Why Australia

Where else can you do this?

• Tour the Sydney Olympic facilities
• Walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef
• Gondola ride over the Wet Tropics Rainforest
• Stand on an Olympic podium in Olympic Stadium
• Hold a koala bear
• Visit the Sydney Opera House
• Play beach volleyball on Bondi Beach
• See a Sydney Swans (AFL) game
• Tour the Sydney Cricket Grounds
• Visit AJ Hackett Bungy (Cairns)
• Swim in the Olympic pool
• Throw a boomerang and play the digeridoo

Interesting Facts

• Australia has been identified in multiple international surveys as the happiest nation in the world.
• Sydney has an average of 240 days of sunshine and blue skies each year.
• Boomerangs are one of the most popular tourist items to buy in Australia.
• Cairns (pop. 123,760) is known as the safest tropical city in the world.
• Tipping is optional and not expected.
• Australia has a population of more than 20 million.
• Sydney has been voted for 6 consecutive years as the best city in the world for visitors.
• Cairns is located next to two of the world's greatest natural treasures - the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforests - both World Heritage listed.
• The emu and the kangaroo cannot walk backward, which is allegedly why they appear on the Australian coat-of-arms.
• Since 1945, over six million people from 200 countries have come to Australia as new settlers.