Australia And South Pacific

Perth The Wild West Of Australia

21. December 2009

Perth is the biggest city of Western Australia and is the capital of the same state. It has a population of about 1,650,000 and ranks fourth among the other cities of Australia. Perth was established on 12 June 1829 and was found by Captain James Stirling. Even today this place is serving as the seat of government for Western Australia. This place lies between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Range. Its central business district and suburbs lies on the Swan River. This place is popularly known as the “City of Lights” because the people resides at this city had lit their house and street lights for the astronaut John Glenn who passed in the clouds when he was circling the earth on Friendship 7 in the year 1962. This process was repeated again when he passed overhead in the year 1998 on [...]

Destined To Enjoy The City Of Brisbane

21. December 2009

0 Comments

Queensland’s State capital, Brisbane, is located in Australia and is the biggest city of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most crowded city in Australia with a population of nearly 2 million. The Brisbane city lies on the Brisbane River which flows on the low-lying plain where flood occurs. By this you can realize that this place was named after the river called Brisbane. This plane lies between the Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range in the southeastern side of Queensland. The local inhabitants call this place as Mian-jin which means ‘place shaped as a spike’. The river Brisbane was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane who was the Governor of New South Wales for the period of five years that is from 1821 to 1825. Brisbane has been selected as the capital of Queensland when the [...]

Memorizing The Beauty Of Christchurch

18. December 2009

0 Comments

Christchurch City is located at the Pegasus Bay from the southern end and is the second major city in New Zealand. It could be seen in South Island between Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains. This name was given by the Canterbury Association on 27 March 1848 and was recommended by John Robert Godley. River Avon flows through the city’s centre which was named to honor the Scottish Avon. The common Maori name for this place is Qtautahi which means “the place of Tautahi”. This name was implemented during 1930s. This place is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers and also from the North Waimakariri River. Among the eight pairs of cities in the world, Christchurch holds an antipodal city and half of them could be found in New Zealand [...]

Dreamworld Sydney

18. December 2009

0 Comments

When we say Australia, we normally visualize an image in our mind and that image is of Sydney. Australia has many places as a tourist attraction or you can say the entire Australia is a tourist destination where Sydney is the major essence of Australia. It is also a largest city in Australia. The population of Sydney is nearly 4.34 million and covers an area of about 12,000 square kilometers. This well-known city is also known as “the Harbour City” and the people living in this city are called as Sydneysiders. This place was established at Sydney Cove in the year 1788 by Arthur Phillip. You can see this city which is built on hills and are bounded by the Sydney Harbour which is an inlet of the Tasman Sea lies on the southeast coast of Australia. This place is popular for its Sydney Opera [...]

Attractions Of Cairns

18. December 2009

0 Comments

Cairns, a wonderful location situated in Australia is a well-known tourist destination lies between the two beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Sites named the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. Cairns were recognized in the year 1876 as a port of service for gold miners situated in the western Atherton Tableland. The major portion of its growth was served by the freight railway that carries goods to and from the place called as Tableland in the year 1892. Building an international airport at this place in the year 1984 increased a vast amount of tourism in this place. Cairn is actually a manmade mound of stones found in conical shape. You can see this in high grounds, on moorland, on mountaintops or close to the waterways. In ancient period, cairns were used for practical and astronomical [...]