Australia · City & Place Guides
Sydney for First-Time Visitors: Harbour, Beaches and Transport
A useful first-time Sydney guide to harbour days, beach choices, ferries, Opal payments, airport transfers and safe swimming.
· 6 min read
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Australia
Beach mornings, backyard barbecues and Christmas in the sunshine. Designs for Australians at home, and for the many who are living a long way from it.
A long way from everywhere
Australians are famous for travelling, and for missing home the moment they leave. The distance is part of the identity: a long flight from almost anywhere, which makes every trip home feel like an event and every reminder of home feel precious.
Ask an Australian abroad what they miss and the answers are wonderfully ordinary: the light, the beach on a weekday morning, the barbecue, the slang nobody else understands.
City loyalty
Australians are loyal to their own city, and the friendly rivalry between the big cities is a national pastime. A design that names the right city, or the right suburb, says far more than one that just says "Australia".
What we design here
Designs for Australia start from everyday life: city names, beach culture, summer Christmases and the dry, affectionate humour Australians use about themselves. Everything is original, with no official emblems or borrowed marks.
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Australia · Country Guides
What Makes Australia Special: Nature, Heritage and National Pride
The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Sydney Opera House and wildlife found nowhere else. A guide to what makes Australia special.
· 2 min read
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