Australia about 3/4 the size of the US in area and is made up of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Tasmania (an island off the southeast coast). The Australian Capital Territory (Canberra), actually located in New South Wales, is the national capital city, kind of like Washington, DC. The population of Australia is between 20 and 25 million people (compared to 290+ million in the US), most of whom live in coastal areas. About 25% live in Sydney and environs; and about 60% live in and around just 5 cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Most of the country is sparsely populated, especially in the "red center" which is like a vast desert area.

You'll find a link below to each of the main areas we visited: Sydney and surroundings, Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Fremantle/Perth, the southwest corner of Western Australia (WA), the west coast of WA, Cairns, the Queensland coast, and Brisbane. For a perspective on just how extensive this trip was, consider that Australia is approximately the size of the US. To compare, it's as if we went from our southeast Atlantic coast to the Gulf coast, then to the west coast, up and down the west coast, across to the northeast coast and down the coast to where we began. We drove over 9000 kilometers mostly along the Great Ocean Road, in WA, and in Queensland. We utilized bus, ferry, train and air transportation as well. We met many wonderful people and had the time of our lives.

Here's a link to Our Favorites page.

Two of the most memorable incidents of our trip: Our "Footy" experience and Battle of the Coral Sea remembrance ceremony, both of which happened while we were in Fremantle.