Australia, officially called as the Commonwealth of Australia, is present in the world’s smallest Australian continent. It is also popularly referred to as “Oz” since the 20^th century. Canberra is the capital of Australia which is a prosperously developed and multi cultural society.

Geography:

The country Australia has spread for nearly for 7,617,930 square kilometers, surrounded by the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. It is the world’s largest island having a total population of 22,365,730 with various ethnic groups like Asian, aboriginal and others. The wildlife, beaches, rainforests, mountains and deserts are some of the natural sceneries present in this country.

Climate:

Australia has a semi arid and temperate climate. The summer will be hot especially in the southern states and the northern states will be hotter and wetter as well. There will be a seasonal rainfall and snowfall can be seen in the mountainous regions. Sleeveless, cool and light clothing will be perfect during summers, and sweaters and jackets during winter are recommended for tourists.

Culture:

Majority of the people in Australia speak English language and the others include Chinese and Italian. Catholicism, Anglican, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism are the religious faiths present here.

Australia consists of an Anglo-Celtic Western culture. Its culture is also influenced by the other Asian countries.

The cave and bark paintings displays the visual arts of Australia and story telling has been a tradition which is being followed from many years.

Australia is a home for many well known art galleries and museums. The National Gallery of Australia maintains the best collection of the country’s art works and the Tasmanian Museum and art gallery reflects the country’s heritage with the collection of the colonial art.

It hosts several festivals like Fringe festival which features dance, theatre and comedy; Music festivals featuring large range of music styles by the popular bands; film festivals and food festivals.

The top tourist attractions which are crowded with a number of tourists include Blue Mountains, Kangaroo Island, Fraser Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Purnululu National Park, Ayers Rock, Kakadu National Park and many more in the list.

The Australian cuisine is influenced by the Asian and European. The traditional dish bush tucker is popular and more common. The wine industry is popular producing high-quality wine styles and dessert and fortified wines.

Travel:

Travelling by bus in Australia is more cost effective. Greyhound Australia operates the premier bus services. The fares for these bus services can be booked through phone and internet, the latter being least expensive. It also offers travel passes which are used to explore Australia.

Train transport is more comfortable and the passengers can get a glance at the scenic view while train travel.

The other modes include marine transport, taxis and cars.

Airport:

Several major international airports are situated in Australia namely Adelaide airport, Brisbane International airport, Cairns International airport, Melbourne airport, Perth airport, and Sydney airport.

These airports operate both domestic and international flights, carrying millions of passengers per year. The tourists can get the ground transportation services like taxis, cars, rails, shuttles, buses and Limousines.

Common facilities like shopping, dining, business services, baggage, airport information, ATMs, internet, disabled facilities and many more are available at the airport.

The car rental agencies at the airport include National, Alamo, Avis, Hertz, Thrifty, and Alpha car hire.