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Many flights to Australia land in Sydney, so it makes sense to do some car hire comparison before you get there and have a car waiting for you when you arrive.
From Sydney you can drive a little way north and explore the Blue Mountains which take their name from a bluish tinge that hovers above them, believed to be caused by a reaction between the Gum trees (Eucalyptus trees) and rays from the sun.
There are drives from Sydney to the Glenbrook National Park site here with numerous bushwalks, sites of significance to the Aboriginal community as well as diverse wildlife, plus the odd kangaroo is frequently sighted. Norman Lindsay Gallery is also part of the Blue Mountains area. It is here that the Aussie writer, boxer and multi-faceted artist, lived in a cottage that is now open to visitors.
The Wentworth Falls area is another part of the area. There are numerous viewing platforms where visitors can take in spectacular views of the Jamison Valley, with its waterfalls.
One of the most popular places in the Blue Mountains reserve is Katoomba which is home to Scenic World. Here visitors can choose from four exciting ways to see the Blue Mountains close up and with ease: the Scenic Walkway, Scenic Railway, Scenic Skyway and Scenic Cableway.
The Great Ocean Road is probably the most famous drive in Australia. From Sydney, take a coach or fly to Avalon airport, which has great transport links to both Melbourne and Geelong. You’ll be heading in the direction of Geelong to get to the Great Ocean Road, so take the shuttle and pick up a car there.
The road winds around the coast and passes many spectacular beaches, rainforests and cliffs. The most noteworthy landmark on the drive is the Twelve Apostles. The Twelve Apostles are huge freestanding limestone stacks jutting from the water. There were never actually twelve of them, but nine, and in recent years one has fallen to make that eight. Originally having been part of the cliffs, they were slowly eroded to become arches and eventually individual stacks.
Adelaide is further to drive to from Sydney than driving to Poland from the South of the UK. There’s a train from Sydney that travels to Broken Hill, from where it is possible to take a bus down to Adelaide, but it makes sense to book an internal flight from Sydney to Adelaide. On arrival, pick up a car and make your way to the wineries of the Barossa Valley. There are four scenic drives recommended by the tourism board: the Barossa Scenic Heritage drive through Bethany to Tanuda, the Gawler tour, the drive up Mengler Hill, which goes through the Barossa Valley sculpture park and the drive along Seppeltsfield Road, which has palm trees at its edges and goes past the wineries you may have heard of, Torbeck and the Barossa Valley Estate. Remember to spit as you’re supposed to at the wineries as you’re driving.
All of these drives promise breathtaking views of Australia’s landscape.
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