Bryson travels throughout the country, visiting all of its major cities and comparing and contrasting them. The leader of a very well-known country just disappeared, and very few people have heard of the story. To further illustrate his point, he tells the story of an Australian prime minister who simply vanished in the ocean. He includes statistics about the rarity of Australia appearing in American news sources. These are in addition to the more mundane ways that a person can die in other places.īryson also stresses how little most people know about Australia. In the outback, there are the high temperatures, lack of water, and distance from everything. In the ocean, there are strong rip currents along with saltwater crocodiles. For example, several of the deadliest species of snakes in the world live on the continent. I have wanted to visit Australia for some time, so I was intrigued when I picked up the book, and became further hooked as I began reading.īryson begins his narrative by describing some of the many ways you can die in Australia. In a Sunburned Country describes Bill Bryson’s journey through all parts of Australia.
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