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Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

 Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

 Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

 Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attractions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

 Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

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Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.

 Uluru (Ayres rock)

In the ‘Uluru-Kata Tjunta’ national park stands the magnificant Uluru/Ayres Rock, a large sandstone rock formation, it is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people and is listed as a World Heritage site. It is one of Australia’s most recognized natural icon’s. It is noted for it’s changes of colour, glowing red briefly at sunset is a remarkable sight, this is due to the oxidation of iron at it’s surface, as the sun sets it changes from red to purple and then to black, and in reverse at sun rise. Water soaks through the sandstone and soaks down through the rock to emerge at the bottom as springs giving wildlife and plants an invaluable water supply in an otherwise arid area. The rock stands 348m (1,142ft) high and measures 9.4km (5.8miles) in circumference. The Anangu, traditional landowners, give guided tours around the rock and talk about the flora and fauna of the surrounding land and the Aboriginal ‘Dreamtime stories’ of the area. The Anangu people would prefer if people did not climb the rock, they do not forbid it but just prefer that for reasons of tradition and for the safety of visitors it was not climbed. It is not an easy climb and there have been deaths of climbers over the years, most being due to heart attacks.

The Great Barrier Reef

One of Australia’s most stunning sights is the Great Barrier reef. It is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. It is a one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Larger than the great wall of China, it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. There are more than 2,900 individual reefsand 900 islands, covering an area of 35,000sq km. Some 400 different varieties of coral, both hard and soft coral, these give the reef it’s amazing array of colours and provide homes for 1,500 types of fish, 4,000 species of mollusc and 350 species of starfish, sea urchins, and unknown types of crustaceans. It comprises of billions of tiny living organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, many of them are endangered species. There are thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and six breeds of turtles. Climate change has had a huge impact upon the reef causing coral bleaching and this is also having an impact on other forms of reef life. Other threats to the reef are pollution, shipping accidents, fishing and the ‘crown of thorns’ starfish, which preys on coral polyps.

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

  Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is situated in the Central Highlands of Tasmania’s wilderness area World Heritage site. It has stunning scenery of craggy ridges and crests, lakes and valleys scooped out by glaciers, wildflower meadows and ancient pines mirrored in the glacial lakes. The park contains many walking trails, which take one past glacial lakes, icy streams and waterfalls cascading out of rugged mountains. Birds and animals that can be seen in the park include bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, quolls, tasmanian devils, echidnas, wombats, possums, ravens and currawongs.

The Twelve Apostles 

The twelve apostles are one of the three most popular tourist attract-tions in Australia. They are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre high stack fell crashing into the sea leaving only eight remaining. They are a spectacular sight to behold from the cliff tops, especially at sunrise and sunset as they change colour from black to brilliant yellow under a full sun.

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains form a part of Australia’s great dividing range and are the edge of the great sandstone plateau that once covered the whole of this side of the continent. It is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point is Mount Werong at 1,215 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains Range is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area Heritage Site. In the summer Over millions of years the soft stone has been eroded away from the coast to form the rugged landscape, with rivers, caves and waterfalls. In the summer there is a blue haze that hangs over the area which gives the area it’s name. When visiting the area many people head for Katoomba, know for it’s arty, hippie population and it’s good shopping. From Katoomba there is easy access to such well know sights such as The Three sisters and Echo Point and to the South West lie The Jenolan Caves, which are a series of limestone caves. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is the steepest railway in the world and was originally part of the Katoomba mining Tramways. Here you will also find the Scenic Skyway, a glass-bottomed cable car that crosses the Jamison Valley and the Scenic Cableway, the steepest aerial cable car in Australia.