Travel Topics: Australia vs. New Zealand

Deciding which country to travel to

You have the opportunity to travel to either Australia or New Zealand, but how much do you really know about each? If you're like me, you went to public school here in the US and were a bit confused on the differences between Australia and New Zealand.

Here we have devised an in depth and scientifically accurate chart to assist you in the vital differences between Australia and New Zealand.

While this was created with the utmost care and consideration, the only true way to decide which country is better is to go to both and decide for yourself. Hope you like flying!

Categories	Australia	New Zealand
Flags	Union Jack with 6 white stars	Union jack with 4 red stars
Indigenous People	Aborigines - arrived 40,000 or more years ago	Maori - arrived around 1000 years ago
Notable Animals	Kangaroo	Kiwi Bird & Sheep
Most Notable Film	Crocodile Dundee & Bad Boy Bobby	Lord of The Rings I, II & III
Comedy on TV	Summer Heights High	Flight of the Conchords
Notable Music	AC/DC - Big Balls	OMC - How Bazaar
Sports Championships or World Cups	Netball - 8 Cricket - 4 Rugby - 2 Soccer - 0	Netball - 3 Rugby - 1 Cricket - 0 Soccer - 0
National Animal Enthusiast	Steve Erwin	Any sheep farmer
Nudism	Annual Nude Olympics Maslim Beach, South Australia	Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club
What's for lunch?	"Feesh and Cheeps!"	"Fush and Chups!"

After some serious scientific analysis, New Zealand and Australia are a very close match up. One striking note by the Aussie's is their notable movies with Bad Boy Bobby and Crocodile Dundee. You see, both of these movies made me cry, but for very different reasons.

Regarding the music, AC/DC beats OMC, but only by a letter. This proves one thing about their music choices: neither likes to use names for band titles, only letters.

Australia has had more professional sporting titles but with a larger population, and thus bigger talent pool, this can be expected. Oddly however, New Zealand's All Blacks are a very good Rugby team, they just don't show up when it counts during the championships.

In conclusion, if you have the opportunity, then check out these two amazing countries for yourself and see what differences you come up with. Find out how you can work and travel in either New Zealand or Australia.

About the Author
Mike has been working and traveling abroad since 2005. Recent trips include 12 months in Australia, a month in China and another in Europe followed by a six week USA road trip. Mike isn't rich, just resourceful in finding work abroad. In additon to providing free information on working abroad, and travel photography for sale online, Mike is also available for speaking engagements on the benefits of world travel.

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