In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson is humorous travelogue on Bryson's trip throughout Australia.
Bryson journeys to the corners of Australia detailing the various sights, local history, and his own humorous encounters. He is quite entertaining (a bit crude at times), but much of the book is about Bryson himself on this journey. As an author, he moves you along quite nicely.
A snippet from a conversation between Bryson and a park ranger about the disappearance and presummed drowning of former Prime Minister Harold Holt (they were at the beach where he was swept to sea):
But as I (Bryson) was leaving he called to me with an afterthought. "They built a memorial to him in Melbourne," he said. "Know what it was?"
I indicated that I had no idea.
He grinned very slightly. "A municipal swimming pool."
"Seriously?"
His grin broadened, the nod was sincere.
"This is a terrific country," I said.
"Yeah," he agreed happily. "It is, you know." (p 143)
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