your most overrated destination.

Ain't we all different though. I thing GO Road is one of my favorite places

Kakadu ( or is it kakadont?)

Hi Burra, this is a good topic, that is bound to get a few responses. For me I love the Great Ocean Rd and Ayers Rock. For me the most over rated spot I have been to was Moreton Island. You cant help compare it to Fraser, and it comes up short. Im not saying I hated my stay their, I had some friends come back from their raveing about it, so I put it on my list of places to go. It rained the whole time we were their, and it was crowded. Im sure if I go back again, and it is sunny and less people, Id love it as well.

I am not too sure if I can name any place as each person has their own opinion. So far all of the places people have mentioned as being overrated we loved. Some travellers you meet will absolutely bag a place, but we still go with an open mind and usually have a ball. El Questro as an example. While doing the Kimberley we meet so many telling us not to bother going there. Too expensive, overrated, etc etc. Luckily we went there, spent 4 nights and found it brilliant.
I know this thread is just for fun, but do not let people put you off a place. Listen to them, but still give it a go. Maybe we just get spoilt when travelling?
Burra
Sad you will never go to Queensland. There are a lot of fantastic places to go, not to mention the tip.
Kevin

G'day Burra,

Broome's the most overrated place for me.
I didn't expect much but I wouldn't rate it at anymore than a stopover to somewhere else.

Steve

I agree that the Great Ocean Road is a disappointment.
My biggest disappointment was Tasmania, the ship couldn't come soon enough!

I only travelled this road last week and I did not mind the scenery etc but the road from Anglesea to way around Apoollo Bay was shocking. They must get large trucks going around that road and these trucks have pushed holes in the road with large mounds of bitumen sticking up. The only warning you get is a small sign saying ROUGH SERVICE AHEAD

Have seen a fair bit of Australia and places I would not rush back to are :Lava tubes, Broome, Fraser Island.

I would have to say Coral Bay! so many people said how awesome it is so I had pretty high expectations, get there and the caravan parks are dangerously overcrowded, We felt like sardines! mind you we had a massive van and had to manouver around cars parked all over the shop, couldnt wait to trek onto exmouth which was absolutely awesome!

I vote theGold Coast. I spend 18 years in Adelaide and remember people saving up for their anual leave to fly there. I met up with some SA friends in November, only the theme parks kept them interested. Second is Frazer, the hired troopies are scary.
Cheers

I went to Rockhampton for a wedding and thought a trip out to Great Keppel Island with a Barrier Reef boat tour might be good....what a waste of time. The reef is unimpressive there and the island had nothing to see in my opinion. The boat back to Rockhampton couldn't get there quick enough. The six hour wait seemed like six days. :-) I generally like most places too, although shiny new resorts leave me cold. Paying a fortune for a few days of "luxury"....no thanks.

It has to be Home.

When we are anywhere else we never want to go back there.

Paull

Most places we have been we would happily return to. If we have negative impressions its most likely because of factors like poor weather or too crowded or just having a bad day.

That said Monkey Mia was a big disappointment. Went late to avoid crowds as advised by a sign somewhere - paid our entrance fee only to find on asking that feeding was over for the day. We though in that case they had a cheek to be charging for entry. We didnt see a single dolphin let alone get to feed one.

Often if we go to an unknown place that we have no expectations about, we find that its a great spot and that makes for a special experience.

Cheers,

Val

Burra,
reading posts with people disliking places that I enjoy makes me think it must be a matter of timing, Ayres Rock in school hols is a shocker, in August under a full moon it is magnificent. With that in mind I add Broome - nothing there, and Cape York -I know you have to tick it off, but it is a big disappointment compared to other places you can visit in the north.
Ian

Wave Rock near Hyden was very disappointing but some of the rock water catchment areas nearby were very interesting.

Pinnacles near Cervantes also very disappointing.

Don't let any of the negative comments put you off visiting a place. The only person that can make a judgement on what you like is YOU. What is the NT slogan,
"If you never, never go, you will never, never know."

Monkey Mia. First went there mid seventies.Old cp by beach, only one couple + mate and
me on beach when Dolphin's came in, never had any food for them but they came right
up to us for a look mate got good photo's. Sadly I didn't .Only have memories.
Went back a couple of year's ago for a look. Now line up not too far in the water.
No thanks I will keep the memories.
Brian

Cptn Billy's Landing I reckon is a waist of time driving out to. Every thing else on the Cape was great.
Cheers Dave.

Broome, by a country mile, over-rated, over priced and over crowded. Years ago it was a great little place to stop for a month or so, now buy fuel and a bit of food and then get out of there quick smart.

Second but not by much is the "famous" Margaret River, it used to be a great little place to camp, surf, booze and relax. Too many expensive houses, eating places and snobby people for me now.

On the other end of the scale is Denmark. Still affordable with plenty of good eating places and good wineries. Nice and quite for most of the year. Avoid school holidays and Easter though.

Disco.

Margaret River, WA. Overrated and grossly overpriced wine, local people are up themselves, the main street is full of heavy trucks grinding up the hill. Food very ordinary and extraordinary prices. Don't bother.

I believe the question was about the destination not the experience, from what I have seen with the post's above, people either didn't like the destination because it was to expensive or it was over crowded.

What did any of you actually think about the destination itself???

On a trip last year we were going to go to Ruby Gap, as it happened we spent to much time looking at other things on the way, as the drive and scenery was incredible to say the least, long story short we got to the river crossing at 4pm we realised that we were not going to make it as it was a day trip from Alice, so we had a late lunch turned around and headed back.

Disappointed NO we had a great time taking it all in, we decided that next time we will take the camper trailer and do the whole Binns track from start to finish, however with this one days experience we decided to do a lot more exploring of the Binns track before we headed home.

We as a family have not found a place that has been a disappointment yet, some of the people we have met or the experiences we have had with park owners, tours, etc you get the point, at the destination have a disappointment but not the destination itself.

We look at it like this, it is not the destination to look forward to it is the whole journey.

Phil

In wa in order it's
Wave rock (fine if your going past anyway)
Pinnacles (same)
Margaret river (it's just a country town with tickets there's no reason to go there)

2 words.Victor Harbor (or is it Harbour).

Loved all of WA but was disappointed with Margaret River. I know now why they have so many bush fires there. The country is shit. Dotted with some nice wineries. Over rated.

As they said - as many opinions as many people. Some mentioned destination of "never came again" actually my favorite ones. Both that OP mentioned as an example. Even if I been on GOR so many times (you just obligated to drive there if someone came to see you and they first time in Australia) and could not find anything new there I still like scenery. Other mentioned place The Rock - been there 3 times and do not mind again. Kakadu - definitely will return immediately after wet season.

As for my places "never came again". Number one is Mungo Lake - IMHO incredibly overrated and absolutely nothing to do, does not worth even 1 hr drive. Snowy River NP (where that famous bridge) - such disappointment. Den of Nargun in Mitchel River NP - cannot get what people found interesting there. At certain extend Flinders Rangers - OK to drive from Adelaide, but not worth it to drive from Melbourne as only destination, though OK to spend a day "on the way". And last but not least (you may be surprised) is Wilsons Promontory. Place is OK, but so controlled, overcrowded and restricted. Been once and it is enough to end of my life.

Cheers