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A Perfect Week in Byron Bay

October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Travel Australia

GUEST POST If you visit Australia you won’t struggle to find place to relax and sit on the beach. Indeed, you can go to the Whitsundays to visit the world’s best beaches, or head to Sydney to sit on the famous Bondi Beach. But if you want the whole package you should check out Byron [...]

Choosing Between Melbourne and Sydney

September 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Travel Australia

Tourists tend to arrive in Australia on cheap flights to Sydney or Melbourne – these two great cities are hours apart, yet they compete to be the country’s premiere city. Many swear by Sydney, while others opt for the more alternative world of Melbourne. There are several factors that will help you decide between the [...]

Travelling Tasmania with a Campervan

September 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Travel Australia

GUEST POST Using a campervan is the best way to enjoy your vacation and explore the beautiful island of Tasmania. Don’t think that a campervan will be too big to drive around in. The accessibility it provides is unmatched making the campervan the perfect option for a driving holiday. You can be as flexible as [...]

Aussie Experiences

Visit Uluru - Ayers Rock

Stay on a Cattle Station and experience the way of life

Cruise the beautiful Whitsundays

Catch a Murray Cod

Climb Sydney Harbour bridge

Visit the 'Big Banana' and all the other Aussie 'Big Things'

Sleep under the stars in the Outback and watch the light show and then wake up to a beautiful sunrise!

Drive the Great Ocean Road

Feed the dolphins at Monkey Mia

Experience our stunning National Parks - from Desert to Rainforests

See crocodiles and other Wildlife in there natural habitat

Experience Eureka Tower - 297 metres high

Travel the 'Ghan' Railway

Visit our unique 'Outback' pubs

Go offroad on a 4WD tour

Visit beautiful Lake Mckenzie at Fraser Island

Australia’s Facts

The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox. You can ferry out there and send a postcard, stamped with the only Great Barrier Reef stamp.

Termite mounds are the tallest non-human constructions on earth.

Star gazing under ideal viewing conditions like in the Australian Outback, the naked eye can detect about 5,780 stars.

Fraser island is the world's largest sand island, the 90 mile beach is regarded and used as a highway.

Australia's biggest attraction is its natural beauty, the landscape varies from endless sunbaked horizons to dense tropical rainforest to our beautiful southern beaches

The Australian Alps get more snow then Switzerland!

One in every four persons is either a first or second generation settler to Australia, a trend started after World War II.

Uluru (Ayers Rock) is over 8 kilometres in circumference.

Australia's coastline is almost 50,000 kilometres linked by about 10,000 beaches.

Australia has the worlds largest cattle station

Australia is the smallest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent in the world. It is the only country which is also a whole continent.

Australian servicemen are referred to as 'Diggers'. This term comes from miners on the Australian goldfields of the 1800's

Australian Football was invented by Sydney Tom Wills and Henry Harrison - both were born in Sydney. Tom played the Aboriginal game of Mangrook as a child and it is believed the native game inspired the rules he initially proposed. The game then took hold in Victoria, and was largely rejected by Sydney.

The 'dingo fence' in Australia is the longest fence in the world, and is about twice as long as the Great Wall of China

Sydney Harbour Bridge is the world’s largest steel arch bridge.

The largest gold nugget known to be found was called ‘The Welcome Stranger’. Found in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, weighed a massive 2280 troy ounces or 70 kilograms

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