✓Great Barrier Reef from Cairns - best diving Apr-Nov
🍷 Food, Wine & Coffee
✓Flat white invented here - Melbourne cafes legendary
✓BYO restaurants: bring your own wine, corkage $2-5
✓Smashed avo on toast ($15-22) quintessential brunch
📅 Best Time to Visit
✓Summer (Dec-Feb): beach weather, Christmas on sand
✓Autumn (Mar-May): best season - warm days, fewer crowds
✓Winter (Jun-Aug): ski in south. North warm - dry season
💡 Conseils rapides
💡Seasons opposite Northern Hemisphere - December is summer
💡Australia is continent-sized - Sydney to Melbourne 9h drive
💡Tipping NOT expected - minimum wage high, service included
💡Tap water safe and excellent everywhere
💡Coffee culture world-class - flat white originated here
💡Sunday surcharge: many restaurants add 10-15%
💡eSIM before landing - Aussie SIMs need ID verification
⚡ Conseils de pro
⭐Fixed prices, no haggling, taxes included - strong consumer laws
⭐Great Ocean Road must-do - budget 2-3 days
⭐BYO restaurants common - bring your own wine, small corkage
📋 Résumé
Australia is vast, safe, and visitor-friendly. Sun protection is priority #1. Tap water free, tipping optional, wildlife amazing but respect the distance.
