Info on Dallas

[EVLCOB]

Bernie Knight suggested you guys might be able to help us with some info on Dallas.
We are travelling from Australia to Vancouver next month and passing through Dallas for a couple of days. We want to know which area would be best for accommodation as a central base. We are also wanting to know which tourist spots we should be making a point of seeing. We don't know much about Dallas other than the grassy knoll and the book depository.
If anyone can help please send a PM.
Thanks

Lyn & Terry Ridley

[Madmiles442]

Nasher Sculpture Garden. www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
Big amusement park? 6 Flags over Texas http://www.sixflags.com/overtexas/index.aspx
The 6th Floor Museum is worth a stop. http://www.jfk.org
The Dallas World Aquarium is cool. http://www.dwazoo.com/default.html
If you want a real zoo, go to Ft. Worth, it's better. http://www.fortworthzoo.com/
The first NFL themed golf course is nice. www.cowboysgolfclub.com/
It's baseball season here. You can go see the Texas Rangers if you want to see some really average baseball. They're playing the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners next month. http://www.texasrangers.com
It's spring thoroughbred season if you want to see the horses run. Lone Star park is a nice facility. http://www.lonestarpark.com

Here's 78 upcoming events. http://www.visitdallas.com/visitors/events/events.php
Here's another link for the Virtual Tourist http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...as-TG-C-1.html

This is kind of a scattershooting, if you can be more specific about what kinds of things yall like to do, we can better fine tune some ideas.
We love to help our Aussie friends, mate.
And we get folks driving through from Australia to Vancouver all the time....

[jdean]

Miles,

True but the average baseball here is at least played in one the best parks in the U.S.
So we got that going for us.

[David-JBL]

EVLCOB,

As someone who grew up in Dallas and went to college in Dallas I would say that Dallas is sort of like Atlanta. A nice place to live with a ton of local hot spots, but nothing really stands out. If you are not with a local Dalllas native it will just become another big city. Never too cold in the winter and oh so hot in the summer.

As you referenced, it is famous for the JFK problem. But the book depository will take all of 60 minutes.

It does not have any great geographical attraction nor does it have any "have to see historical attactions". Just a little southern charm. It is basically a business center in the central USA. Mostly famous for its football team. It is a nice place to live and shop. But I would suspect that Melbourne has all that Big D has. Most of the charm of Texas is found in the smaller cities in the hill country or in South Texas, IMO.

You might consider Going to Ft. Worth, ~50 miles west and spending a night in the "Stockyards" for a Western atmosphere. I know it is highly comercial but it is fun.

If you wish to drive 100 miles due East to Dallas to my town, Tyler, Texas I will host you to a beer and steak and slow living.

David

[jshel1]

Lyn and Terry,

All of these gentlemen have excellent points...

I work here and have made a life around that for the last two decades. Family, friends, cheap cost of living, and a good cobra following keep me here.

Some of my favorites for dining:
Steak - http://www.iiiforks.com/location.php?c=0&n=0&g=0
Salad(Steak) - http://www.fogodechao.com/
French - http://www.lola4dinner.com/
BBQ - http://www.sonnybryans.com/
Mexican - http://www.javiers.net/
Catfish - http://www.pegasusnews.com/places/ca...ly-restaurant/
Lobster - http://www.trulucks.com/

Other Outing Possibilities not mentioned:
Big Track Driving School - http://www.texasdrivingexperience.com/
Smalltown Dragstrip - http://www.redlineraceway.com/july2.htm
NHRA Dragstrip - http://texasmotorplex.com/
Mesquite Rodeo - http://www.mesquiterodeo.com/
Flight Museum - http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/
Municipal Park - http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/water.htm
Municipal Park - http://www.dallasarboretum.org/
Shakespeare in the Park - http://www.shakespearedallas.org/

[EVLCOB]

Thanks for all the replies, we now have a better idea of the places we can visit.