The US west coast, however, is close enough that a plane can make it in a 12 to 14 hour flight so Qantas has non-stop flights from Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane to Los Angeles.
When shark-netting first began in 1939, only the sydney metropolitan beaches were meshed, these beaches were chosen because beaches near the city are usually the most crowded with swimmers.
If we went back before to " I want to go to London" , maybe not, " I want to go to Sydney" , " I want to go to Africa" , the cinema? mmm, " I want to go to the theatre" .