Australia      

               

 Have a look and be surprised / kijk een verbaas je

Below is a map of Australia, the map is superimposed over a map of Europe.

Few people know how large Australia really is, the above picture give you some idea.

Maar weinig mensen weten hoe groot Austrlië nu echt is

total land area / land oppervlakte 7.686.850 km2      //  Coastline / lengte van de kust 25.760 km

lowest point / laagste punt -15 meter  //     highest point / hoogste punt 2229 meters

poplulation / inwoners 20 mill.

Compare this  to Holland // in vergelijking met Nederland

total land area / land oppervlakte 33.883 km2      //  Coastline-borders  / lengte van de kust  en grenzen 1027  km

lowest point / laagste punt -7 meter  //     hightpoint / hoogste punt 322 meters

poplulation / inwoners  16.4 million

Holland fits into Austrlia 227 times / Australië is 227 maal groter dan Nederland

Just south of mainland Australia lies Tasmania it has a land area of 64.000km2, Holland would fit  into Tasmania twice

The zuiden van het vasteland van Austrlië ligt het driehoekige eiland Tasmanië, oppervlakte 64.000 km2 , Nederland past dus twee keer in Tasmanië

 

 

Below are the places I travelled in Australia thus far, nearly all by motorcycle

Hieronder een kaartje met de wegen en tracks die tot dusver bereden zijn.

 

 

 Brisbane is situated on the east coast, note that in the middle of the city you can go to a palmfringed beach (situated at the edge of the Brisbane river)

click on pic for enlargement- city beach on lefthand side of the river

City beach

City offices

 

Old church between modern offices

Michelle on Brisbane river bridge

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• Gunbarrel "Highway" ( detailed diary of a typical journey, lots of info and pics.)
• Under Desert Skies (trip info for astronomers in 4wd)
• Canning Stockroute (great info site, lots of helpful info incl. GPS readings)
• Canning stockroute Tracks (outback trip in 4wd ,many pics)
• Outback Tracks ( outback on a m/c by two guys from Amsterdam)
• Australia on a GS.
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• Brisbane

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• General travel links

• Australia (online).
• Australian Geographic.
• The weather in Brisbane.
•  Australia general information
• Australia tourist informatione
• Australia Travel
• Australian Web servers - Interactive Map of Sites by State
• Australia's National Parks
• Buslines Australia
• Beam Solid
• Beds On Line
• Bureau of Meteorology,
• Australia
• Bushwalking and Travel
• Western Australia

Brisbane in the distance

Ayers rock