Australian Politics Forum - Which cities have been your BEST and Worst trips?

Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41921 Gender:	Re: Which cities have been your BEST and Worst trips? Reply #15 - Jul 18^th, 2026 at 12:08pm Worst town - Rolleston on QLD. Worth a visit, it was so awful Pemberton on WA was pretty nice., I would not live there
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Muriel Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 604 Gender:	Re: Which cities have been your BEST and Worst trips? Reply #16 - Jul 18^th, 2026 at 12:29pm Frank wrote on Jul 18^th, 2026 at 10:52am: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Most-and-Least-Livea... Frank can't get out of his shower chair, much less travel. Good thing that it is rated for 350 lbs. https://ibb.co/Nd7mkMFF
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Reply #17 - Jul 18^th, 2026 at 1:22pm

Frank wrote on Jul 18^th, 2026 at 10:52am:

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Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide made top 10 Shocked

Sydney is amazing especially around circular quay and walking distance from hotel that is!
Otherwise, traffic is mad and roads are curved and too easily get lost.
At least Melbourne has all straight roads and only road I don’t like are the hook turn intersections!

I think Adelaide is lovely. Nicer paced.

I’m looking forward to going to their nearby island, (kangaroo island) in December as a cruise stopover. I buy their eggs from IGA @ $15 dozen (not easy to find everywhere) buy they are amazing eggs!
The honey I ordered from kangaroo island recently is amazing too!

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Reply #18 - Jul 18^th, 2026 at 1:32pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 18^th, 2026 at 11:44am:

Top 10 Cities for Tourism Performance in 2025

Los Angeles city itself I never got the chance to see due to only 4 day stopover extended from a group tour. We went to find long lost relatives which was fantastic! We connected so well. We all had huge impressions in our hearts.
I loved CA, the people, and Disneyland!
But LAX airport…ugh! A nightmare!
The Venice Marco Polo airport could do with better signage! Roll Eyes

Best airport so far I’ve given my award to is Dubai! (but far out that oppressive 40 deg heat is a killer and night time it stayed at 40 deg!! I felt like I was in an oven with pilot light turned off!)

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Reply #19 - Jul 19^th, 2026 at 1:40am

Sophia wrote on Jul 18^th, 2026 at 1:32pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 18^th, 2026 at 11:44am:

Top 10 Cities for Tourism Performance in 2025

Los Angeles city itself I never got the chance to see due to only 4 day stopover extended from a group tour. We went to find long lost relatives which was fantastic! We connected so well. We all had huge impressions in our hearts.
I loved CA, the people, and Disneyland!
But LAX airport…ugh! A nightmare!
The Venice Marco Polo airport could do with better signage! Roll Eyes

Best airport so far I’ve given my award to is Dubai! (but far out that oppressive 40 deg heat is a killer and night time it stayed at 40 deg!! I felt like I was in an oven with pilot light turned off!)

Do you have distant cousins in LA? I always enjoy the city and make it a point to fly into Burbank and not LAX. I have a friend whose family has a place in Laurel Canyon, and you would never know that you are in LA surrounded by millions of people - the only thing I heard at night was the owl outside of my window. I understand why musicians in the 60s and 70s were drawn to the area.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57067 Gender:	Re: Which cities have been your BEST and Worst trips? Reply #20 - Jul 19^th, 2026 at 8:22am You all know these Polls, etc are based on how much MONEY nations pay into them for PROMOTIONAL RANKINGS of their cities, beaches, etc.
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