Archive for October, 2008
Posted by Thulung on October 31st, 2008 under Place Tags: Perth •
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Perth is the fouth largest city of Australia. It is the state capital and the largest city in Western Australia. It is located on the south west of continent and also the state of Western Australia. Darling range is on the east and Indian Ocean on the west with the population of about 1.6 million and [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 30th, 2008 under Place, Thee Australian, Tourism Tags: Flinders Ranges •
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Flinders Ranges is the largest mountain range in South Australia. It is about 200 kilometers north west of Adelaide, the largest city and the capital city of South Australia. It streches about 1000 kilometers, covering about 70-80% of the state’s area with less than 1% of the population. The Ranges are broken into three major parts - [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 29th, 2008 under Place Tags: Melbourne •
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Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city and the capital city of Victoria. It is also business, administrative, cultural and recreational centre of Victoria. About 3.8 million people lives in this multicultural city of Melbourne. It is located in Yarra River and Port Phillip.
Melbourne was founded by free settlers as a pastoral settlement around the Yarra River [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 28th, 2008 under Place Tags: Bacchus Marsh •
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Bacchus Marsh is a country town in Victoria, Australia. It is located about 55 kilometers west of Melbourne, capital as well as the largest city of Victoria. Bacchus Marsh with the population of about 14,000 people is set in the mids of scenic and fertile valley, rolling hills, combination of country living and easy access to [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 27th, 2008 under Place, Thee Australian, Tourism Tags: Wave Rock •
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Wave Rock is one of the popular icon of Australia and the most popular icon in Western Australia. It is about 3 kilometers away from the country town of Hyden, which is about 330 kilometers east of Perth, the capital city of the state of Western Australia. The Rock is about 14 meters high and 110 [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 27th, 2008 under Place, Thee Australian, Tourism Tags: Three Sisters •
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Three Sisters is one of the attractions in the Blue Mountains, just about hour and half drive west of Sydney, New South Wales just up the mountains. It is one of the most popular natural attraction of Katoomba, photographed by millions of visitors every year. Three Sisters is above the Jamison Valley and opposite of stunning [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 20th, 2008 under Fauna Tags: Emu •
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Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is an Australian native bird. The word ‘Emu’ is not Aboriginal word, but a word derived from Arabic, which means ‘large bird’ . It is also the tallest native bird of Australia, when standing erect it is about 1.6-2meters tall. It’s the second biggest bird weighing about 40-50kg and also the second fastest bird [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 19th, 2008 under Thee Australian Tags: Australian Dollar 50 •
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Australian dollar 50 ($50), like many other Australian note is a polymer banknotes. It was designed by Brian Sadgrove.
This fifty dollar note on one side features a portrait of Indigenous Australian author and inventor David Unaipon, drawings from one of his inventions and an extract from is Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines.
On the [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 17th, 2008 under Place, Thee Australian, Tourism Tags: Great Australian Bight •
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The Great Australian Bight is a large bight (or bend in the coast that forms an open bay) located on the southern coastline of mainland Australian, due south of Nullabor plain (in latin meaning no tree or tree less). Aboriginals lived in its shores and European first explored it in the 19th century, Matthew [...]
Posted by Thulung on October 16th, 2008 under Place, Thee Australian, Tourism Tags: Sydney Opera House •
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Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the most popular icon of Sydney and Australia. When you hear someone say Sydney Australia, one thing your mind pictures is shell like Sydney Opera House. It is situated in Sydney Harbour at Bennelong point. It is part of Sydney City Council. International competition was [...]