It’s absolutely worth going to see it. The drive itself is beautiful, and the remaining apostles are well worth seeing no matter how many people are there. The helicopter rides are worth it as well.
Comment on Twelve Apostles visitors to be charged entry fee to see natural wonder
CameronDev@programming.dev 20 hours ago
When I visited a few years ago, it was already way over developed. There are constant bus loads of tourists, the walkways were drowning in selfie sticks.
It’s just not worth going to see it, better to go to any other spots along the coast.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 12 hours ago
CameronDev@programming.dev 11 hours ago
No argument on the drive, but the apostles themselves are not worth it imo. There are half a dozen other interesting coastal sites in the area, that are far less busy, and just as picturesque.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
That’s many tourist attractions all over the world.
CameronDev@programming.dev 16 hours ago
Sure, but that doesn’t make it OK.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Just like the Three Sisters up in the Blue Mountains; just loads of Asian tourists taking a couple of selfies before hopping on the tour bus again.
At that point you could just get a greenscreen and chromakey yourself in at home, heck of a lot cheaper…
CameronDev@programming.dev 13 hours ago
These tour bus companies are a disservice to our entire tourism industry.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I’m not sure if I blame them more than the people who go on these tours, though, for some people it’s literally just “been there, done that”.
CameronDev@programming.dev 11 hours ago
A lot don’t speak English though, so they may not be aware what they are signing up for