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Then, there is a cherry on the cake, and it's completely unique for each cruise. While hardly anything beats swimming amidst a coral reef, the ace up the Tall Ship's sleeve is, in a way, just as impressive.

It's only natural that a song chosen to represent a nation, says a whole lot about that nation.

The fact that such two opposites have somehow been reconciled to give a rise to a distinct nation (and a new type of society), is probably one of the most striking social wonders humankind ever produced.

More than 200 years later this neighbourship resulted in a fascinating guided tour offered to the guests of the city. Strictly speaking, there are two separate tours, and the more traditional one covers the story of the immigrants.

It also happened to be not the first time that immigration would shape an identity and/or determine priorities of a New World country…

The history of Sydney Opera House has every making of a fairytale

That unique geography could hardly fail to change the status of water for the whole country: from mere necessity of life to a cultural – and even spiritual – icon of that “island continent”.

The main attraction in question is the Great Barrier Reef. Once there, the actual experience is beyond not only description but most pictures, too.

Essentially, a perfect day in a country-club - but for the fact that the “country-club” in question is scattered all over Atherton Tablelands, "a highland region of northern Australia, near Cairns"