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Australia: Places To See

Australia is an island, the 6th largest country and the smallest continent in the world.

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Highlights
Famed for its beaches - more than 7000 at the last count
Great Barrier Reef
Great Ocean road - Victoria's Great ocean Road
Sydney & Central Coast
Kimberley - Outback
Uluru - World's largest Monolith
Kakadu National Park
Kangaroo Island
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Did you know...
The world's longest fence, known as the 'dingo fence' runs for 5,531 kilometres from the coast in South Australia, enters NSW and finished in Queensland. It is 1.8 metres high and is designed to keep sheep safe from Australia native dog - the dingo.

The longest stretch of straight railway track in the world crosses the Nullarbor Plain. From Nurina in Western Australia to near Watson in South Australia, the track is dead straight for 478 kilometres.

The Eyre Highway at Caiguna in Western Australia has the longest stretch of straight road in Australia - 148 kilometres. Crossing the southern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, it is the only sealed road from Perth to Adelaide, a 2700 kilometre drive

3 December 2007

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