ATTRACTIVE AUSTRALIA.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5248, 18 April 1908, Page 5 (Supplement)

ATTRACTIVE AUSTRALIA.

SPORTING VISITORS. &c. ’A. D. L. writes in the " Mainly for Men” column in " M.A.P.” Those during the winter are thinking of a long journey abroad might do well to make the trip to Australia, ns travelling " clown under” is now extremely comfortable, and with the long trunk journeys possible overland, one can avoid those dangerous trips hy sea round the coast which were a necessity in tho old days. It is veritably a wreck-strewn coast, that from Melbourne to Brisbane. Tho journeys hy train are to an extent monotonous, but one’s needs are well looked after. WHAT TO TAKE. I know of many sporting men who take a |)rotraclod trip during the winter, some to tho Capo; ami others I have heard of take this longer journey to Australasia every second or third year. Anyone leaving at the present time should arrive just after the New Year, and would ho getting tho hottest weather of the whole season. Really the question of outlit need not enter very largely into consideration, Hut a few suggestions might he useful. I will not allude to what is required on hoard ship, ns anyone who has taken journeys is quite au fait with important details of this. For Australia one would suggest taking tho usual English summer clothes, plus ono or two lighter suits of tweed or flannel. I have found thin tweod without any lining to the jackets most acceptable, and, of course, soft shirts arc a great boon in any hot climate. A tropical outfit is quite unnecessary unless one is going to the north of Queensland. In Sydney und Melbourne men cling very tena-

ciously to the garb of the old country, even to the silk-hat and frockcoat, when the thermometer may be about 100 degrees in the shade. Very few affect white clothes ; but always recollect that the lighter in color your tweed is, tho less it attracts tho sun.

I might make one other suggestion, which is that your dinner jacket suit might bo specially mado of very thin cloth ; it would bo admirable, too, for summer wear in England. It has always appeared

somewhat ridiculous that some men change the weight of their day clothes in summer and winter, and yet make no change whatever in

evening garments. Do not be induced to buy any sort of sun-helmet in. England, or especially constructed hats for hot countries. When the

sun is very powerful, you will require better protection than a straw hat or panama; but so many varieties of head coverings for many of these severe days can bo procured that the sun-helmet or hat can bo very well left out to be purchased locally. Even then, for use in tho

cities, where you can always get in the shade, it is scarcely necessary ; but, of course, if ono is likely to lje exposed to the blazing sun for many hours at a stretch, it almost becomes a necessity, especially to those not inured to very high temperatures. Plenty of bools or shoes are n very great comfort in any hot country, anil you will get many trying days in January and February in part "< tha continent*