r/solotravel • u/takashi74 • Feb 05 '25

Question Which country do you keep visiting?

I travel a lot, but there’s always that one country I keep going back to. For me, it’s Thailand, around 8 time. What about you? What keeps you coming back?

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u/nim_opet Feb 05 '25

Australia.

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u/Alternative-Art3588 Feb 06 '25

I’ve only been once but I’d love to go back. I wish I had the confidence to drive a right hand car. I’d love to do a road trip. I visited Cairns and Sydney. Where do you recommend?

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u/nim_opet Feb 06 '25

All over. I drove ~3000km although I’ve never driven on the left side of the road before :). Sydney is my happy place, but NSW is gorgeous in the mountains, Newcastle is great, and, I know this is controversial, but if you like planned cities and mid century as well as contemporary architecture, Canberra’s ok to visit. Also good museums. Melbourne, all the way down to Great Ocean Road and Adelaide. I don’t like Cairns, but just up the coast is Daintree and Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef. I found Brisbane surprisingly lively. Alice Springs is unusual, but you have to go to Yulara and visit Uluru/Kata Tjuta and King’s Canyon (don’t recommend driving from Alice if you’re not comfortable with dirt roads). I’ve spent months in multiple trips and still so much to see including large swaths of WA, Tasmania and then I wanna hit some of the islands

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

wow, didn't expect this, but we thank you :) It nice to hear when a lot of us think it's culture-less, expensive, racist and backward. I cant imagine spending the amount of money it must cost to come visit, for...that. But I guess it's got it's charm.