Australia is nice - if you can survive the flight over - my advice - take business or 1st class if you go - otherwise it's like being on one of those trains in India where there are people lying on the top of the train lol.... Melbourne and Sydney are nice so is the Gold Coast... but I went in their winter time/spring - it's probably really nice in their summer. Very friendly people there - and usually are very excited to help out or talk to Americans.