{"id":75717,"date":"2019-01-14T01:08:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/01\/14\/australias-global-beach-ambassador-on-what-makes-a-great-beach\/"},"modified":"2019-01-14T01:08:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:08:14","slug":"australias-global-beach-ambassador-on-what-makes-a-great-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=75717","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#039;s global beach ambassador on what makes a great beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What tickles your fancy when land meets sea? Brad Farmer recommends choosing your \u2018best beach\u2019 discerningly \u2022 Vote for Australia\u2019s best beaches \u2022 Open thread: tell us about your favourite beachAs a child, a day at the beach was pure bliss and the salty, splashing, bucket and spade days went on to form the greatest of lasting memories. Now, as an adult, each time I go to the beach \u2013 any beach \u2013 the ephemeral experience on this thin strip of sand where land meets sea still fascinates and delights me as a celebration of the senses.I have my favourites of course, many from those carefree, halcyon days as a sun-kissed kid. But are they the \u201cbest\u201d beaches of Australia\u2019s honour roll of 11,761 beaches and does it really matter? Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/jan\/14\/best-beaches-poll-what-tickles-your-fancy-when-land-meets-sea\" target=\"_blank\">Australia&#039;s global beach ambassador on what makes a great beach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What tickles your fancy when land meets sea? Brad Farmer recommends choosing your \u2018best beach\u2019 discerningly \u2022 Vote for Australia\u2019s best beaches \u2022 Open thread: tell us about your favourite beachAs a child, a day at the beach was pure bliss and the salty, splashing, bucket and spade days went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}