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MOST travellers in the UK can play out their dream holiday in Australia and New Zealand with no worries and do just what they have always wanted to do in both countries.
A total of 11 out of the 20 Dream Holidays in a recent BBC survey in the UK can be had in either Australia or New Zealand, with nine of them in the top ten wishes.
And 10 of the 11 can be done in beautiful New Zealand. Odd one out was diving the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland, which came in second overall.
A dream of swimming with dolphins was top of the list and this can easily be done off several Australian beaches, with no danger.
In the top ten a total of eight can be done in Australia and these included whale watching, dive with sharks (both possible off several areas of the Australian coast), sky diving, hot air ballooning, fly a fighter jet and go on safari.
The two which had Australia/New Zealand stumped were both due to geography - fly the Concorde London to New York (you had better be quick) and see the Northern Lights. But Queensland has its own mystery lights, the Min Min lights, out in the State's central west.
But Australia came into its own with one of the Dream Wishes - climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge (you can only do this in Sydney - although you can also climb Auckland's Bridge and you'll be able to climb Brisbane's Story Bridge next year). This dream was rated 12 and eight of Travel Australia's lucky readers will be able to do just this shortly, when our BridgeClimb
competition is drawn.
So, just come on down to Down Under and make your holiday dreams come true. And, of course, there's plenty more to do in these two exciting countries than the Dream Wishes.