Australia

About this destination

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere consisting of the Australian mainland and a large number of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, of which Tasmania is the largest. Australia lies to the north-west of New Zealand and to the south of Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea. The country has an area of 7,692,000 km² and is thus the sixth largest country in the world by area. Of the approximately 25 million inhabitants, the majority live in and around the major cities, such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The capital is Canberra.