Budj Bim Cultural Landscape | Australia

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The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located in the traditional Country of the Gunditjmara people in south-eastern Australia, containing one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems.

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Three Sisters - Blue Mountains | Australia

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The Greater Blue Mountains Area is located in New South Wales, Australia, The Three Sisters is the Blue Mountains’ most spectacular landmark, attracting millions of visitors each year. The Three Sisters is essentially an unusual rock formation representing three sisters who according to Aboriginal legend were turned to stone.

Greater Blue Mountains Area is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Kakadu National Park | Australia

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Kakadu National Park is Australia’s largest national park. It extends from the coast and estuaries in the north of Australia through floodplains, billabongs and lowlands to rocky ridges and stone country in the south. The name Kakadu is the result of the European interpretation of a local Aboriginal floodplain language, called Gagudju.

Kakadu National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Port Adelaide | Australia

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Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. Port Adelaide is known for its well preserved 19th-century pubs and hotels, reflecting the area's maritime history in catering to the sailors of trading ships.

The best Australia has to offer

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* Elabana Falls is a cascade waterfall that is located within Lamington National Park in the South East region of Queensland.
* Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory. 
* Agincourt Reef is situated on the very edge of the Great Barrier Reef.
* The Twelve Apostles is probably the most iconic sight for most visitors to the Great Ocean Road.
* Named after the palm trees that line the beach, Palm Cove is a coastal suburb of Cairns in Queensland.
* The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales.

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Heard Island | Australia

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The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands. Located about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica, these uninhabited islands are among the most remote places in the world.

Heard and McDonalds Islands is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Purnululu National Park | Australia

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The Bungle Bungles in Purnululu National Park is famous for its beehive-like hills. But there is more to see in the Bungle Bungles.

One of the other highlights is the Echidna Chasm, a narrow gorge, at some points only two meters wide, but with 200m high vertical walls.

Purnululu National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

World's most dangerous bird | Australia

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"He came home crosshatched and bleeding," McColl said. He told her, "'Oh my god, Doon, it was Jurassic Park!" The attacking bird was a Cassowary - an enormous, flightless bird.

What makes them dangerous, are their feet. Three toes sport pointed nails. The most dangerous of which is the middle, which ends in a veritable dagger several inches long. Cassowaries are native to the tropics of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea.

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Melbourne | Australia

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Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria. The city has a population of approximately 5 million, which is almost 20% of the population of Australia.

What a superb city view. Thank you Steve! 

Naracoorte Caves | Australia

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Naracoorte Fossil Mammal site is located in South Australia, about 320km from Adelaide. Discovered in 1969, the site covers 300 hectares and gives visitors a snapshot of Pleistocene life in south-east Australia. Only a small percentage of the site has been excavated yet.

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here you see a few other cards about this site.

Australia's rain forests

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Australia has 3.6 million hectares of the Rainforest native forest type, which is 3 per cent of Australia’s total native forest area. Australia’s rainforests are typically characterised by high rainfall, lush growth and closed canopies.

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Historic Glenelg | Australia

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Glenelg is a beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide, Australia. Established in 1836, it is the oldest European settlement on mainland South Australia.

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Parliament House of South Australia

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Parliament House in the Adelaide city centre, is the seat of the Parliament of South Australia.
Look at this great minisheet!

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South Bank - Brisbane | Australia

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Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland.

South Bank is Brisbane’s premier lifestyle and cultural destination, located on the southern banks of the Brisbane River. Streets Beach is a South Bank icon. It is Australia’s only inner-city, man-made beach.

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Alexandra Cave - Naracoorte | Australia

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Alexandra Cave - This spectacular cave is one of the Naracoorte Caves’ special treasures. Discovered in 1908, Alexandra Cave is full of speleothems – stalactites, stalagmites, and columns. You’ll be amazed by the contrast between delicate needle-like stalactites and massive twisting columns.
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https://www.naracoortecaves.sa.gov.au/discover/under-the-ground/alexandra-cave

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Alexandra Cave is one of the locations that comprises this site.

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Kangaroo Island | Australia

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Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. The island is located about 13km off the coast near Adelaide. It is known for its spectacular landscapes and amazing diversity of wildlife. So you will find not only kangaroos.

Remarkable rocks are one of the signature landmarks on the island. It took millions of years for rain, wind, and pounding waves to create these granite boulders which are now part of the Flinders Chase National Park. Here and here you see two other cards about this island.

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Sydney | Australia

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Sydney is capital of New South Wales and one of Australia's largest cities. Sidney is best known for its harbourfront Sydney Opera House, with a distinctive sail-like design.

Sydney Opera House is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here you see another view.

The Fleurieu Way to Kangaroo Island | Australia

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Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. The island is located about 13km off the coast near Adelaide. It is known for its spectacular landscapes and amazing diversity of wildlife. So you will find not only kangaroos.

The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of Adelaide. You can easily travel to Kangaroo island by ferry from Cape Jervis (on the Fleurieu Peninsula).

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Historic Hotels - Adelaide | Australia

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Adelaide is known globally as the city of churches but the history books show the South Australian capital is just as much a city of grand old pubs.

From corner to corner, the city streets are dotted with some of the oldest and best-known pubs and hotels in Adelaide. The card shows some of these historic hotels: Newmarket Hotel (est.1847), The Stag (1849), The Botanic (1876) and The Austral.

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Three of Australia's nineteen finch species are featured on the second of Australia Post's Finches of Australia series.

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Purnululu National Park | Australia

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The Purnululu National Park is a World Heritage Site in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. The park covers almost 240,000 hectares of remote area, including the Bungle Bungle Range. This spectacular landscape of sculptured rocks contains spectacular beehive-shaped karst sandstone rising 250 metres above the surrounding semi-arid savannah grasslands.