Since Vietnamese citizens have been able to travel freely since the end of 1997, Australia has been one of the top destinations for long-distance travel. So for a long time, Vietnamese tourists have known a lot about Sydney, Melbourne and then Adelaide, a small number of visitors also know about Gold Coast and a few visitors know about Perth. So why not explore and enjoy all the interesting things in another new destination in the charming land of kangaroos, Queensland?
Ms. Leza Ahmed-Wyatt, Deputy Consul (Home Affairs), Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City spoke at the program.
This state is not small, its area is twice as large as Texas, many Vietnamese tourists have visited and it contains many valuable natural "treasures", unique on this planet, just like the proud invitation of the smokeless industry of the state: "Our garden is a million-year-old tropical rainforest. Our backyard is a vast desert with many fossilized dinosaur bones. Our swimming pool? Oh, the world's largest coral reef!".
The Great Barrier Reef stretches 2,300 km along the continental shelf along the coast of Queensland, one of the seven natural wonders of the world and has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system.
In addition, there are entertainment facilities that are among the largest in the world, modern, safe and friendly to all family members. Not to forget that Australians are gentle and generous; Australian cuisine is diverse and Queensland is also famous as a wine country with more than 180 producers of all kinds of delicious wines at very affordable prices.
Australia is so big that with only 6 states, you know Queensland, one of those 6 states is not small. But for tourists who are afraid of long distance travel, there are 3 addresses with all the fun of sightseeing, shopping, enjoying, entertaining and relaxing. They are Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, ie three coastal cities that you can easily travel back and forth with a road travel time of only 1 hour (Brisbane to Gold Coast) to 1 hour and a half (Brisbane to Sunshine Coast).
If you want to see the world’s greatest coral reef, fly to Cairns, 140 minutes from Brisbane. If you want to visit the Whitsundays Islands with their world-famous white sand beaches, it takes 105 minutes. If you want to taste all kinds of yeast, drive to the Sunshine Coast, which is the “draft beer capital” of the state.
Not only that, the “Sunshine Coast” also has an extremely attractive tourist and entertainment destination, which, according to a female travel industry administrator, is “sad because it has never had the opportunity to welcome all Vietnamese guests”. That is the Sealife amusement park (belonging to Merlin Entertainments, UK) in Mooloolaba! Here, visitors who love nature will be extremely excited to see “fairy blue penguins” with an average height of only 25cm; go in an 80m long tunnel under the ocean to observe marine life, from giant octopuses to giant whales and giant sea turtles.
Brisbane, Australia.
35km from Brisbane is Sunset Safaris at Tangalooma Island Resort. At this resort you can have a barbecue on the hot rocks; dive deep into the sea… and even more exciting, set sail on modern ships to see whale families swimming from the Antarctic Ocean to the warmer waters during the migration season from June to October.
Going further inland is a wild territory but contains many beautiful landscapes, many Aboriginal art. Australians call it the outback, the backyard is so huge, through the west is the great state of Northern Territory.
