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Fallen in love with Australia yet? Well, I have... completely and utterly. Australia is beautiful, unexpected and like nothing, I have ever experienced before. I have gathered a few of my favorite small memories and experiences out of the ordinary that I want to share with my fellow travelers who might be traveling Down-under soon. It isn't the most famous places in the world but all places that have given me memories I treasure. 1. The Big Merino, Goulburn, New South Wales. When you travel around Australia you have to have a to-do list of weird things you need to do while staying down-under. One of them is stopping by Goulburn to catch a glimpse of the New South Wales icon the Big Merino, or Rambo as it is nicknamed. A 15.2 meters big sheep made of concrete standing in the middle of a parking lot. While making a pit-stop here and looking at one of Australia's ‘Big Things’ walk across the street and have a cup of coffee and a snack/breakfast at the Trappers Baker...

When most people think about visiting Australia they think of cities like Sydney or Melbourne, of pulsating and big-city lifestyle. Or they think of the outback with its red sand and Uluru as the majestic rock frosting the landscape. They rarely think of a sleepy small town countryside lifestyle, where everyone knows each other and where farming is an essential and daily part of life. Here life doesn’t seem to have changed much in the 200 years of farming history and probably won’t change much in the years to come. Where to go searching for an adventure You can experience living the isolated small-town life in Australia by visiting one of the many cattle or sheep farms scattered all over the country. We chose to visit Walla Walla, between Wagga Wagga and Albury in New South Wales. Walla Walla is a small country-town with one main road and a few other roads that somehow assemble into a town. Like many other Australian areas this place was once home to aboriginals, the Wiradjuris...