugh, something something, how gay your life must be.

Don't act like you don't remember Waltzing Matilda. EVERY Australian has that burned into their brains from birth.

[–]Quolli 4 points5 points ago

Shhh I secretly know every word, but I don't want to look too overly patriotic like those bogans who parade around in a cape made from the flag and blue thongs embellished with the Union Jack and Southern Cross.

[–]LOLSTRALIA 2 points3 points ago

[–]yernyoonan 5 points6 points ago

No, Slice of Heaven is a Kiwi song. Next door.

[–]Incontext 4 points5 points ago

Her love shines over my horizon, she's a Slice of Heaven!

[–]karimpt 5 points6 points ago

what are you talking about? Australia is beautiful!!

it's just that the spiders,lizards,sharks, serpents, crocodiles scare the sh!t out of me...

but i like the kangaroos, Kangaroos are cool! and people there look healthy and happy too!!

[–]ToastyForce 2 points3 points ago

Don't forget the koalas!

[–]Devvils 4 points5 points ago

[–]RavCom 14 points15 points ago

[–]Knuick 5 points6 points ago

I can put up with all the things killing me, its the spiders bigger than my face that bothers me.

[–]Starayo 8 points9 points ago

Nah, the big ones are fine... It's the little ones you want to watch out for.

[–]Aydork 11 points12 points ago

Although, i generally find Huntsmen more "scary" than a red-back. Mostly because Huntsmen run ridiculously fast and always under your bed or towards your feet. Red-backs sorta just sit there. They know they're bad-ass, they don't have to go around showing off.

[–]Starayo 2 points3 points ago

Whitetails do roam, though. All the huntsmen I get just kind of sit up near the ceiling for a while and then disappear. We always name them bob.

[–]Aydork 2 points3 points ago

I am perfectly fine with spiders, bugs and various other animals, as long as they don't go in my bedroom. If an animal goes into my room, it has signed it's own death warrant. Except Geckos. Geckos are cool. We had a Gecko that sat in the corner of our loungeroom roof, we called him Gregory.

I just hate the fast moving bugs, even cockroaches make me shit bricks sometimes cause they've run over your foot and disappeared before you can even look.

[–]Quolli 2 points3 points ago

I hate the scuttling sound roaches make when they scoot between things. Especially behind desks and other hard to reach places. And then they stay there, and have a clickity noise. I'm on edge 100% of the time when that happens.

[–]howmanychickens 2 points3 points ago

I've had a number of "huntsman experiences" being around the farm in Mildura, it was a haven for them. Even in the suburbs they are around.

One time we were in my granddads Datsun, just pulling out of his driveway. It was sunny, so he pulled down the sunvisor. Down drops a nice lovely huntsman.

But like Starayo said, it's the small ones that mess you up.

What gets me even more than spiders though, is spiderwebs. You walk through that shit in the middle of the night, no matter how big your balls are, you still run around like an idiot trying to get out of it.

[–]Mitty002 6 points7 points ago

It's scary how true this is.

[–]icyomer 7 points8 points ago

The blue you see isnt water, its actually a group of jelly fish

[–]pineapple420 3 points4 points ago

an actual lazy river O_O

[–]DukeDownvote 1 point2 points ago

The deadliest river in the world, mate.

[–]NobleDovahkiin 3 points4 points ago

Tbh I really, really want to go to Australia. I'd really just like to get out of the Midwest US for a while, but my friend went in 3rd grade and I've wanted to go ever since. Maybe once I've finished school. :/

[–]mattaugamer 5 points6 points ago

Do it! If you can, always travel. Despite the jokes, Australia is a nice and safe place. Assuming you're just seeing the sights rather than, say, hiking through the rainforest of far North Queensland on your own...

[–]Metavege 2 points3 points ago

I would definitely recommend NQ rainforest. Just not on your own...

[–]Nogitsune 2 points3 points ago

We prefer you do it on your own. If the backpacker murderers aren't fed a steady diet of tourists they start eyeing off the locals.

[–]emayms 2 points3 points ago

Australia is a beautiful place, and despite the fact that we do indeed have various lethal flora & fauna - just between you and me... I've lived in Sydney my whole life and never seen a snake/deadly spider! Also, if you want to study - go to UNSW! You'll feel right at home with the 1000s of students from the US!

[–]John_Johnson 2 points3 points ago

Yesss, yess... see the pretty pretty river! Never mind those things in the water, oh no. They're just... fishies. Pretty fishies, yes! Those noises in the jungle? Not spiders, no! Spiders cannot sing like that, oh no. Those are birdies, yes, featherless birdies with... extra legs and eyes...

...wait. Where are you going?

Come back! They're still huunggryyy!

[–]nogara555 2 points3 points ago

Australia has so many waves its ridick

[–]Mercury1600 2 points3 points ago

I sailed around the whitsundays for 2 weeks and visited white haven.(pictured) It was the single greatest holiday i have been on. Those channels were crawling with Sting rays!

[–]fiish 2 points3 points ago

See... You had the tourists right up until that sentence. Tourists got a funny for against Stingrays once they found out then can literally stab you through the heart. Way to drive down tourism. And now we gotta find something else to placate the rays too.

[–]FlippingKids 2 points3 points ago

Whoever said it was bad? Dangerous doesn't mean bad!

[–]SemicolonD 2 points3 points ago

You win this one Bing...

[–]AnthonySlips 2 points3 points ago

Who says Australia is bad?

[–]jacobtaylor1987 2 points3 points ago

Poor choice of words. 'Slice of Heaven' is a New Zealand song.

[–]Echelon64 2 points3 points ago

I'm pretty sure one of those Mountains(?) is in fact a giant spider.

[–]waynehell 2 points3 points ago

if you wonder why you can't see anyone enjoying this "slice of heaven", that's because they have all been eaten by the giant space squids

[–]vec2424 2 points3 points ago

But you still have to worry about the football sized Mosquitos, alligators, sharks and deadly butterflies

[–]Le_Canadien25 2 points3 points ago

That nice stream is probably full of Bull Sharks :(

[–]Mangalf 2 points3 points ago

That white stuff? Spider eggs.

[–]PicPainter 2 points3 points ago

[–]AlexanderHammer 4 points5 points ago

"It's not that bad." Well, no, not from a helicopter. Just don't fly to low or some mutant crocospider will probably jump up and bite off the tail rotor or something.

[–]robothouserock 1 point2 points ago

I've never been to Australia, but I've seen a lot of pictures containing Amazonian sized insects and arachnids hailing from Australia... sorry, can't do it :P

[–]dominoconsultant 9 points10 points ago

Most of the deadly ones are so small you'll never see them coming.

[–]Sir_Von_Tittyfuck 2 points3 points ago

They actually wait at the airport for unsuspecting tourists.

[–]ZedFish 7 points8 points ago

Put it this way. The bigger spiders aren't so bad, it's the smaller ones that will hurt/kill you. Take this redback that was outside my back door a few days ago. Looks scary, right? Well it's not quite the width of a Bic lighter. That said, I'd much rather be bitten by a Huntsman the size of my hand than that little bastard.

[–]mattaugamer 3 points4 points ago

Red backs are overrated. Aussies think they're more dangerous than they really are. The Funnel-Web is the only one that's really nasty.

[–]ZedFish 4 points5 points ago

No argument: I would not get anywhere near as close to a Funnel Web as I did to this Redback. A Redback bite is still worse than a Huntsman bite, though.

[–]adayinthelife11 3 points4 points ago

Redbacks can kill you.

[–]ZedFish 2 points3 points ago

Well, so can bees.

[–]cdeacious 2 points3 points ago

Thats actually sulfuric acid that will kill you the moment you touch the water. Nice try Aussie.

[–]Phillile 2 points3 points ago

Everything in that image is made of poison.

[–]entroph 2 points3 points ago

This is a very beautiful picture. However, what you can't see is that those trees are full of deadly spiders and killer koalas, not to mention the water populated by deadly jellyfish and sharks!

[–]battlejack 2 points3 points ago

there are 437 ways to die in this picture

[–]rob-cubed 2 points3 points ago

It's beautiful, but hidden in those trees are spiders as big as my hand that like to hide in shoes and attach themselves Alien-style to the nearest face.

OK, maybe that's hyperbole. Pretty sure they just hiss at you when you raise the toilet lid.

[–]garoodah 1 point2 points ago

I don't care whats waiting in that jungle, it still looks beautiful.

[–]fal86 1 point2 points ago

I live about 4 hours away from whitehaven. I really should visit more.

[–]CARVERitUP 1 point2 points ago

Well those are some sexy looking sand deposits and meanders.

[–]Level_32_Mage 1 point2 points ago

That looks like it would drown the hell out of me.

[–]Lovinkindness 1 point2 points ago

My favorite place in all the world.

[–]Patsby 1 point2 points ago

proud to call home

[–]Heagram 1 point2 points ago

and in this slice of heaven there are ~5782 species that can kill an adult in under a minute

[–]DEATHFIGHT 1 point2 points ago

9 tonnes of that sand "pure silica" was used in the manufacture of the Hubble space telescope ..........at least that's what our tour guide said

[–]I_Love_Ford_Raptors 1 point2 points ago

You just made my new background. Thank you :)

[–]vishalp0826 1 point2 points ago

I wanna go there so bad!

[–]Foley1 1 point2 points ago

So heaven is in fact straight down from me. huh.

[–]Phobicity 1 point2 points ago

The white part kinda looks like a bird or a dolphin upside down

[–]followthedarkrabbit 1 point2 points ago

My lecturer uses this shot all the time for his slides. White haven beach?

[–]EvoEpitaph 1 point2 points ago

My only problem with Australia(and it's not really Aus's fault) is that all my games only have English servers in the USA.

Someone needs to make data travel faster than light already :/

Oh but I guess the prices on games and tech is kind of ridiculous too.

[–]Rocket202328 1 point2 points ago

Check out XXXX island, an island owned by an awesome beer company, not sure how to post a link just yet.

[–]Snigaty 1 point2 points ago

Not bad?? Best country ever mate! ;)

[–]900fool 1 point2 points ago

At this distance you can't see the salt water crocodiles, the bull sharks, and the vampire koalas!!

[–]LookAtLeo 1 point2 points ago

I love the Whitsundays, my aunt lives there.

[–]jamested 1 point2 points ago

I'm from England. I spent some time in Australia a few years ago. Even though i got stung by a jellyfish, I still fucking love the place. It's worth the risk.

[–]Grommett 1 point2 points ago

So I visited there when I was about 17, Was enjoying a swim until I saw some scary ass jellyfish. Hopped out and dried off, Got attacked by flies that left marks for weeks, Had my bag covered in sand so I never found it, Then just as I was getting on the dingy (tiny "boat") I got sand in my eye and had it there until I got back to the yacht that my mum owned and washed it out.

As an Aussie, I can say Fuck Whitehaven beach.

[–]TheRobLangford 1 point2 points ago

Been to Hamilton island in November last year. Beautiful place. Spent a year travelling round Aus and have some amazing memories, loved it that much I got a sponsored IT job and I'm here for two years :) TBH probably going to apply for permanent residency.

For all the 'Everything can kill you' commentors, I've swam, snorkeled, dived, surfed and kite surfed all around this great land. I've encountered sharks, snakes, spiders, jelly fish and all kinds of lizards. I have all of my digits and appendages intact :)

[–]ace_gauntlit 1 point2 points ago

I agreed with you but then I thought about all the spiders, snakes and man-eating jellyfish lurking everywhere

[–]heodieat 1 point2 points ago

Dat silt.

[–]conairh 1 point2 points ago

It's great until a cashed up bogan rolls up in his ute knocking back fistfuls of bundy and shouting "STRAYA CUNTS! FUCKEN BULLSHIT FAGGOT BOAT CUNTS STEALIN ME FUCKEN DOLE JOBS!"

[–]overkil6 1 point2 points ago

Being in the sky is the only safe place in Australia...

[–]NibrocNZ 1 point2 points ago

While visiting Queensland my family flew over Whitehaven beach in a helicopter. It is beautiful, but to add to Australia's Reputation: you could see about 500 stingrays in the shallows from above.

[–]Wolfosaurus 2 points3 points ago

Australia is a shit hole. There's sunshine and nice people everywhere. Fucking cunts.

[–]chan8330 1 point2 points ago

When i lived on Hamilton Island i would Kite surf this most weekends. Hill Inlet at the end of White Haven Beach :) favourite place on earth

[–]Miniappolis 1 point2 points ago

On another note, we don't ride in kangaroo pouches

[–]Georshanwang 1 point2 points ago

'Straya.

[–]Sir_Smashing 1 point2 points ago

Whitesundays? I want to go skydiving there soo bad!

[–]joeynana 1 point2 points ago

Whitehaven Beach... One Australia's most photographed beaches.

[–]Donkey-boner 1 point2 points ago

I will have a guess this is hill inlet and whitehaven? It looks really familiar

[–]Jake_From_State-Farm 1 point2 points ago

That is one fucked up pizza cutter..

[–]live3orfry 1 point2 points ago

I flew over that in a Cessna 172 at about that same altitude. I even have the picture I took somewhere. brb

[–]PattyChuck 1 point2 points ago

If this is Australia, there are at least 742 things that can kill you in this photograph. Don't be fooled, Reddit!!

[–]BaltimoreBob 1 point2 points ago

I skydived for the first time right over this! By far my favorite part of Australia

[–]voyyful 1 point2 points ago

Looks like white haven beach?

[–]sookmahdook 1 point2 points ago

yes, but how many things on said island can kill you just by looking at you?

[–]ignoramus012 1 point2 points ago

Behind the camera are thousands of poisonous spiders.

[–]infaereld 1 point2 points ago

Box jellyfish, Conus Shells, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Stonefish, Sharks, Sea Snakes, Salt water crocodiles.

Gotta love the Aussie tropics!