I have been down there twice, and I have never been anywhere in the world where they spoke so many laguages, most speak English, but from Italian to greek and cantonese to arabic, I never seen anything like it...
But it is also one of the most beautiful places in the world second to Alaska in the summer of course {swimming in a warm lake surrounded by snow capped mountains was one of the best times of my life}, In Australia I stayed in Burleigh {probably about 900 miles from you}and went jogging with the some of the hottest surfer chicks in the world wearing the smallest bikinis {the girls, not me}I ever seen.... That was a great 16 days, didnt rain once!!!! Bryce you are a lucky boy them Aussy ladies are not too shabby... I will be back in 2013, but we are going to Sydney and we are doing the entire city "thing" this time {staying at shangrila lol}.... Ill never go back to Burleigh may have a few kids out that way, lol...