I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their own devices, to be incredibly creative and, at times, to be wonderfully weird.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way of thinking about the world. A vision that over tens of thousands of years has risen out of the land, the power, the very being of our continent, Australia.
Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.
What is likely to vanish - or be transformed beyond recognition - are many of the things we think of when we think of Australia: the barrier reef, the koalas, the sense of the country as a land of almost limitless natural resources.
I love Australia. My dream would be to have a place to live there and be able to commute back and forth.
There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand.
It's got more cosmopolitan, and it's lost its uniqueness, but Australia is still a great place.
I've been to Australia several times, and I just like the earthiness; it's part of the culture. That's a really good vibe to be around.
Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
Australia lives with a strange contradiction - our national image of ourselves is one of the Outback, and yet nearly all us live in big cities. Move outside the coastal fringe, and Australia can feel like a foreign country.