About Australia

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world and at the same time the smallest, flattest and driest inhabitant continent too. With a population just over 22 million, it has the smallest population density worldwide, concentrated mostly along the eastern seaboard and the south-eastern corner of the continent.

Australia is indeed a unique country and one of the most ethnically diverse societies in the world. Before the arrival of British colonisers in 1788, Australia was inhabited by the Indigenous peoples - Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, sometimes referred to as the First Australians. Together with immigrants from all over the world the country developed into a multicultural and multiracial society which is reflected in the country's food, lifestyle and cultural practices.

Australia’s landscape is diverse and stunning, consisting of thousands of kilometers of coastline, mountain ranges, national parks, rainforests and the sandy desert also known as the red centre with distinctive rock formations such as the famous Ayer’s Rock.

Australia is a land like no other with about a million different native species. More than 80 per cent of the country’s flowering plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia, along with most of its freshwater fish and almost half of its birds.

There is so much to see and to do in Australia; whether you take a dive in crystal clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef, discover Fraser Island-the largest sand island in the world, learn about the Aboriginal culture in the hot and dry Outback, climb the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, go shopping in Melbourne, drive along the Great Ocean Road, or go surfing in Byron Bay - Australia has something for everyone.