| From experience I know that finding | | | | frustrating. Due to these circumstances we were |
| accommodation in Australia is a very delicate | | | | forced to make another decision about |
| matter. Once you've saved the money to pay for | | | | accommodation in Australia. |
| your flying trip to Australia, you might think that | | | | If your facts about Australia are out-of-date, how |
| nothing can come to you as a surprise anymore. | | | | will that affect your actions and decisions? Make |
| (Yeah, that's exactly what I thought). In Australia | | | | certain you don't let this important information slip |
| I was confronted with the brutal facts that made | | | | by you. |
| me realize that things aren't that simple. | | | | So in the end we picked a fancy Australia resort |
| "They do things a little different down there" my | | | | to spend the rest of our vacation. The service |
| grandmother said before I left. Just because they | | | | was excellent as I remember. At the time the |
| speak English in Australia doesn't mean that you | | | | choice was very simple, we had to choose |
| won't be surprised once you get to the Land of | | | | between a plain old hostel/camping or a hotel. |
| Oz! | | | | As you can imagine we were tempted to indulge |
| When I was there I learned that most popular | | | | in a few nights of hotel accommodation in |
| types of accommodation in Australia are | | | | Australia, where we could finally enjoy our privacy |
| Australian hostels. I think this has to do with the | | | | and well needed soft beds to rest our tired |
| fact that people down there travel a lot more | | | | bodies. |
| than Americans. | | | | Because the people living down under are always |
| A great share of the country is an amazingly | | | | on the move, it isn't hard to find some kind of |
| beautiful and unspoiled wilderness and some places | | | | outdoor accommodation in Australia. |
| are rather remote. You can also find some kind | | | | The only thing we took with us were our |
| of ruggedness in the Australian spirit that we | | | | backpacks and sleeping bags because we wanted |
| Americans and Western Europeans have lost | | | | to travel light. We found it was no problem at all |
| many years ago. | | | | to find a good tent, pans, pots and things like a |
| Most Australians don't mind living in what I like to | | | | portable stove, and other essential camping gear |
| call "Spartan environments" if they can live | | | | for a modest amount of money. |
| relaxed and on the cheap, and that's exactly what | | | | You can easily buy all these things or even better |
| Australia hostels are all about. | | | | rent them. We found that renting our gear was |
| They are Spartan and they are cheap. But for | | | | very convenient since we had no plans on taking |
| my family sharing one room with 15 to 20 people | | | | all this stuff with us when our vacation was over. |
| and having only one toilet to share is kind of | | | | |