Sydney, the birthplace of Australia, is one of the world's most scenic cities located majestically on the shores of the world's best natural Harbour. The city runs about 55km east-west from the Pacific Coast to the Great Dividing Range, and roughly 70km north-south within a 200-kilometre radius. Its subtropical climate and relaxed lifestyle resembles a Mediterranean city - it's vibrant, cosmopolitan, multicultural and known affectionately as “the best address on the planet”.

Most of South Australia's two million people live in the state's capital, Adelaide, being described as one of the world's best planned and most charming cities. The city is laid out with broad streets in an open grid pattern encircled by over 4000ha of parkland. Many of the streets are lined with early colonial houses built of bluestone and slate and numerous churches, reflecting the piety of the early settlers that has earned Adelaide the nickname 'The City of Churches'.

Brisbane is the sub-tropical capital of Queensland. The first settlement here was established in Moreton Bay in 1824 as a penal colony for difficult convicts from NSW. After struggling with inadequate water supplies and hostile Abor­iginal groups, the colony was relocated to safer territory on the banks of the Brisbane River, where the city now stands.

Tropical North Queensland is the only place on earth with two World Heritage-listed areas sitting side by side, where the Great Barrier Reef kisses the shores of the world's oldest tropical rainforest. Warm weather, secluded beaches, amazing wildlife, picturesque landscapes and diverse flora and fauna attract tourist to this part of Australia.

Canberra, affectionately known as “The Bush Capital”, was established in 1911 for the newly federated Australian nation. The area, now known as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), was chosen as a compromise between the rival claims of Sydney and Melbourne and is located 300km south of Sydney and 600km north of Melbourne.

The Gold Coast, an hour's drive from Brisbane, is Australia's busiest holiday region with beautiful surf beaches and family theme parks, and considered Australia's equivalent of America's Miami Beach. Some 4 million visitors arrive each year to holiday along the Gold Coast's 70 km of coastline, which includes no less than 35 famously beautiful beaches. The Gold Coast is a surfer's Mecca. The southern beaches are the best and Kirra Point said to have one of the 10 best breaks in the world.

Melbourne, the capital of Victoria and home to 4 million people. It was founded on the Yarra River in 1835 and gained independence from New South Wales in 1850.

The Sunshine Coast is located north of Brisbane and consists of many beautiful seaside resort towns, one of the most popular being Noosa - a fashionable resort situated on Laguna Bay at the mouth of the Noosa River. The resort buzzes with atmosphere on its sandy white beach, with boutique shopping and a wide variety of restaurants and cafes. The relaxed lifestyle, beautiful natural setting, the weather and safe year-round swimming make this a popular holiday destination.

Central Australia is a unique World Heritage-listed region and classic Australian Outback. This vast and stunning ancient landscape of red earth deserts and semi-arid plains offers a mixture of light and colour seen nowhere else on earth.

If you are looking for pure beauty in a natural setting - The Northern Territory will deliver that for you.

The first history of Western Australia can be traced back to over 40000 years ago, when the first Aboriginal tribes made it their home. This part of the country is also the first one to have been discovered by the European seaferrers, as early as 1616, when the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog first landed on the west coast, later calling this part of Australia - New Holland.

Tasmania, the smallest state in Australia with just over ½ million people remains one of the last places in the country where people can have a true wilderness experience.

Roughly the size of Germany, with a population of less than 40,000, the Kimberley is known for its rugged natual beauty and rich cultural history.