Australia Travel Guides

Why Australia?

- For the wanderful Barrier Reef, the world's largest and perhaps the most beautiful. to explore a huge underwater world for divers only.

- In Sydney, a lively and fascinating. scenery of the bay with the fun of opera, the white symbol of the city beautiful theater.

- In the desert, you suddenly find the Rock Hyers, a mysterious natural formation which has always been able to see the sacred mountainNatives.

- To the island of Tasmania, one of the lesser known and pleasant in the world.

- For kangaroos, the boomerang, the Cayman Islands and throughout the adventure, which in nature as we know you have a Crocodile Dundee-style.

GEOGRAPHY

Australia is the seventh country in the world for its extension with an area of 7,682,300 km. But the last of the density of population, with only two residents of Kim. The interior of the country, calledOutback is a vast desert plain, the wear on the formation of the Rock Hyers, holy mountain rises to the surprise of the natives.

Time zone: 8.0 (summer), 9.0 (winter)

Duration of day: up to 14.5 hours (December), at least 10.0 hours (June)

Time Travel

Better Period: January, February, March
Good period: November, December
Worst time: June, July, August September

WEATHER

The presence of a tropical climate and dry to the north byFrom May to October is very hot days and cool nights characterized, although it is a station of rain. For the West, the climate is pleasant, with warm days and cool nights. In southern Tasmania, and especially for winter Iceland is stiffer, with cool nights, cloudy sky and winds Antarctic.

Clothing

Around the north and from October to April, in the rest of the country should be in case the clothes and shoes suitable, with a little 'hot T-shirt, if your still asomething more to the south. For the rest, warm clothing and rain jacket year. Diving in the Coral Sea not to mention the equipment for it, as well as plastic sandals to walk carefully and not injured.

Culture / Museums

Sydney Aquarium

Address: Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney

Time: 9.30-22

Submitted by payment

A veritable museum dedicated to sea life ocean fish three large bowls. Swimming in the first sharks and large fish in the remaining two seals andsmaller animals can live happily. The experience is absolutely fascinating. You can also call an underwater tunnel with windows you can see, the show closer on foot.

Powerhouse Museum

Address: 500Harris St., Sydney

Hours: 10-17

Posted by late payments, free admission the first Saturday of each month.

A luxury cloth merchants Museum. Musical instruments, old trains, spare satellite, and paintings and statues, as a whole tell us something about ourCentury. The exhibition is well studied and the nostalgic effect, the insured.

Art Gallery

Address: Macquarie Street, Melbourne

Hours: 10-17

Submitted by payment

Permanent collection of art in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia, especially contemporary ago. In a separate environment, there are also champions of today.

Victorian Arts Centre

Address: St. Kildee Road, Melbourne

Events: Guided tours every two hours

Membersby payment

This is a great center, where there are galleries, rooms for the various musical and theatrical events that character. Inside, there is also the State Theatre.

"Polly Woodside" Maritime Museum

Address: Harbour, Melbourne

Hours: 10-17

Submitted by payment

Polly Woodside is the name of glorious sailing ship built in 1885 in Ireland, who later retired setting was a museum of the sea. They are around, there are other buildings that housePart of the collection.

Australian cuisine

The Australian cuisine is a mix of world cuisine, together as part of immigrants in Australia. live together Thus, the Italian restaurant with the Chinese, Hindus approach the Irish, the Thai are very close near the Lebanese. The restoration is high and therefore interesting ethnic dining experience to have. All the products come from the island and almost everything is taken care of.which means a guarantee of quality, for nature has favored the large island of Australia. Of course, fish and seafood are the most preferred unit to the coast, rich in all forms of life. Do not forget to taste the dishes marine Thai restaurant. Fish and seafood with yellow, green and red curry sauce. And, above all, enjoy an authentic crabs. Or, lobster and shrimp. The Australian meat is high quality and also posted more pleasant than inItaly-where to eat steaks, potatoes enriched with butter or cream or sour cream together. But it is the actual establishment of the Australian Meat Pie Kitchen. Nothing more than a rich meat pies baked. E 'is served everywhere on the island. But the best thing would be to eat at home. In fact, the Australian wine to taste. Many of them have nothing to envy of European wines to be served with Italian and FrenchRestaurants.

SHOPPING

Precious stones, wine, and above all the craft in the Outback, the vast interior of the country, and the indigenous technology, in its strange and mysterious. In the private sector in the airports is enough to show your passport and return ticket to get discount prices and local rates.

The packages the most important textile in Australia to call his tarpaulin. Takes its name from the imagination of the early settlers that the sails of cotton cropwith their hands with paraffin is already widespread among the farmers, fishermen, the president and all those who have lived in open areas. There are also shirts, trousers, hats and long skirts and Crocodile Dundeei style. In the city the best acquisition of the sheep can not do without, of course, a wool shirt with ornaments in a thick and bold colors. Beach lovers, harassment to choose between surfing suit, shirt andMaglione.

Jewellers

Australia's opal, which is held 95% of the production of world renown. The best are those who have checked out the black style Lighting Ridge in New South Wales. But there is also a sapphire and diamond. On the other hand, the sea offers beautiful pearls in the water of Broome and the South Pacific market with the brand.

Arts

In recent years, the first Aboriginal art, attention is required toCollector and enthusiast. Paintings on bark of Eucalyptus, tables rituals, worked boomerangs and bowls, paintings on canvas, the really surprising in its originality.

Food

Australian wines have become a fad, but quality, especially in this position to them. To enjoy them we have: the Clare Valley, the so-called "Tuscany Australia." Chardonnay, but also the red wine from Barossa Valley Shiraz, Pinot Noir from LeewinState and region of Rutherglen Muscat. Delicious is the chocolate factory from Cadburu produced, and smoked fish of Tasmania.