5 Reasons NOT To Visit Australia

1. Beaches will no longer impress you

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Australia is brimming with beautiful beaches including Bondi, Whitehaven and drum roll please... world recordbreaker for the 'whitest sand' Hyams Beach. No other beach will EVER compare.

2. You'll become a fan of big rocks

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One thing that Australia does well is big rocks. In particular, a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the "Red Centre" known as Uluru. Over 550 million years old and sacred to Australia's Aboriginal culture, this rock means business.

3. Every coffee you drink hereafter will taste like mud

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Melbourne's coffee culture is NEXT LEVEL. With over 1,600 cafes in the city alone and world champion baristas on every corner (literally) your skinny, soy, mocha, roasted from a Colombian blend won't come in short supply. It has a fab cafe culture that will make you think twice before brewing a cup of instant muck.

4. You'll make 'professional mermaid' your next job title

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Home to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the Great Barrier Reef is an aquatic dream. With plenty of scuba diving, snorkelling and sailing trips to take your fancy, you'll never want to leave those crystal clear waters! And inevitably, think that you genuinely could spend the rest of your life under the sea.

5. You won't be able to look at an avocado without smashing it

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'Smashed avo' is surprisingly (or rather unsurprisingly) an Australian delicacy. For the rest of us normal people it's mushy avocado on toast. But don't let that fool you, the Aussie Breakkie is a thing true of beauty, from Asian-infusion style dishes like chilli scrambled eggs at Sir, Charles in Fitzroy to smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels at Manchester Press in Melbourne's CBD. You won't be going hungry.

If you don't want to become a professional mermaid, never again enjoy an instant cup of coffee or become a fan of big rocks, then don't go to Australia, we repeat: DO NOT GO TO AUSTRALIA. Otherwise, sure why the hell not?!

10 things only a backpacker would understand

You're a rare breed backpacker. You experience a whole heap of things that many people will never come across in their LIVES... goon hangovers, questionable street food and the god damn usefulness of a travel towel. But we're with you, we know how you feel, we've experienced them too and put together a useless BRILLIANT list of a few of our favourites! You'll totally understand when you read them.

1. Drinking wine from a bag

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...and then using it as a pillow.

2. Suffering a goon induced hangover

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There is nothing more painful in this WORLD.

3. The skilled art of haggling

backpackers can haggle"5 nights for 5 baht and you've got a deal!"

4. The street food diet

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Pad Thai is acceptable for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

5. That awkward moment when you hear suspicious noises in your dormitory

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Pack your ear plugs. Seriously.

6. The beauty of your passport

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You can never have too many stamps. NEVER.

7. How LONG an overnight bus journey is

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...especially when your phone dies.

8. The ability to sniff out a hostel happy hour

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Did someone say $1 shots?!

9. What the hell a travel towel is

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It may be ugly but my god it's useful.

10. What wanderlust feels like

we're going on an adventure

And never coming home.

Do you know any more random things only a backpacker would understand? Let us know in the comments below and we'll add them to the list!