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 Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the author

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.

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This Bryson travelogue was quite different for me since, being Australian, I could compare his acute observations with my own experience of many years.

Bryson's considerations are interesting though necessarily limited and I entertained with great affection William Roberts's numerous and resonant mispronunciations of Australian towns.

I love Bryson's humour and his humanity, noting both the sometimes ghastly foibles of behaviour and our deep sins as a culture.

I will now listen to any Bryson works that I may somehow have missed.

Delightful and informative as always

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funny, informative, interesting are just some if the words I could use. The best travel book I have listened to so far

The best travel book I have listened to so far.

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Bryson is guaranteed excellence and this book is no different. But the narration of the book is ruined by the appalling attempts at Australian and Yorkshire accents.

Excellent book; awful narration

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I first read this book about 20 years ago and I loved it so much that it prompted a holiday in Australia. Listening to after all this time, it has lost none of the charm and humour which captivated me first time round. In fact, the narrator increased my delight in the book, and interest in this fascinating country, and I long to go there once again.
Five stars all round!

Fabulous Down Under

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Excellent and succinct summary of main attractions and highlights of Australia. An excellent book to listen to while planning a trip to Australia!

Good summary of Australian wonders

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