Why Australia
There are destinations that can be explained, and others that are experienced. Australia resolutely belongs to the second category. Continent and country at the same time, it unfolds over 7.7 million square kilometers a succession of scenery that seems to be borrowed from several different planets: Sydney Harbour with its opera house in pearly shells, the translucent waters of the Great Barrier Reef, the absolute silence of the Red Outback under an unprecedented sky of stars, the limestone cliffs of the Twelve Apostles battered by the Southern Ocean. Each region imposes its own temporality.
What makes Australia so special is the coexistence of this wild and extreme nature with metropolises perfectly rehearsed for the traveller. Sydney and Melbourne regularly rank among the most liveable cities in the world, with first-rate culinary, artistic and nightlife scenes. The Australian welcome, relaxed and warm, completes the endowment of this country: the first trip is rarely the last.
The culture of the First Peoples, rich in 60,000 years of history, gives an additional depth to the journey. Uluru, an Anangu sacred site, is not visited like an ordinary monument: you meditate, you listen, you gradually understand that Australia is also a conversation between geological time and human time.
