Best of Australia Travel Stories - Win an iPad or Galaxy

"First 10 entries go into a draw for 5 iPad or iPhone PowerCases"

WITH the Aussie dollar riding high against the financially strapped European and US currencies, the Australian Tourism industry is doing it tough. There’s not much support coming from our Federal or State Governments so we want to ask you, the traveling Aussie public (and if you’re an overseas visitor we’d love to hear from you to), to help us compile a top 75 Best of Australia experiences.

The long flight to this fabulous and still lucky country makes attracting visitors to our shores challenging at the best of times. Those that live here know how truly lucky we are living in such a diverse continent with modern first world cities a step away from unique wildlife and a country unlike anywhere else in the world.

If you think about it, there are few countries where you can ski one day, jump on a plane for a couple of hours the next and find yourself lying on a tropical beach or in the middle of a stunning Outback desert. From the idyllic apple isle of Tasmania, to the lush tropical north of Queensland, from deserts, to tropical rainforests to wine valleys and culturally rich cities, Australia is blessed with a rare found diversity.

Being on our doorstep it is too easy for us to take it all for granted. For others the journey here can seem too long and simply too far away. We need to share our Australian travel stories so others can experience and enjoy what a truly fabulous country we live in.

With that in mind, we would like to invite you to write and share your favourite Australian destination. It doesn’t have to be well known, it doesn’t have to be fabulous in the eyes of the world and it doesn’t need to involve a car or campervan rental, what counts is what made it great for you and why you want others to experience the same.

It could be a holiday, a day trip, festival or event you attended or new corner of Australia you discovered. Whatever it is we'd like you to share the same journey with others. We’re going to aim high with a target of the top 75 experiences or destinations.

EVERYONE likes an incentive so we are offering an Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy for the best experience as judged by the DriveNow Reservations team. Your stories and photos will be published on the DriveNow blog and website and shared with others to help promote and support the Australian Tourism industry.

Send through your entries to bestofaustralia@drivenow.com.au and you are very welcome to include photos. If you’ve had a great experience with a competitor of ours don’t be shy and include it, this competition is our small way to help promote Australia as a great place to visit, irrespective of which Australian Tourist operator you used.

Hurry - the First 10 entries will go into a draw for 5 CasePowertm for your iPad or iPhone. The CasePower is a clever slim case with in an inbuilt light-weight, ultra-thin rechargeable battery seamlessly integrated into a protective case that can double your battery life.

Entries will be open until June 30th and winners will be contacted before 6th July and published on the DriveNow Blog on the same day.

We very much look forward to hearing from you! All The Team at DriveNow