A single rock rising from the
earth like a giant red heart, sandstone figures
clustered like ancient cities, such are the unique
wonders that Australia is famous for.
Step into Uluru-Kata
Tjuta National Park, a land where imposing
russet monoliths loom over flat sand plains, and
you step into a world of mystery and legend. This
is the home of two of the most breathtaking unique
wonders in Australia. Uluru (Ayers Rock), one
great monolith rising 348 metres from the earth,
and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), 36 red landforms clustered
together just 32 kilometres away. This land is
more than a magnificent sight; it is home to the
Anangu.
The Uluru is regarded as a mother to the Anangu
Aboriginal people. The aborigines provide tourists
with a walking tour around the feet of the Uluru.
Kata Tjutu, translated as “many heads”
is composed of 36 stone-shaped and red-colored
monoliths. About 3, 500 hectares is its coverage
are, with its tallest peak at 546 meters.
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Western Australia's ancient
land houses several unique wonders including
the Pinnacles
thousands of pointed rock forms on a red
desert expanse, and the Bungle Bungles,
a gold and black-striped range of landforms.
The Pinnacles form another mysterious and
haunting landscape. They are a collection
of thousands of strange rock formations
found in the Red Desert part of the Nambung
National Park on the coast of Western Australia.
The Bungle Bungles are a stunning collection
of beehive style geological formations arrayed
in alternating bands of orange, black and
green, in Purnululu National Park, 250 kilometres
south of Kununurra, in the Kimberley, Western
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The
Great Barrier Reef, more than 1,000
islands off the far north coast of Queensland,
offers more than dazzling coral displays:
there are pristine white beaches, crystal
blue water and warm, lazy days. The reef
is fascinating to children, invaluable to
scientists, and irresistible to seekers
of paradise. The white beaches fringing
many of its islands are without peer. Many
isles are covered in rainforest wilderness,
lush and undisturbed. World Heritage listed,
it encompasses more than 1000 islands and
2,900 individual reefs, and shelters 1,500
species of fish and 400 species of coral. |
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Sydney
Opera House, an extraordinary structure
on the harbour at Bennelong Point, is one
of the world's premier performing-arts centres.
Opened in 1973, it has taken its place among
the world's most important buildings. It
was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon
and took almost 15 years to build. The Sydney
Opera House, a complex of almost 1,000 rooms,
is home to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
Opera Australia, the Australian Ballet,
Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Dance
Company. It presents fresh, vital contemporary
and classic arts. It is one of the architectural
wonders of the world. It embodies all the
elements of a great building: design, form,
function, scale and especially context,
because few buildings have put an entire
city into context like the Opera House at
Sydney. |
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Kangaroo
Island, near the tip of South Australia's
Fleurieu Peninsula, is Australia's third
largest island. Civilisation and wilderness
meet there in harmony, and sea lions, penguins,
dolphins, koalas and kangaroos live in a
natural environment. Original flora and
fauna remain abundant, cliffs and beaches
are unsullied, and many roads are deliberately
left unsealed. Kangaroo Island has a wild,
untouched beauty that has been preserved
from overdevelopment and excessive tourism. |
Source: Tourism Australia 2006
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