Australia has a diverse landscape from the red/orange hue of the desert interior to Queesland’s dense tropical rainforest, from Western Australia’s glistening white sandy beaches to Alice Springs / Uluru ancient weathered massive monolithic. Australia is a place of contrast and comparison within one continent. Visitors are attracted from all over the world to experience first hand the uniqueness that is Australia.
1. DESERT INTERIORS
Quintessential Australia, the outback sums up many visitors’ expectations of Australia. The dry interior, the remote and harsh environment for humans, flora and fauna continues to fascinate visitors. Visit The Outback and find out why we are drawn to a landscape where temperatures can be over 45 c in summer.
- Rock forms from Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Olgas
- Katherine Gorge red tinted cliffs soaring above the Katherine River
- Litchfield National Park termite mounds in a semi-desert landscape
- Mungo National Park ancient lunar like landscape
- Kakadu, Northern Territory rocky cliffs and escapements home to Aboriginal art
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2. MARINE REEFS, COOL WATER REEFS – THE OCEAN
Visit the Great Barrier Reef with its tropical coral forests, memorising and under threat from climate warming. Western Australia and the Ningaloo Reef where visitors can wander straight from the beach to a stunning fringe reef.
Australian Marine Parks are a great way to snorkel and dive in protected areas.There are over 60 marine sanctuaries and marine parks in Australia. A sample of marine parks include: Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary offers divers, sandstone reefs and sea caves, discovering Port Phillip Bay.
Turtles, giant cuttlefish, grey nurse sharks and coral are found at Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales.
Diving tours from Exmouth and Coral Bay allow for unforgettable and intimate encounters with whale sharks and fish species.
The most well known reef in Australia is the Great Barrier Reef with over 2 million visitors annually. The reef is 2300 km long and with more than 3000 interlinking reef systems, numerous tidal islands, coral cays, and beaches.
Vibrant sponge gardens, caves, marine boulders and sea fissures are alive with fish species and rock lobsters at Governors Island Marine Reserve, Tasmania
3. BEACHES
- Wilsons Prom National Park, Victoria is sandy beaches, weathered round boulders and camping grounds
- Torquay is surf, sand and the National Surf Museum located in Victoria
- Surfers Paradise is sun, sand and theme parks
- Bryon Bay is another surfing mecca in New South Wales
- K’gari Fraser Island is one large sand island with crystal clear water
- Kangaroo Island, South Australia is more than wildlife and wineries, there are kms of beach
- Queensland’s Whitehaven Beach is famous for its incredible beauty, nothing like gleaming white sand and tropical palms
- Breathtaking length, it’s the longest beach in the world (220 kms) with gold sand the Coorong Beach borders the Coorong National Park in South Australia
- Drop a towel into Wineglass Bay, Tasmania the perfect curve of gold sand is an instagram favourite
4. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, COOL CLIMATE TEMPERATE FORESTS, SCRUB & BUSH WOODLANDS, ARID LANDS
- Dense Gondwana forest thrives in the Daintree forest of Queensland
- Towering eucalyptus mountain ash forests in Victoria in Gippsland
- Tasmania is home to cool climate forest. More than 20% of Tasmania is Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
- Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound, South Australia exemplifies the Australian bush with its billabong (waterholes), dry river beds, red river gums and wildlife
Australia’s scenery is unique due to the tremendous period the land was separated from other continents. There are remnants of the oldest forests in the world (30 million years ago) from the original supercontinent Gondwana. There are weathered rock forms equally ancient and exposed to view. Bizarre flora and fauna is what attracts visitors to Australia.
5. WETLANDS & ESTUARIES
Wetlands are Australia’s natural lungs and under threat from human interference and climate change. Visit Mary River wetlands in the Northern Territory for its prolific bird diversity.
Explore Kakadu National Park wetlands and observe the wetlands top predator, the crocodile.
Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve & Jawbone Marine Sanctuary (Victoria). Take a stroll along the boardwalk that extends through stunning saltmarsh. Observe flourishing mangroves and spot the shorebirds.
Port Gawler Mangroves offer an off the beat holiday experience. A sunset kayak through the mangroves to the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park and the Gulf St Vincent.
6. RIVERS & WATERFALLS
Australia is a dry continent with an even drier interior yet the tropical North (Northern Territory) and Tasmania, an island in the Southern Ocean are home to incredible waterfalls and river systems.
- Russell Falls in the Mt Field National Park
- Horizontal Falls, Kimberley Western Australia where a waterfall flows sideways
- King George Falls, Kimberley
- Jim Jim Falls is awesome Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
- Wattamolla Beach, Royal National Park, New South Wales, is a cascade of water into a quiet swimmable lagoon
7. WHEAT BELTS, PASTORAL LEASES AND FARMLAND
Australia’s agricultural heart is writ large on the scenery with wheat fields galore in South Australia and extraordinarily large pastoral leases farming cattle in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
- Hit the road and find the story of the wheat told on the Silo Art Trail, Victoria
- Join a guided tour and farmstay with the locals
- Indulge in sweet treats at a pineapple farm in Queensland
- Munch on local apples in Tasmania and enjoy the sight of apple trees
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