Australia: attractions and places of interest

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a national park in Australia. Since 1987, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Uluru-Kata Tuta National Park is located in Northern Territory, 1,431 kilometers south of Darwin and 440 kilometers southwest of Alice Springs. The park covers an area of 1,326 km2. Parts o...

Royal National Park - a national park in New South Wales. The park is the second oldest national park after Yellowstone and the first protected area to which the expression « national park » is used. The territory, organized on April 26, 1879, was first called the National Park itself. Renaming occu...

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

Kakadu National Park is Australia's national park 171 kilometers east of Darwin. The park was founded in 1981 and is Australia's largest park - its area is 19,804 km2. The natural border of the park is formidable, steep cliffs up to 500 meters high. They bordered the park, protecting it from storms....

Campbell Port is a national park located 190 km southwest of Melbourne. The peculiarity of this national park lies in its coastline. Along the entire coast, rocky islands in the form of pillars, wedges, grottoes, chimneys and arches are scattered for hundreds of kilometers. But the most picturesque ...

Freycinet is a national park in eastern Tasmania, spread over the peninsula of the same name and the island of Shuten. The length of the peninsula is about 22 km, and the width is 6.5 km. From the east, the Tasmanian Sea is washed, from the western part of Great Oyster Bay. In 1642, a navigator fro...

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef formed by billions of polyps. The reef area is colossal - 348,698 km2, spread from the tropic of Capricorn to the Strait of Torres. The reef is 30 km from the coast of Australia and, moving south, moves 300 km from the coast. Almost the entire reef i...

Blue Mountains - a national park in New South Wales. The mountains are low - no more than 1300 meters. The park is just 2 hours from Sydney. The territory of the park is 970 km2, which is cut with canyons up to eight hundred meters deep and up to 50 km long. The park was founded in 1958. a large num...