Why I Love Australia
Reasons For Falling in Love with Australia
In two years of travel blogging, I have often been asked: Why do you visit Australia? My answer has always been short and simple: Because I love Australia. Australia is a great country to travel alone, especially for women. On my solo travels in Australia, I discovered beautiful places that had been hard to leave at times. Here are the places I love in Australia and why I fell in love with the country.
Places in Australia I love
With +15 years of solo travel in Australia, I have been to hundreds of places in Australia. Although I don’t have a favourite one, these are the best places to travel alone in Australia, and the different ways of exploring the country made me fall in love with Australia.
Sydney
I’m very fond of Sydney cause it’s the first place I visited in Australia, and it made me instantly feel good. I love Sydney. I spent my 40th Birthday there in 2004 on my first backpacking trip to Australia. There are plenty of walks and fun outdoor activities in and around Sydney. Also, Sydney was the starting or ending place of many discovering trips to the East Coast of Australia, by bus, train and road trips around Australia.
Melbourne
Melbourne has got something special. I loved it on my first trip. What I liked most is how relaxed people are in the city. You can tell that people love their town and are happy with it. Of course, there is always something that needs to improve. But I would dare say that this Australian city is no. 1 in Australia for making travellers feel at home.
And I was not making the city CBD too expensive to get around and stay in. The Melbourne free trams in the CBD highlight the many fun things to do alone in Melbourne.
Adelaide
Adelaide is a city with an evolving story. I have been there four times on my travels in Australia. While my feelings were initially neutral, my excitement grew over the years as I saw Adelaide showing its distinctly twofold character: a quiet place to live in but simultaneously a dynamic personality. Indeed there are lots of events and exciting things to do in Adelaide. I love biking, and Adelaide, with its parklands, is an excellent place for cycling to the beach.
Perth
I have been to Perth solo seven times on backpacking trips, aboard the Indian Pacific from Adelaide to Perth, and spent a long time house-sitting in North Perth and on the northern beaches. From there, I went on road trips exploring the Perth region on day trips. Perth is a delight with its relaxed lifestyle and fun outdoor things to do solo in Perth.
Margaret River
The Margaret River Region was a massive surprise to me. In 2008, when I first travelled to Western Australia, my idea of the South West was pretty ignorant. I thought there were only forests and surf beaches. When I started my solo road trip to South Western Australia, I was in awe of this region’s beauty, richness and diversity. I could think of settling there for a while and making it home.

Adelaide
Adelaide is a city with an evolving story. I have been there four times on my travels in Australia. While my feelings were initially neutral, my excitement grew over the years as I saw Adelaide showing its distinctly twofold character: a quiet place to live in but simultaneously a dynamic personality. Indeed there are lots of events and exciting things to do in Adelaide. I love biking, and Adelaide, with its parklands, is an excellent place for cycling to the beach.
Margaret River
The Margaret River Region was a massive surprise to me. In 2008, when I first travelled to Western Australia, my idea of the South West was pretty ignorant. I thought there were only forests and surf beaches. When I started my solo road trip to South Western Australia, I was in awe of this region’s beauty, richness and diversity. I could think of settling there for a while and making it home.
Darwin
I love Darwin. This is a place I felt at home straight away after my arrival. I love the relaxed atmosphere and the wide-open view over the harbour. I love everything about Darwin: its isolated beaches, markets, and phenomenal sunsets. On my first visit, I remember walking into a Church on a Sunday morning and sitting with locals. It made me feel at home and part of the community. Here you can read a list of fun things to do in Darwin alone.
Adelaide

Uluru
I visited Uluru twice and hope to go back again sometime. There are many places in Australia where you can feel the energy and a deep peacefulness emerging from the earth. Viewing Uluru on a road trip and walking around the base is a unique and unprecedented experience that gave me goosebumps and went deep under my skin.

Great Ocean Road
I went a couple of times on a road trip on the Great Ocean Road. Once on an organised small tour and once on a road trip on my own. I loved the freedom of discovering it at my own pace and making wildlife encounters along the way. I want to return and do more of the walks, maybe walk the tracks of the 90km Great Ocean Road walk.

South Western Australia
I first discovered Margaret River in 2013. In 2017, I took a road trip down-south to explore beautiful South Western Australia with Denmark and Albany. Here you can learn about my road trip down south WA. And my favourite things to do in Albany.
North Tropical Queensland
North Tropical Queensland is a region of Australia. I like it very much for its distinctly Australian character: The rainforest and the wealth of tropical vegetation with its incredible native tastes and local produce. I travelled around by bus on my first trip. On the second trip, in 2014, I hired a car in Cairns and explored the entire area.
I spent time camping solo in Cape Tribulation and enjoyed many fun and free things to do in Cairns. I also went on a day trip to the Atherton Tablelands. With good dry weather, September is one of the best months to discover North Tropical Queensland.
North Western Australia
North West Australia is immense; you need to break it down into smaller regions. Besides South West Australia, another region I love is the northwestern coast from Coral Bay up to Broome.
South Western Australia
I first discovered Margaret River in 2013. In 2017, I went on a road trip down-south to explore beautiful South Western Australia with Denmark and Albany. Here you can learn about my road trip down south WA. And my favourite things to do in Albany.

Broome
I first visited Broome in 2008 in February with hot and humid weather. So on my return visit in 2015. I went on a guided tour from Broome to the Kimberleys.
Kununurra
From there visited the Eastern Kimberley on a scenic flight over the Ord River to the Bungle Bungles. This area is imposing because of its geological formations and the second-largest water system, making it an exciting and unique ecosystem. While it is not recommended for solo travellers, I loved exploring the Eastern Kimberley on my own and enjoyed the walks and many things to do in Kununurra.

More reasons why I love Australia
- I love Australia because of the friendly Aussie.
- I love meeting the locals, listening to their stories, and learning about their culture.
- I also profoundly love Australia because of the freedom, lightness and safety that reign everywhere.
- I love the inspiration I get from the Australian Outback.
- I love the isolation, the solitude, the emptiness and the magnificent sunsets of the Australian outback.
- I love Australia’s Outback colours: its deep blue sky, rugged red earth, and lush green to golden brown vegetation.
- I love to wake up in the outback by screeching corellas and the crisp air caressing my hair.
- I love Ausralian Aninals. I love spotting kangaroos.
My travels around Australia are full of positive emotions and inspirational life experiences that fuelled my energy and enthusiasm to venture into the (for me) unknown world of solo travel and travel blogging.
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Brooke, Why Go Australia
October 17, 2011 @ 8:06 am
Aw such a good post 🙂 I love that you love Australia so much!!! Travel here does feel safe… except for all those poisonous things haha ;
rockytravel
October 19, 2011 @ 8:21 am
Thanks Brooke! Thanks God I had no close encounters with all those poisonous things…I only know them from warning signs 🙂
Thank you for setting up this Australia Blog Roundtable! It’s a great idea and it’s fun! I am looking forward to the next one 🙂
Caz Makepeace
October 18, 2011 @ 8:07 am
It is always so great to hear how much those who weren’t born here love my beautiful country. Great to be participating in the roundtable with you
rockytravel
October 19, 2011 @ 8:22 am
I like to think of myself like as “Aussie at heart”…. who knows maybe in a previous life I was a real Aussie! Lovely to have you in this roundtable Caz!
NLM
October 19, 2011 @ 8:10 am
As much as anything, it sounds as if Australia offers all kinds of freedoms…I’m ready for more of those! Thanks for the post.
Nancy
rockytravel
October 19, 2011 @ 8:23 am
yes, Nancy, Australia is indeed a special place….hope you can visit it soon!
Lisa Wood
October 23, 2011 @ 8:11 am
we live in Australia and we love it! We travel around in our Motorhome and love exploring all there is to see! Love your story Why I love Australia article 🙂
Cheers Lisa
AussieCampervan
November 30, -0001 @ 12:00 am
Ya, same thing with me too. I also felt in love with Australia during my first visit. There are various nice places which are unforgettable, local people of Australia are so much friendly. Nice country. I would love to go there again and again.