I can vouch for the friendliness of the people of Brisbane, it is a wonderful place to holiday or live. The shops are fabulous, the restaurants are first class, the ability to travel using public transport is unlimited, but the thing that makes this part of Australia so special … I live in New Zealand.

The temperature is reasonably constant, it' s either warm, very warm or hot. The council, quickly recognising that in hot weather people like water, so they built a huge beach in the middle of the city at Southbank. The area is spotless and every pool or water attraction is patrolled by true Aussie surf Life Saving club members.

I would love to live there but at 67 I am not so sure we could handle such a move at our stage in life. We will live in a country we are proud to call home, and it's only a three hour flight across the ditch and you land at Brisbane for a holiday.

Never been to Adelaide, Michael. The only other city in Aussie we have visited for a few day is Melbourne. Odd to really put it into words but Melbourne made us feel quite old. The city centre is alive and humming but most people are between 15 and 25 years of age, which sadly we are not. A lovely city, and once more spotlessly clean. Both my wife and I have a bug about litter, and in Australia we get the impression they take this problem very seriously indeed.

Not wishing to upset of offend any of our posters, I found the UK, especially Brighton, to be disgusting. Litter bins going for days without being emptied, the streets were not swept and people just discarding their rubbish without a thought for others. Although not on such a large scale, I am ashamed to write that litter problems have also risen of late in New Zealand, especially in the countryside. 

We had a particularly clear run in Devon when we were there, very little rubbish about but Camberley was a bit different. The worst were Cyprus, which seems to be knee deep in cigarette butts and Turkey was almost exclusively PET waterbottles.

When we were out on Monday it was beautiful. Beautiful countryside and beautiful views. It was heavenly. I took some photos of the bluebells and an old windmill. A car pulled up in the layby next to our car. A lady got out of her car and walked her dog. We had a walk and when we got back to our car she had gone, but where her car had been there was an empty Pringles tub on the ground. You can't tell me she did not know it fell out of her car. It was not on a main road so I think she walks her dog there often. Why would someone leave their rubbish there like that? It makes me very sad

Here in the UK you're meant to get fined if you litter or let your dog poop, but they don't do anything about it

On the occasions that I walk in town with Minnie the Foxy, I have at least two plastic bags in my pockets! When they've got to go it's “NOW! RIGHT NOW!” Doesn't matter if your in the middle of crossing the street!

….and I dislike peope who spit out their Chewing gum.

Much worse than  fag-ends.

That is an unusual one Shazza. Is there a problem in your area with feral cats? They can be a big nuisance and they are very efficient killers.

We have a cat problem too. It is estimated that cats kill 55 million birds in Britain every year. It's not the cats' fault, it's in their nature, but it's a big problem. The British Trust for Ornithology (http://www.bto.org) do a factsheet to help responsible cat owners to protect the birds in their gardens, with tips like having a bell fitted to the cat's collar which might give the birds an early warning that a cat is present.

Shazza, last year my wife and I paid a visit to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland, we enjoyed it so much we went again three days later. I managed to get some pictures that I am very pleased with. During one of the many wildlife exhibition talks a park attendant mentioned the dreadful problem we have in New Zealand with opossums.

As there are people in the know as to what a problem this animal can be, perhaps in Australia they are monitoring their numbers for future action. The young lady concerned brought out a magnificent golden possum, and even though I loath the creatures, this one certainly had tremendous appeal.

I wandered off to take an afternoon nap, and my wife took a picture of me, how inconsiderate!!!

Ann-marie, don't be too hard on next door's moggy. First it was doing what comes naturally, and second if is wasn't for nasty incidents such as this the world would be over populated with birds. Don't think me two faced on this issue, the birds we are trying to protect in New Zealand are flightless, and ready made for a predator's lunch.

It's because these birds can't get off the ground their numbers are severely depleted, in some cases only a thousand of so left before extinction. The South Island had a Black Robin. Before conservationists stepped in to lend a hand there were only nine known birds left. I am delighted to report with a bit of help their numbers are now about three hundred. Incubators and predator fences plus National Parks can work wonders for nature.