Do you want to go on exchange to Australia? Let us help you.
So you are going on exchange to Australia! because of its many benefits and you want to know what else you can see and learn during your stay in that country. At this point, you probably already know that Australia has a large territory with four time zones and many cities with hundreds of tourist sites. However, many of these cities have similarities: first-world urbanisms, a varied fauna and many, many beaches. In the following article we will mention activities that you can do if you go on exchange to Australia.
1. Taking a selfie with the Opera House in the background
The Opera House is so well known that including it in this article is almost a cliché, but how can you go to Sydney without visiting this place and not tell everyone you know? What better way to do this than by going to this place and taking a selfie to upload to your social networks? The Opera House is considered a wonder of the modern world because its architecture is ahead of its time. Its construction was planned during World War II in order to give Australia a place where opera performances could be presented. It was conceived by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, whose design was chosen from 234 submissions by architects from 30 countries. Today the Opera House receives 2 million tourists annually.
2. Learn to surf
Has it ever happened to you that when you watch movies where they surf, you wish you were the one riding the board? If you go on exchange to Australia you will have that possibility, because whether you are an experienced surfer, an amateur or have never ridden a surfboard before, this country has waves of all kinds, and you will be able to enjoy them. surf schools where you can go from zero to hero in a matter of days; it’s definitely an experience you won’t want to miss. In this article you will find a ranking of the best Australian beaches for surfing. Only a surfer knows the feeling, and you, do you know what it feels like?
3. Diving in the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland
Talking about diving in Australia is synonymous with diving in the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland. This place has a marine fauna of great diversity in an area of about 135,000 square miles in which 300 coral cays, 2,900 individual reefs and 600 continental islands are found. Among the main dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef are Ribbon Reefs, Osprey Reef, SS Yongala, Detached Reef, Heron Island and The Whitsundays.
4. Hugging a koala
Everywhere we go we find zoos but in only a handful of these we can see koalas and kangaroos. Featherdale Wildlife Park Zoo in Sydney offers just that. There, in addition to the animals listed above, you will find emus and wallabies, as well as one of Australia’s premier collections of native birds and animals, all in the wild except for the birds. On the other hand, Beerwah is home to Australia Zoo, the largest zoo in Australia, founded by Steve Irwin, a famous ecologist who even received a tortoise from the Galapagos Islands from the hands of Charles Darwin himself. At the Australia Zoo, among other animals are rhinoceroses, giraffes, Bengal tigers, crocodiles, peacocks, porcupines and the aforementioned animals native to Australia. Also, at Australia Zoo it is possible to have your picture taken while having direct contact with a koala. Not bad for another souvenir postcard from when you went to Australia on exchange, right?
5. Riding on the world’s steepest railroad
The Blue Mountains are located 48 kilometers from Sydney, in New South Wales, a place that was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and that owes its name to the blue color of the eucalyptus tree leaves in the distance. The Blue Mountains are a series of plateaus that have uneven and eroded canyons over an area of one million hectares in which there are forests, waterfalls, sandstone cliffs and mountains. There you can visit the Jenolan Caves, the Echo Point Katoomba Lookout, the Scenicscender, which is the steepest cable car in Australia and is 545 meters long, and the Scenic Railway, the steepest cable car in the world, which will take you into the bowels of the eucalyptus forests.
