Pictorial Australia

Australia is an exhilarating place to visit - a land of contrast and surprises. From the picturesque ruins of the penal colony at Port Arthur to bustling Sydney Harbour, or the intriguing giant termite mounds of the Northern Territory, this book presents an overview of Australia today. It includes maps for easy location of the featured sights.

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Australia is one of the most exhilarating places to visit. The island continent combines a sunny Mediterranean climate with a relaxed, sophisticated life-style, a prosperous economy with a collage of cultural influences, and a flora, fauna and landscape that is distinctly its own. Australia is the world's sixth largest nation in terms of area. It covers a massive 7,682,300 square kilometres. If the country's outline was superimposed onto a map of Europe, it would extend from London across to just east of Moscow, and from Helsinki in the north down to Cairo.