Monday, November 30, 2009

Welcome to Australia

The name Australia is derived from the Latin word Australis, meaning ''southern''. Legends of the unknown land of the south. Australia is the worlds smallest continent, it is in the southern hemisphere, and borders both India ocean and the Pacific ocean. The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by Indigenous Australians.

The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon island, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, to the north east, and New Zealand to the south east.

Australia is advanced and industrialized country. It has many international comparisons of national performance such as economic freedom,public education,and quality of life and protection.

Australia also has numerous theme parks such as Luna Park, (originally Luna Park Milsons Point, also known as Sydney's Luna Park) It is located at Milsons Point, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. This originally operated under the name of Harbourside of Amusement Park before resuming the Luna Park name. It is also one of the two amusement park of the world that are protected by government legeslation.

Friday, November 27, 2009

City of Sydney

watson bayWatson bay

walsh bayWalsh Bay

woolloomooloo bayThe Finger wharf located at Woolloomooloo bay on Sydney's harbor.

Luna parkLuna Park Sydney's amusement icon, located at Milsons point, Sydney.

Harbour bridgeSydney Harbour Bridge

Circular QuayCircular Quay

sydney skyscraper
Sydney city
Sydney citySydney is the state capital of New South Wales, it is also the largest city of Australia also know as the Harbor City. Sydney is surrounded by many tourist attraction like the well known Sydney opera house, Harbor bridge, the beautiful Watson bay, Circular quay, Luna park and the Finger Wharf.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

City of Perth

Hyde ParkHyde Park

Cottesloe BeachCottesloe Beach

Hay Street MallHay Street Mall

Bluff KnollBluff Knoll

Perth cityPerth is located at the western part of Australia. There are many places where you can tour when you get to Perth. These are the places that you shouldn't miss; Bluff knoll, Burswood park and dome, Hyde park, Perth concert hall, Perth observatory, King's park, Harbor and Cottesloe beach.

City of Brisbane

story bridgeOne of Brisbane's famous attraction The Story Bridge, you can see the best view of the city from here.

riverside walksRiverside walks this path runs along the bank of Brisbane River.

Brisbane waterfrontWaterfront is also one of famous attraction in Brisbane, because here stands the Queensland state's important offices.

brisbane skyline
Brisbane riverBrisbane River.

Brisbane city
Brisbane cityBrisbane is the state capital of Queensland and the third largest city in Australia. Brisbane has unique landmarks which attract million of tourist around the world every year. The city has many tourist spots like the Story Bridge, The Waterfront, Brisbane city hall, Fortitude valley, Riverside walks, Brisbane river and more. You might see more of their tourist attraction when you get there. Have a happy trip =)

ANZAC war memorial

anzac war memorialThe memorable Anzac war way back in the year 1914 where the Australian fought against Turkish during World war I. The building was built as a Memorial to the first world war's Australian Imperial Force, it was completed in 1934.