Australia's West Coast: Seven Wild Reasons to Visit

[phkrause]

Welcome to Western Australia, where you can swim with whale sharks, snorkel a reef that rivals the Great Barrier, and dine in one of the country's most cosmopolitan cities. Here are seven wild reasons to add Australia's west coast to your must-visit list.

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[joeb]

Australia is on the short list of places in the world I would love to visit if I had the money. I'd love to spend a year or so there getting to know the people and the seeing the entire country. The second place on my short list of two is Finland. From what I've seen of it, it is beautiful country, and the Finns are a quite unique people. They are the only small country directly connected to the old Soviet Union that kept its independence. They are also the only small country that won that independence by repulsing a Soviet invasion. A very unique and independent people.