Australia: attractions and places of interest

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a national park in Australia. It has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1987. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is located in the Northern Territory, 1,431 kilometers south of Darwin and 440 kilometers southwest of Alice Springs. The park covers an area of 1,...

Royal National Park is a national park in the state of New South Wales. The park is the second oldest national park after Yellowstone and the first protected area to have the term "national park" applied to it. The territory, organized on April 26, 1879, was at first called the National Park proper....

Kosciuszko National Park is the largest in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The National Park is located in the east of the state and borders Namagdi National Park in Victoria. It is the largest national park in New South Wales and the Australian Alps. The Kosciuszko Mountain located on its...

Kakadu National Park is a national park in Australia 171 kilometers east of Darwin. The park was founded in 1981 and is the largest park in Australia with an area of 19,804 km2. The natural boundary of the park is formidable, steep cliffs up to 500 meters high. They border the park, protecting it fr...

Port Campbell is a national park located 190 km southwest of Melbourne. The special feature of this national park is its coastline. There are bizarrely shaped rocky islets in the form of pillars, wedges, grottoes, chimneys and arches scattered along the entire coast for hundreds of kilometers. But t...

Freycinet is a national park in the eastern part of Tasmania, located on the peninsula of the same name and Schouten Island. The peninsula is about 22 km long and 6.5 km wide. The Tasman Sea washes the territory from the east, and Great Oyster Bay from the west. In 1642, a Dutch navigator, Abel Tas...

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef formed by billions of polyps. The reef's territory is colossal - 348,698 km2, stretching from the tropic of Capricorn to the Torres Strait. The reef is located 30 km off the coast of Australia and, moving south, moves 300 km away from the coast. Almo...

The Blue Mountains is a national park in New South Wales. The mountains are low - no more than 1300 meters. The park is just a 2-hour drive from Sydney. The park's territory is 970 km2, which is cut by canyons up to eight hundred meters deep and up to 50 km long. The park was founded in 1958. A larg...