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Regions of Australia

Take in the stunning Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road
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Central & Outback Australia

Best known as the centre of Australia's Aboriginal culture, this region includes Alice Springs, Uluru (Ayers Rock) and some of the country's most intruiging wildlife.   Read more »

Pacific Coast & Hinterland

Consisting mainly of the state of New South Wales, this region is a land of rolling farmlands and beautiful national parks with surf beaches extending along a coast centred on the beautiful harbour of its capital, Sydney - a superb introduction to this 'Lucky Country'.   Read more »

Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef

This huge, dramatically beautiful region extends from its temperate border with New South Wales up into the tropical north, much of it still barely explored or settled. Most of the state’s great attractions are up along the coast: the huge Daintree Rainforest, the Outback oases of the Atherton Tablelands and the kaleidoscopic colours of the Great Barrier Reef.   Read more »

Southeast Australia

This temperate region, which mainly covers the State of Victoria, presents an endless variety with ‘four seasons in one day’ blowing in from the Southern Ocean. Drive the Great Ocean Road, tracking the dramatic coastline towards Adelaide. Though most people rush along this route, it is worth taking longer to explore the historic towns and national parks along the way.   Read more »

Southwest Australia

A vast landscape inhabited only by a scatter of residents stretching up to the north. The largest city is Perth, a friendly oasis of sophistication where gleaming skyscrapers overlook quiet colonial suburbs on the banks of the Swan River. A short drive to the west is the restored port town of Fremantle and a chain of beautiful surf beaches, but it is a long drive to the next settlement inland - the gold-mining town of Kalgoorlie.   Read more »

Tasmania

Compact and unspoiled, Tasmania is often overlooked by travellers but offers stunning landscapes, diverse wildlife and some of Australia’s finest trekking. The main city, Hobart, is a sleepy place, rich in convict settler history and Victorian architecture, but bursts into life for the December yacht race from Sydney before subsiding again into a somnolent charm.   Read more »

Tropical North

Australia’s Tropical North (or Top End) plays host to some of its most intriguing wildlife and Aboriginal heritage. Darwin is a vibrant, hot city with an undeniable dynamism whose surrounding countryside of monsoon rainforest, Outback escarpments and remote billabongs shelter an array of wildlife from crocodiles and kangaroos to sea eagles and Jesus birds.   Read more »