Australia

Capital city: Canberra Highest Point: Mount Kosciuszko (7313ft / 2229m) Lowest Point: Lake Eyre (-49ft / -15m) Land Area: 2,966,153 sq. mi (7,682,300 sq. km) Water Area: 22,749 sq. mi (58,920 sq. km) Total Area: 2,988,901 sq. mi (7,741,220 sq. km) Coastline: 16,006 miles (25,760 km)Australia is situated between the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, and confusingly, is both a country and a continent, and part of the larger region of Oceania. It is the sixth largest country in the world, and is only slightly smaller than the United States of America.Australia has thousands of national parks and conservation areas, protecting a huge variety of environments from rainforests to deserts, and from woodlands to coral reefs. Some of the most famous parks include the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Kakadu National Park and Uluru (Kata Tjuta) National Park.

Fraser Island
Most people have a romantic notion about being shipwrecked on an island paradise but, when the vessel The Stirling Castle was holed trying to...
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is one of world's most incredible ecosystems and it comprises of over 2,900 individual coral reefs along with around 900...
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Uluru, or as its often known, Ayers Rock, is a large, sacred, sandstone structure in Central Australia. At 1142ft (348m) high, and 5.8mi (9.4km)...
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is Australia’s largest national park, covering a landmass that is about half the size of Switzerland. The park, which is co-managed...
Wollomombi Falls
The Wollomombi Falls is a plunge waterfall found within the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. It is one of the highest waterfalls in Australia,...
Katoomba Falls
Katoomba Falls is a gorgeous segmented waterfall situated within the Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales, Australia. It is one of many...
Christmas Island
Christmas Island is a small island territory of Australia, covering 135 square miles (350 sq. km) in the Indian Ocean. Despite its relatively small...