I had the privilege of visiting 2 very interesting destinations recently, Australia, and Villas in Provence, France. I will write more about France soon. Here is a brief highlight of my amazing time traveling through Australia.
In Australia we began in the North. In Darwin, we had a private behind the scenes visit to Paspaley Pearls, the leading supplier of top rated South Ses Pearls. The pearls were beautiful!
We visited the remote Kimberly coast in close proximity to where the film Australia was filmed. We visited the Barossa and Clare Valley- a leading culinary and wine region. We stayed at a new 5 star hotel on Kangaroo Island called South Ocean Lodge and it is indeed a 5 star especially the spa. 
We saw kangaroos, wallabies, kualas, amazing birds, crocodiles,manatees, goannas, dingoe, buffalo, seals, and not one snake. We shot skeet, rode ATV's on a sheep ranch, found beautiful seashells on deserted beaches, flew in helicopters, hiked to see aboriginal rock art on remote cliffs, coursed over swamplands, ran our hands in boxes of valuable south sea pearls, saw rings on Saturn with an astronomer from the Parkes Observatory, sailed in Sydney Harbor, fished Barramundi, and sampled some of the finest wines and food I have ever seen. 
We ended in Sydney. What a beautiful city! (I am including all links below to the places we stayed.) My greatest impression of Australia was the people. To a person, they were funny, happy, delighted to see us, laid back, easy, and everything was "no worries". I was struck by the feeling of warmth and safety I felt everywhere we went.Australia is only 12 hours from San Fransisco. I had no idea it was that close- about the same time from Rome to Atlanta. This country has so much to offer beyond the excitements of Sydney, Melbourne, the Great Barrier Reef and Ayers Rock. Its beauty, richness, and friendliness are truly impressive. It a destination with amazing diversity, and I cannot wait to go back.
Check out some of the places we stayed! They were all incredible.
http://www.bulloriver.com/
http://www.farawaybay.com.au/
http://www.bulloriver.com/
http://www.farawaybay.com.au/
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