![]() ![]() “Australians are very unfair in this way. They have a society that is prosperous, well ordered, and instinctively egalitarian. Their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water. ![]() “The people are immensely likable- cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted, and unfailingly obliging. ![]() But I will tell you this: the loss is entirely ours.” It doesn’t need watching, and so we don’t. It doesn’t have coups, recklessly overfish, arm disagreeable despots, grow coca in provocative quantities, or throw its weight around in a brash and unseemly manner. Its population is small and its role in the world consequently peripheral. “Australia is mostly empty and a long way away. Here are just some of the many notable quotes from the book. I just finished reading a thoroughly enjoyable and informative book by Bill Bryson called Down Under. ![]()
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