General information about Australia
 
Visit to Australia - a kind of a winning lottery ticket, which allows you to appreciate the uniqueness of the smallest of the terrestrial world. After all, to enjoy the natural beauty of Australia's many hampers its extreme inaccessibility - duration flight for Europeans takes about a day. However, those who overcome this obstacle, hitherto called the ignorant world - the world of "opposites", such an unusual and mysterious to our culture. Here you'll see the inexpressible beauty of the Great Barrier Reef - the grand coral ridge, marvel at the seven Aboriginal frying meat produced by them honestly kangaroo on fire with Teflon pans, a ride in the car kangaroo hunter and have lunch at Sydney restaurant, located in a former prison for convicts.

Climate of Australia
 
Weather in Australia has to travel all year round. Dog Day: November-January (from +25 ° C to +32 ° C). Relatively cold in June and August, the temperature rises no higher than +15 +18 ° C, and sometimes drops to 0 ° C. In the winter rains are frequent. May-August - the perfect time for a trip in September-December - the peak season.

Money in Australia

Australian Dollar (AUD) = 100 cents. In circulation are banknotes of 100, 50, 20, 10, and $ 5, and coins of 1 and $ 2, and 50, 20, 10 and 5 cents.
1 UAH = 0.2752 AUD

Traditions Australia
 
Australian tradition started relatively recently, and the main thing - it's part. The most common tradition - to play once a year at the races. On the first Tuesday of November the whole country stops: start racing on the "Melbourne Cup". In Victoria, people even give a paid day off. Explain such massive interest in this sport no. Whole year, few remember the sport of kings, but on this day all the men, women and children as their duty to place a bet on the average $ 6.

Kitchen Australia

Australia is famous for exotic fruits, seafood, meat dishes bulls and lambs and wonderful cheeses. Along with beef and lamb, the more expensive restaurants serve meat emus, buffalo or camel. Among the exotic meat in the first place kangaroo and crocodile meat, which tastes somewhere between chicken and pork. Australians love meat pie - pie puff pastry stuffed with meat (like Tat). Barbecue, that is roasted on a grill in the open air, is considered a form of "national sport." Almost every region has its own culinary "highlight": King Island cream, oysters Sydney, mangoes from Bow, salmon from Tasmania, Coffin Bay scallops, etc.

Attractions Australia

Sydney
 
Sydney is rightly recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Founded in 1788 in the Bay of Port Jackson (the first European settlement in Australia) and for 200-odd years has evolved from a small village in the convicts ultramodern metropolis, carefully keeping the memorials of his short stories.
Unique contrast City skyscrapers and old buildings Rocks and King's Cross, souvenir shops in the Yorks and Elizabeth and Asian neighborhoods of Chinatown and Liverpool Street, huge parks and ultramodern building Olympic venues Kronos Hill, Sydney Olympic and Syuperdom Stedium in Homebush, majestic (and one of the largest in the world) Bay Sydney Harbour and thrown over her unique single-span Harbour Bridge in 503 m length during a dinner at the Sydney Tower on Market Street can not only get acquainted with the layout of the city, but also to taste many Australian and Asian dishes, exotic seafood, meat, kangaroos and emus. Oxford Street focused a lot of bars and restaurants in Darling Harbour - hundreds of galleries, bars, hotels and restaurants, and on George Street and Market Street - the best shopping in the city.

Perth
 
Perth - a young and modern city, lying on the banks of a wide river Swan. Perth and its satellite city of Fremantle occupy a large area, but the whole life is in two places: in the "City" (the heart of Perth) and in the business center of Fremantle. Perth - big and developed city, which has something to do during the day and at night. You can visit the art gallery, which exhibits the work of foreign and Australian artists, including masterpieces of traditional Aboriginal art, amazing technique of execution. No less interesting is the Western Australian Museum, which tells about the nature of the state, its history, the largest meteorite crater in the world Wolf Creek, and, of course, about the indigenous people - the Aborigines. In the evening, visitors are invited to dozens of chic restaurants, casino and Burswood. In addition, the Perth spends a lot of exhibitions and conferences of various profiles.

Darwin
 
Darwin - a small but modern city, the center of the northern provinces and the main "gateway" countries in South-East Asia. In a short time you can get a stunning charge most vivid impressions and meet with the wild beauty that are unlikely to meet somewhere else. The Park Kakadu (included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site) in the unique natural landscapes have a wonderful collection of wild animals, flora, and representatives of the world of bird continent. In the Wild Animal Park Northern Territories ("Territory Wildlife Park"), along with other members of the Australian fauna, you can meet the legendary Australian fish-giant "barramandi." In the vicinity of the picturesque parks Darwin Litchfield and Katherine Gorge.

Alice Springs

Alice Springs - the main town in central Australia and the capital of the Northern Territory. For tourists provide everything you need for rest: numerous casinos, restaurants and shops. It is interesting to visit the unique station "Aero-school", which broadcasts on the radio lessons for children living in remote areas, or medical airbase famous "Royal Flying Doctor Service" ("Royal Flying Doctor Service"), camel farm or museum "Old Telegraph Station "- living testimony of the era of development of Australian deserts.

Rock massif of Uluru
 
Rock massif of Uluru (or Ayers Rock) is the main "point of attraction" for many tourists. This giant rock "table", rises to 348 m above a perfectly smooth surface of the surrounding desert, formed in the Archean era and is considered one of the oldest sections of the crust of the planet. For Aboriginal chameleon-mountain Uluru for thousands of years is a sacred place. According to the "chukurpa" ("Act of Creation"), the whole area around Uluru was created beings, ancestors, descendants of the tribe of which is "Ananga." Last surrendered to rent mountain Uluru Australian Government for use as a national park. Duty "Ananga" - follow the ancestral land, to prevent its physical and spiritual pollution. Therefore natives against rising tourists to the top of Uluru. Instead paved trail around the base of the picturesque cliffs that run through caves and sacred "original" parts.
32 km west of Uluru Kata-array are Tjuta (the Olgas or mountain) and the Valley of the Winds - at least a great place for "pilgrimage". Nearby is the tiny town of Yulara - the center of the spa area "Ayers Rock" (Ayers-Rock Resort), surrounded by a national park Kata Tjuta. Except for a few modern hotels, here are interesting Information Centre Yulara with excellent exposure on the geology, history and nature of the region, as well as a unique exhibition of photographs.

Cairns
 
Cairns - one of the most exotic corners of Australia, the "gate" of the Great Barrier Reef and the main resort of the north. Here, almost everything is subject to tourism. You can make a trip to the National Park of Staten River, visit the mountain village of Kuranda and Reserve to the famous tropical butterfly conservatory, a ride on an old train on a mountain road, past waterfalls and rain forests, and in the Kuranda - go through hundreds of gift shops and restaurants. After that you can go down to the sea on a 7-kilometer cable car "Skaytreyl" laid over impenetrable rainforests, or visit the village natives Tzhapukai, where tourists have special representation with local songs and dances, making fire and throwing a spear or boomerang. Adrenaline and wildlife are invited to an unforgettable jeep safari or rainforest rafting rafting on the famous mountain river Tully River. Finally, you can just relax on the endless deserted beaches, stretching from mOsm to Eyre, a tour of the beautiful plateau Ettenton or drive through a string of charming beaches, stretching for 50 km north of Port Douglas, to enjoy the spectacular coastal scenery of Cape Tribulation ("Cape disaster ") or the Daintree River.

Magnetic Island Island
 
Magnetic Island Island is probably the best place in the world for diving and yachting. Here the wonderful beaches of coral sand, fine hotels and virtually untouched wilderness - there is even a koala colony.

Hayman Island

Hayman Island - Private Island, one of Australia's most prestigious resorts. There are all conditions for the rest: great cuisine (10 restaurants), excellent diving, ocean cruises, flights "on anything that flies." Along the coast runs even a real submarine. And as water skiing, windsurfing, catamaran, fishing, parasailing, tennis (6 floodlit courts), squash, badminton, golf, fitness center, yachts, boutiques, bars - it's all a matter of course.

Heron Island
 
Heron Island - a secluded resort on the southern end of the Reef, which also has a reputation as one of the best dive sites in the world. The island is surrounded by white sand, crystal clear waters and the breathtaking beauty of the coral reefs.

Bedarra Island

Bedarra Island - the epitome of exclusivity and luxury, the most expensive and luxurious island Barrier Reef. Here you can see a variety of animals, relaxing stay on a secluded beach, play tennis or enjoy water sports and superb cuisine. Accommodation - in only a few villas with ocean views and luxurious.

Fraser Island
 
Fraser Island, which lies almost in the middle of the eastern coast of the continent - the largest sand island in the world, is also included in the World Heritage List of the United Nations. Fraser famous sand dunes, freshwater lakes (in itself unusual for sand island) and frequent meetings with the whales and dolphins in the coastal waters.
No less attractive island Brampton, Hamilton, Daydream, Orpheus, Fitzroy and Green Island, as well as many smaller, often nameless islands and reefs, underwater arrays crowning of the Great Barrier Reef.

Tasmania

Tasmania is an island off the southern coast of Australia (an area of 68 thousand sq. km.) And is famous for unspoiled nature, pleasant temperate climate and excellent fishing. The main town of Tasmania - Hobart (founded in 1803) - the southernmost and most sparsely populated "capital" of the world. Most buildings in the city, even the port warehouses are made in the refined neo-Gothic style, which, combined with a beautiful mountainous landscape gives it a unique charm. In addition to old buildings, there are wonderful parks, the first legal casino in the country, as well as the infamous Port Arthur - the most severe colony of Australia.