Do Australians who Travel Abroad Live up to Their Stereotypes?

News.com.au Travel has an interesting report on what the rest of the world thinks of Australians who travel abroad. They have compiled a list of common Australian stereotypes including that Australians are:

• Dumb 
• Fat, loud and drunk
• Racist
• The world's worst tippers
• Easy-going and don't complain
• The world's greatest travellers

I would personally like to add one to the list:
Australians are the worst dressed travellers.

When heading back home to Australia from America, Europe or Asia, it is always easy to tell in the airport which are the Australians returning back home. They will be wearing thongs and board shorts for the guys and ugg boots and trackies for the girls. Why can't we wear blazers and comfortable chinos like the European men do? I understand it is a comfort issue, but come on, you left the beach four hours ago!

Australian Abroad Question of the Day

What is the best travel insurance company for Australians?

New Photos of Greece and NYC are up!

New photos are up on the top of the Australian Abroad blog and my following websites:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anaustralianabroad/

http://aus-abroad.tumblr.com/

Amazing Qantas Sale! $1499 Return from Sydney to NYC

Qantas is having a massive sale with return flights to New York from Sydney going for a crazy $1499! Travel dates are from 3 August to 13 September 2012, 1 to 28 November 2012 and 1 February to 21 March 2013. I called up Qantas and spoke to a representative and even he was surprised how cheap they were. One thing to note however is that there is a $30 charge for paying with credit card.

More details on their current specials can be found here. 

http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/international-flight-specials/from-sydney/economy/global/en

The fall of the Aussie Dollar

Here is a simple read of the assessment of the short term strength of the Aussie Dollar.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advisor/doc-holiday-reckons-the-aussie-dollars-first-class-all-the-way-journey-may-be-coming-to-an-end/story-e6frfqfr-1226363443259

Where are the world's busiest airline routes?

The Economist has a very interesting article on the world's busiest airline routes. Trips between Jeju and Seoul in South Korea come in at the top spot with 9.9 million passengers per year. Impressively, Melbourne- Sydney comes in 5th with a little over 7 million passengers.

For more results please visit:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/05/daily-chart-8