Photographic Guide to Australia
Australia – a country located in the southern hemisphere, including the world's smallest continent, the island of Tasmania and the other much smaller islands in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Australia at the surface is not adjacent to any country, but neighboring countries by sea from Australia to the north are: Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea in the northeast: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, south-east New Zealand.
This represents the sixth state in terms of surface area of the world.
Australia is a developed country with a multicultural society. In comparison with other countries Australia is listed highly when it comes to quality of life, health and average life expectancy.
This is one of the flattest continent, with an average height of 292 m. The area of desert occupies an area greater than any other continent, two-thirds of it is in dry or semi-arid climates.
Discover, visitors and explore Australia through photos.
 |
 |
| Galleries Melbourne | Galleries Pinnacles Desert |
 |
 |
| Galleries Great Reef | Galleries Sydney |
 |
|
| Galleries Tasmania | |
Australia - interest, population, numbers, facts, sayings, places, people ...
- Population: 22 million
- For Australia you can not bring in any food products and natural products of animal origin. This is to protect Australia from diseases from other continents.
- Nullarbor road crosses the valley, is the longest railway built in a straight line Trakt railway in the world. Rail service runs between the southern and western Australia.
- With a huge wealth of natural Australia is one of the largest producers of bauxite, and belongs to the most important suppliers of coal, iron ore and gold. When in 1979 in the region of the Kimberley diamond deposits were discovered - Australia in the production of these stones doścignęła even South Africa.
- On the road drive on the left.
- Australia is considered the least religious country. Almost every fifth resident of Australia is defined as non-denominational.
- Aboriginal beliefs are based on the conviction that the presence of spiritual beings that lived on earth in the epoch of sleep, before the advent of man. Established the natural world, adopt different forms, they behaved like people. Moving around the world, have left traces of their presence.
- Olgas (or Kata Tjuta) - is 36 spherical rocky hills in central Australia. Weathered hills, formed of reddish conglomerate, are on a desert plain in the mountains north of Musgrave. Once these stone monoliths (the highest reaches 546 m high) were Aboriginal sacred site.
