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Expert Profile: Ian Smith

Expertise: Very good knowledge of N.S.W. from beach to bush to Broken Hill. Have also travelled in a lot in Victoria, Queensland (to Townsville), Tasmania, South Australia and a few weeks in southern W.A. Used to be Hunter Valley Tourist Officer. Contact me for sights to see, not which disco or pub to recommend. Have also spent months in Europe, particularly the following: Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Austria and Czech Republic. I am a retiree and have a Winnebago Motorhome which I plan to use over the next few years (and have done some trips already).

Experience in the area
I have surfed, raced motorcycles, ordinary cycles and a bit of fishing through much of the area as well as working there selling 5 days a week. I also have many photographs which I am currently working at putting on the computer. I have an extensive catalogue of where I've travelled at virtualtourist.com under "iandsmith".

Organizations
Hunter Valley Veterans Cycling Club

Publications
REVS, Surfing World, Soccer Weekly, Australian Motor Cycle News, Womens Weekly.

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Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: I have a wicked sense of humour, having been raised on the Goon Shows and Monty Python and I do like photography. I have a Nikon D50 digital. I also write articles for magazines, mostly about travel.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 1120
Knowledge	9.67 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.79 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.67 Best of the best
Politeness	9.94 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		1
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		150

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/30/08
10	10	10	10	06/18/08
10	10	10	10	06/02/08
10	10	10	10	01/30/08
10	10	10	10	01/27/08

User Comments

very polite and knowledgable
(leilani on 11/30/08)

Thank you so much for your quick and helpful response!
(Anne on 06/18/08)

Thanx so much, I will definately be considering you suggestions of Pert.
(TeOwaina on 06/02/08)

many Thanks.
(Lee on 01/30/08)

thank you so much to Ian. A really friendly and prompt reaction from Australia
(Lee on 01/27/08)

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Recent Answers from Ian Smith

2008-11-30 moving from hawai to aus: Mmm, obviously you haven't looked too closely at a demographic map of Australia otherwise you would have known that 90% of the population live on or near the coast. As for European flair in cities, better...

2008-11-17 First timer....: Hello again. 45 minutes from SeaWorld will put here near the Gold Coast and all its attractions. For instance, apart from SeaWorld, there is Dream World, Warner Brothers and the water slides. In addition...

2008-11-17 First timer....: Hello Violet, There are lots of things but, it depends where you are. Surfers Paradise, Australia's version of Miami only with better beaches, is around 2,000 kilometres from Cairns, which...

2008-11-01 Australlia for two weeks: I get frustrated when I get asked this question. It's somewhat sad to me that people don't contact me before they make their plans. In two weeks you are going to spend so much of your time travelling...

2008-10-30 Christmas in NSW: First of all, Lennox Head is north, not south of Sydney. Secondly, it's a LONG way north, try at least 600 kilometres. As far as beaches go it's awful, it's the point break over rocks that got its surfing...