Australia Travel

Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, is the closest capital city to Alice Springs by road and by air.

By road, Alice Springs is a distance of 1497km from Darwin, whereas Adelaide, capital of South Australia, is a distance of 1529 km.

By air, Darwin is 1284km from Alice Springs, and Adelaide is 1326km.

Uluru, also known by its European name of Ayers Rock, is a large monolith in central Australia. Regarded as a significant sacred site by the indigenous people of Australia, it is some 400km southwest of Alice Springs.

Typically the flight lasts 11 hours but can be longer or shorter give or take weather conditions. On my way Perth -> Dubai we had a 10 hour flight because of a strong tailwind and around a 10 hour 30 minute flight on the return.

The distance between Brisbane, capital of Queensland and Adelaide, capital of South Australia, varies according to e method if travel. The flight distance between Brisbane and Adelaide is 1,599 kilometres.

The driving distance between Brisbane and Adelaide is 2,025 km, travelling one of the more direct routes, through Dubbo and Balranald.

You would fly over lots of seas in doing that journey, as you are travelling half way around the world. Much of the journey is flying overland, with a stop off in any one of a number of countries in southern Asia. From there it would be a flight over the parts of both the Indian and Pacific Oceans to get to Australia.

From Sydney to Nowra is a distance of about 156 km, and would take around 2 hours, 20 minutes to travel, depending on traffic.

1) Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie - first women to compete for Australia in the Olympics (1912) and first Australian women to win Olympic medals (Durack - gold and Wylie - silver in the women's 100 meter freestyle). 2) Dawn Fraser - won four gold medals and four silver medals in Olympic competition (swimming) in three different Olympics (1956, 1960, 1964). 3) Evonne Goolagong - 7 time Grand Slam tennis tournament winner (4 Australian Opens, 1 French Open, 2 Wimbledon). 4) Louise Sauvage - 2 time Olympic gold medal winner in wheelchair racing (1996, 2000) and 9 time gold medal winner in the Paralympic Games. 5) Cathy Freeman - gold medalist in the 400 meter run at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was named the Sportswoman of the Year in 2001. She was the first aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. 6) Nova Peris-Kneebone - She was the first aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal (Field Hockey in the 1996 Games).

Fraser Island is located in the South Pacific Ocean, off the southeast Queensland coast of Australia. It is near Hervey Bay and Maryborough, and about 200 km north of the Queensland capital city of Brisbane.

The train from Sydney to Canberra is the Countrylinks Canberra Xplorer. It runs twice a day from Sydney Central station to Canberra Station, in a journey that takes a little over four hours.

From Monday to Saturday, the Xplorer train leaves Sydney at 6:58am and arrives in Canberra at 11:21am.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, another train leaves Sydney at 12:10pm and arrives in Canberra at 4:29pm, while on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays another Xplorer train leaves Sydney at 6:15pm and arrives in Canberra at 10:31pm.

This is the approximate time required. The distance considered for the journey is the shortest route chosen between the places. Also traffic rules like one ways and no entries have not been considered.
the time required between the above places is 3 hours, 42 minutes

A bight is a bend in the coast that forms an open bay. The Great Australian Bight is such a bend, forming a massive open bay on the southern coast of Australia.

Hence, "Great" - large; "Australian" - it is in Australia; "Bight" - bend in the coast that forms an open bay.

According to the Australian Government's Geoscience website, the mainland area of Australia is 7 659 861 sq km, and the total land area (including 32 163 sq km for the islands) of Australia is 7 692 024 sq km. This equates to about 2 969 907 sq miles.

If you add the marine area of Australia (410 977 sq km), the total surface area of the continent, including its immediate islands and their waters, is 8 103 001 sq km. This figure excludes the seven offshore territories of Australia.

Australia is the smallest continent, but not the largest island. In area, it is the 6th largest country in the world.

Regarding the population: As of 2014, the population of Australia is over 23 million.

To drive from Sydney's CBD to Canberra's Parliament House takes about 3 and a half hours, depending on traffic out of Sydney. The distance is 287 km, going down the South Western Motorway and Freeway, and the Hume Highway.

Zillmere is a suburb in Queensland, Australia

This would depend on which part of Brisbane you were leaving from. From Brisbane's CBD to Maroochydore is a distance of 100 km. Given road conditions and traffic, it would take about an hour and a half to travel.

This train is named the Ghan, after the old Ghan line which followed the Afghan camel tracks through Australia's centre.

The road distance from the Gold Coast to Hervey Bay is 371 km. Travel time is just over five hours.

The most logical and easiest route is to travel straight along the Cunningham Highway until it meets the Ipswich Motorway, then continue until the exit on to the Logan Motorway. Take the Logan Motorway (bearing right and avoiding the Gateway Motorway and Brisbane Airport exit) until it continues on to join the Pacific highway.

There are back routes, but this is the easiest way if you are unfamiliar with the roads.

Another alternative, shorter route is to travel along the Cunningham Highway but then take the Boonah-Fassifern Road turnoff, which will take you through Beaudesert, Canungra and Nerang. Although it is about the same amount of travel time (just over two and a half hours), the distance is shorter, at only 186km, compared to 217km.

11.30 am. Doesn't matter what time of year as they both have daylight saving.

A 2007 tourist report indicates that Sydney is the number one tourist destination in Australia, closely followed by Tropical North Queensland and the Gold Coast.

Naturally, there are other popular places such as Uluru/Ayers Rock, but the places listed above are officially the most-visited tourist areas. The report does not list a single tourist attraction as the "number one" attraction. One could assume, however, that if Sydney tops the list of favoured destinations, then the Sydney Opera House is arguably the number one tourist attraction in Australia. Now in 2015 Uluru is the number 1 tourist attraction because of stunning colour change and because it the largest red rock ever

To view a media release on the report, see the related link.

As you depart the Gold Coast airport, look out for signs pointing to Brisbane. Once you are on the main Pacific Highway, proceed north for about 85 kilometres. There is no need to exit until several kilometres after crossing the Gateway Bridge over the Brisbane River. The necessary exit for the Brisbane Airport is clearly marked.