What do Americans think of Australia?

There are, as far as I know, three types of Americans:

• Americans who think Australia sounds awesome because they've read In A Sunburned Country.
• Americans who think Australia sounds awesome for some other reason.
• Americans who have been to Australia and found it awesome.

It's odd now that I think about it, but in 35 years of living in the USA, I've never heard anyone say one bad word about Australia. The general impression I get, and that I think a lot of Americans get, is that it's sort of a cross of some of the better aspects of the US and England, with just enough opportunities to be killed instantly by nature to give life a little spice.

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