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The Pommie Nomads
 Have
any of you out there noticed it yet? The Pommie nomads are starting
to make their presence felt around the campfire. Some of them have
even got the cheek to crack open a coldie and start talking about
taking 'our' Ashes back next year.
The new British invasion
isn't just an urban myth. It's really happening. Last year, more
than a quarter of the 700,000 UK visitors who arrived here were
aged over 55. "The British market is a ripper of a market for us
and we are actively targeting the older adventurer now," says Tourism
Australia spokesperson, Andrew McEvoy. "A lot of older UK travellers
are looking to stretch the boundaries."
David and Veronica
Taylor from Cambridge are typical of the new breed of Outback-travelling
Brits. The 50-something couple are veterans of holidays to southern
Europe and were looking for something different. Eight months into
their year-long trip around Australia, the couple has no regrets.
"It has been absolutely fantastic," says David. "It has exceeded
all of our expectations … the experience of a lifetime."
The couple bought
an 18-year-old Kombi van within a week of landing in Perth and will
sell it when they leave. "It is just a completely different experience
to camping in Europe," David says. "At first, we had the heebie
jeebies when we were on our own in the middle of nowhere but we
soon got over all of that and are very relaxed now."
So, next time you
hear a Pommie accent in a park or in the bush, don't forget to offer
them a beer … and then put them right about the cricket.
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