It’s easy to forget just how enormous Australia is. This is a country as big as a continent, yet with less than half the population of England.
A handful of vibrant, modern cities look out towards the ocean and inwards to a vast expanse of the seemingly empty outback.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are famous iconic sights in Australia, as well as Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef. There are fascinating, diverse regions with a large variety of wildlife.
There’s often something strangely familiar about Australia, from rugby fever in the north to Melbourne’s café-lined boulevards and English-style seaside in the south, as well as a thousand more highlights in between.