Australia can be considered as the largest inhabited island or the least populated continent of the world.

Either ways it is one of the best destinations in the world, from both study and travel point of view.

Australia is known for its long coastline, pristine beaches, ancient castles, Sydney Opera House and The Great Barrier Reef.

The country is divided into six states, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia and two major mainland territories—the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Kalgoorlie in Australia is the largest electorate by area in the world, a whooping 2,255,278 square kilometers.

Measuring over 2,012.5 km the Great Barrier Reef of Australia is the longest coral reef in the world.

The total coastline of Australia is 36,735 kilometers with no place in Australia over 1000kms from the sea.

Sydney Tower standing at 324.8m is the highest building in the southern hemisphere.

For a population of around 20 million people in Australia there are more than 150 million sheep.

‘The Melbourne Cup’ a horse race in Melbourne is a declared holiday in Melbourne each year.

The largest cattle station in the world is in Australia roughly the size of Belgium and the cleanest air in the world is found in Tasmania.

Next to Athens the second largest populations of Greeks live in Melbourne, Australia.

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal, wool, alumina, diamonds, sheep, lead, refined zinc ores and mineral sands.

Car hire companies in Australia include Europcar, Thrifty, Avis, and Budget.