I saw a calendar entitled a 'land of contrasts', and geographically I think Australia is just that. We have now been here for nearly four months, and seen an immense amount of the country. Queensland; with the heat and tropical beaches, as well as the tablelands, waterfalls and swimming holes. New South Wales; busy Sydney vs the small laid back towns and surf beaches nearer the Queensland border. Victoria; more history and culture, but rain to match, and the wild southern coast with rugged cliffs. South Australia; a contrast between cosmopolitan Adelaide, and vast tracts of nothingness in our first taste of the outback. Northern Territory; serious outback with much sought winter sunshine, the iconic rocks of uluru and kata tjuta, and the seemingly nothingness that is Darwin. Western Australia; vast, empty, orange outback vs turquoise
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