Discover Australia

Australian Capital:Canberra
Number of Aboriginal Languages: Over 500
Human Population: 20.2 million
Kangaroo Population: 40 million
West-to-East distance: 4000km
Percent in Size Larger than Britain: 3152%
Number of Beaches: Over 7000
Australians Who Follow the Jedi Faith: 70,509(2001 Census)
Most Valiant Attempt to Save Sheep: World's longest fence (5,531km) keeps Queensland's dingoes in the north away from sheep in the south
Number of Plant Species: 25,000 (Europe supports only 17,000)
Amount of Foliage Koalas must Eat Daily: 9 kg (about 20 lbs)
Annual Beer Consumption per Australian: 94 L
Jars of Vegemite Consumed per Year: 22 million

Australians love to use slang.. we abbreviate everything. From Maccas (McDonalds) Uni ( University) Barbie( BBQ) Sunnies (Sunglasses).. we love to shorten everything..

Wrap your laughing gear around the list below..

Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Amber fluid : beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child
Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian

Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume
B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas
Bastard : term of endearment
Bloke : man, guy
Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers

And so on..
The List Continues

The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is Australia's number one attraction.

Over 1,400 miles in length, the Great Barrier Reef is billed as the world's largest natural feature.

Consisting of thousands of individual reefs and over 600 islands, the Great Barrier Reef is best enjoyed if you dive or scuba.

If you have seen video on Discovery or National Geographic of the GBR shot during a night dive, you have seen better than you will see from one of the tour boats or during a regular dive.

Nevertheless, visiting the Great Barrier Reef is a "must do".

The Red Centre
The Red Center, located in the Northern Territory, is both the physical and spiritual center of Australia.

This is the site of the world famous Uluru (Ayers Rock), a reddish rock that is the world's largest monolith.

Posing in stark contrast to its flat surrounding, Uluru is best viewed at sunrise and sunset when its color seems to change in mysterious and magical ways.

Sydney
Sydney has many attractions and a great setting in which to enjoy them.

The city's harbor features the spectacular Opera House, the Rocks (the original penal colony in Australia), Darling Harbor, and the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

Add in some great beaches (Bondi, Chinaman's) and equally fun shopping ( in the market for an Opal?) and you begin to realize why Sydney is a world class city.

Melbourne
Melbourne is considered by many to be the most stylish of Australian cities. The City's mix of modern and Victorian architectures blend in an attractive manner.

Be sure to see Federation Square and the New Quay for eating, drinking and shopping.

If you are going to visit Melbourne, you may want to tour more of Victoria, especially the Great Ocean Road, a two hundred mile drive along Australia's most attractive coastline.

For more information on places to see in Victoria, visit the area's official site. (www.visitvictoria.com)

Tasmania
Many visitors to Australia add-on a trip to the island of Tasmania.

If you are looking for wilderness and more hiking, it may be the place for you.Cradle Mountain is pure heaven.

Perth
There are a number of interesting towns on the east and north coasts of Australia.

Getting to them, after flying across the Southern Ocean is a daunting task for most travelers.

Source

A great place to start is with
Tourism Australia.

Another ideal place is
Sydney.

You can organise :
:A bridge climb.
:Visit the The Sydney Opera House.
:Organise a tour to the Blue Mountains.
:Visit The Hunter Valley Vineyards.
:See the Sydney Ballet Company.

What ever you have in mind to do in Sydney can be found at this cool site. It also lists lots of restuarants,hotels,backpackers and such.

Why not travel a little further afield and go the The Red Center, Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

Australia has a lot to offer from beautiful wildlife, amazing scenery and a very laid back attitude and lifestyle.

We love our weekends and public holidays and we love our sport.

Come and check out the smaller towns also, places such as ~

In New South Wales~

:Gundagai.
:The Snowy River area.
:Morpeth Jazz Festival.
:Stockton Beach near Newcastle.
:The Barrington Tops World Heritage Wilderness Area.
:The Leura Fair.
:Byron Bay.
:Forster Tuncurry.
:Goulburn and it's Gaol.

In Western Australia~

:Cable Beach.
:The Devils Marbles.
:Karatha
:The Hidden Valley of Kununurra
:Geraldton

In Queensland~

:Cape Tribulation.
:Mount Tamborine.
:Glass House Mountains.

In The ACT (Australian Capital Territory)~

:The Australian War Memorial.
:The Australian Mint.
:Parliment House.
:Lake Burley Griffin.

In Victoria~

:The Gold fields.
:The Murray River.
:The Mornington Penninsula.
:The 12 Apostles.
:The Great Ocean Road.

In Tasmania~
:Salamanca Place and the Salamanca Market.
:Port Arthur Convict Ruins.
:Port Arthur Ghost Tours ph: 03 6251 2310
:Cradle Mountain.
:Bicheno Penguin T

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