Cairns is a Queensland city of Australia in the far north of this sunshine state of Queensland. The town was named after William Wellington Cairns (then the Governor of Queensland) established to service the miners heading for Hodgkinson River goldfield, but the town became less popular as the new and easier route to the mine [...]

Coober Pedy is an opal mining town located on the unforgiving outback of South Australia. It is built in Stuart Highway about 850 kilometers north of Adelaide, the state capital city of South Australia. It is known as the opal capital of the world, with about 70% of world’s precious opal are mined here. Opal [...]

Wingham, small town in northern NSW, about 330 km north east of Sydney and about 12km north west of Taree. It is the oldest town in Manning Valley, situated in Manning River about 30m above the sea level. Since it is situated beside the river it one of the hot spot for water sports. Dairy farming and cattle [...]

Ceduna is a small coastal town in Far West Coast of South Australia. Ceduna built on secenic Murat Bay on the eastern side of Great Australian Bight, located approximately 2,000km west of Perth and 800km north west of Adelaide. The town with the population of about 2,000 is the major town before crossing the Nullarbor [...]

Dampier is a small Western Australian town and port in Roebourne Shire on the north-west of the state of Western Australia. Dampier was named after English pirate, William Dampier. It was built in 1965 to handle iron ore mined at Mount Tom Price, which are mainly shipped to Japan and Europe. It is about 1,600km north of Perth, [...]

Geraldton is a town and a port in Western Australia, about 420km north of Perth, the state capital and the largest city of Western Australia. It is about 4 to 5 hours drive from Perth. It is the fifth largest city of WA, with the population of about 31,000 and the second busiest port in [...]

Launceston is the second largest city of Tasmania after Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania. It is located on the northern part of the state of Tasmania, most of the city is built around Tamar River. Launceston was named after Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The city was founded in early 1800s and is one of the oldest settlement in [...]

Townsville is a city on the north Queensland with the population of about 150,000 covering about 140 sq km on the north east coast of Australia. It is located about 1,300 km north of Brisbane, the state capital and the largest city in Queensland. The city was named after sea captain Robert Towns. The city [...]

Armidale is situated roughly between Sydney (560 km north) and Brisbane (460 km south) couple of hours drive (170 km inland) from the coast in the New England region of Northern Tablelands, part of the Great Dividing Range which stretches from around Newcastle to the Queensland Border. It is one of the most cosmopolitan [...]

Talbingo is a small town physically south west of Canberra, in the Snowy Mountains Region of New South Wales. The township is about 410 meters above the sea level and located by the shores of Jounama Lake/dam, which lies at the bottom of the Tumut 2 power station. It is about 460 km from Sydney, [...]