1. Canberra: Canberra is the capital city of Australia, the political center of the country, with banking, hotels and public **** services as the main sectors of the economy, and railroads that can connect the major cities, with a total population of 368,000 people (2012), ranked eighth among all Australian cities.
With a total area of 2,395 square kilometers, more than 50% of which is national parks or reserves, Canberra's design was influenced by the garden city trend, with many key areas integrated directly into the natural vegetation, earning it the reputation of being a "natural capital".
Canberra is located in the open valleys of the Australian Ranges.
It is located at 149°07′ East and 35°17′ South.
Elevation is 760 meters.
The Moranglo River runs across the city and flows west into the Marambigi River.
Originally a sheep farm, it was begun by planning in 1913 and in 1927 the Commonwealth *** moved from Melbourne to Canberra.
Canberra has the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the National Library.
In the south-west of the city is the Cosmodrome Tracking Station.
There is a strong tourism industry and a mild climate with four distinct seasons, average rainfall throughout the year and sunny days in all seasons.
Canberra has an innovative urban design, with circular and radial roads separating administrative, commercial and residential areas.
The Lake Griffin Fountain in the center of the city is a spectacular 140-meter high fountain.
The city has verdant trees and flowers in all seasons. Every September, Canberra organizes a flower festival to welcome the arrival of spring with hundreds of thousands of flowers, which is known as the "Garden City of Oceania".
2. Sydney: Sydney is located at 33°55'S, 150°53'E (33°55'S,150°53'E) is located in the southeast coast of Australia, is the capital of Australia's New South Wales, is the country's most densely populated city, the metropolitan area of the population of more than 4.2 million people (2006), but also Australia's largest city, with an area of 2,400 square kilometers. square kilometers, and is also the largest city and port in Australia and Oceania, and one of the world's largest and busiest cosmopolitan cities.
Sydney is the economic, financial, and transportation center of Australia, and an important financial and shipping center in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sydney
is a major international tourist destination, famous for the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge.
Sydney plays a significant role in Australia's national economy, with the service sector being the mainstay of Sydney's economy and Sydney's GDP accounting for around 30% of Australia's total.
Most of the world's leading multinational companies have branches or offices in Sydney.
In 2000, Sydney successfully hosted the 27th Summer Olympic Games.
The broader Sydney, known as Greater Sydney, includes the city of Sydney and 44 smaller cities nearby, covering an area of more than 12,000 square kilometers, with a population of about 4.6 million.
The City of Sydney, as an administrative division, has a precinct of only six square kilometers and a population of less than 30,000 people.
Sydney's foreign immigrants, by population size, are predominantly Italian, followed by Lebanese, Turkish, Greek, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Over the last 20 years, there has been a significant increase in Chinese residents, with the current Chinese population in the Sydney area at around 400,000 people.
Sydney is an important location for national and regional communications services in Australia.
The National Satellite System Management Center is located in Sydney.
The headquarters of the country's 3 largest commercial television stations are based in Sydney, as are the 2 state-run television stations, the ABC and SBS.
Sydney has a humid subtropical climate with rainfall throughout the year.
Sydney's weather is regulated by the neighboring ocean, making the inland western metropolitan area slightly more continental.
Sydney has a pleasant climate, beautiful surroundings, rippling scenery, beautiful views, not too hot in the summer, not too cold in the winter, plenty of sunshine and abundant rainfall.
Sydney's annual precipitation is about 1,200 millimeters, the average temperature in summer is 21 ℃, the average temperature in winter is 12 ℃.
There are many places to visit in Sydney, some of the more famous ones are the Sydney Opera House, Harbor Bridge, The Rocks, Circular Quay, Macquarie Square, Lover's Harbor (also known as Darling Harbor), museums, art galleries, and national parks both large and small.
But the best thing about Sydney is the beaches.
Sydney's beaches are a mix of different styles.
3. Melbourne: Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia and Oceania after Sydney, the capital of Victoria, the "Garden State", Australia's industrial capital, and one of the world's busiest metropolises.
In Melbourne, the city is 40% green.
Melbourne has been recognized by UN-Habitat as the best city for human habitation for many years.
Melbourne was the capital of Australia from 1901 to 1927.
Today, Melbourne is known as "Australia's cultural capital" and is the nation's center of culture, industry and tourism.
Geographically, Melbourne's latitude and longitude are 37 degrees 50 minutes south and 144 degrees 58 minutes east. Melbourne is situated on the plains, with a small amount of low mountainous terrain, and has the Yarra River, which is the main major river flowing through the city, at 242 kilometers long.
Melbourne's climate is a cross between subtropical and temperate, with year-round rainfall and a temperate maritime climate.
Melbourne is in the transition zone to subtropical, and because of its location and ocean currents, there is a large temperature difference between day and night.
Melbourne is a well-traveled city with easy access to public ****, trains and streetcars.
Melbourne's main mode of public **** transportation is the city train, which unlike the metro mostly runs above ground, but only underground in the city center area.
Melbourne is also the fashion capital of the southern hemisphere, leading the way in fashion, art, music, television production, film, dance and other cultural trends that are influential throughout Australia and the world.
Melbourne is also known to the Chinese as the "New Gold Mountain" due to the discovery of a gold mine within its borders.
Melbourne has been called the "cultural capital of Australia".
Melbourne is a city rich in history and culture.
Melbourne is home to Australia's only *** United Nations World Heritage Site, has a rich human history, and is a regular host of some of the world's most prestigious sporting events.
Melbourne is one of the leading economic and business centers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Many of Australia's largest companies are headquartered in Melbourne's central business district and around Monash University in the south-east, and many multinational companies have their Australian and southern hemisphere headquarters in Melbourne.
Melbourne is Australia's national industrial center and the center of the automotive industry.
Australia's largest automotive brand, Holden, is headquartered in Melbourne, and its production lines are located in Melbourne's satellite city of Keelung.
Melbourne is also one of the world's centers for biotechnology and the technology hub of Australia, with most of Australia's and the world's life sciences, electronics, high tech, and energy companies headquartered or headquartered in Australia located in the southeast of Melbourne in the area around Monash University, which is known as Australia's "Silicon Valley.
4. Brisbane: Brisbane is Australia's third-largest city, the country's largest seaport, the capital of Queensland, and a major commercial and industrial center.
Located on both sides of the lower Brisbane River, the city center is 25 kilometers from the river mouth.
In the west, it has been linked to Ipswich, and in the east it extends to the coastal area between Redcliffe and Redland, with an area of 2,494 square kilometers.
The population is about 1.12 million.
Although Brisbane is subtropical, the weather is dry and cool in summer and mild and dry in winter due to the continental climate.
The average annual temperature is 20.5 degrees Celsius, and the average annual precipitation is 1,153 millimeters, which often causes river flooding after heavy rain.
Between late spring and early fall, the Brisbane region is often subject to climatic conditions of thunderstorms, so there are also natural disasters such as hail and hurricanes.
Brisbane's central business district is located in the Greater Queensland region of Australia and in 2007, the population surpassed the 4.18 million mark.
The 2001 census showed that 86.5% of the city's population spoke English as their only language at home.
It is located in south-east Queensland at coordinates 27°28′S 153°02′E /
27.467°S 153.033°E / -27.467; 153.033.
The central business district is located mainly on the north bank of the river.
Along the north bank there are many commercial buildings, *** organizations, public offices, international hotels, conference halls, municipal parks and sports fields.
Brisbane hosts or co-hosts a number of international conferences and sporting events, including the Sydney Olympics (some events), the Commonwealth Games, interstate events, international expositions, the Asia-Pacific Mayors' Conference and the Rugby World Cup.
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT), ranked 10th in Australian universities for science research in 2011, is located at the eastern end of the city center.
Brisbane is the closest gateway to the Asia-Pacific region and is at the center of Australia's fastest growing region. Brisbane's proximity to the Asia-Pacific region gives it excellent air and sea connections to the region.
The Port of Brisbane is the fastest growing of Australia's state capital port cities, and the City of Brisbane is further developing the Port of Brisbane as one of Australia's key ports for Asia-Pacific trade.
Brisbane is known as the 'River City'.
The Brisbane River is a bright ribbon that floats gently down from the mountains to the sky, flowing through the red and green fields, winding through the city in several S-shapes, and then disappearing into the distant valleys.
Brisbane is also known as the Sunshine City, with beautiful natural scenery and a four-season climate. There are many botanical gardens and parks in Brisbane, such as Queen's Gardens, Victoria Park, Koala Zoo and so on, which is a good place for rest and sightseeing.
Brisbane is a tourist city, with the Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world every year.
Brisbane is a culinary paradise, with some of Queensland's most famous outdoor patio dining and an abundance of seafood.
In addition to its fine European restaurants, Brisbane is also home to many immigrants who have made the city their home, resulting in a diverse range of food styles and cuisines.
In Brisbane, you can enjoy a wide range of international cuisines.
5. Perth: Perth is the capital of Western Australia and the fourth largest city in Australia.
It is located on the banks of the Swan River (also translated as the Swan River) in the southwest corner of Australia.
Perth is located at 31 degrees 52 minutes 48 seconds south latitude and 115 degrees 52 minutes 58 seconds east longitude.
It covers an area of 5,386 square kilometers, or a quarter of the country's surface area.
To the west is the vast Indian Ocean, and 7,350 kilometers west along the latitude line to the coast of Africa; to the east is the Australian Outback.
It is known as the world's loneliest city because of its sparse population.
Perth has a Mediterranean climate with wet winters and long, hot summers.
The summer heat is caused by a heatwave from the eastern desert winds, but it doesn't stay hot for more than a few hours before cool sea breezes come in from the south-west, making Perth one of the windiest cities in Australia due to the hot breezes in the mornings and cooler breezes in the afternoons.
Being on the west coast of the Australian continent in the Mediterranean climate zone, the mild climate and the chic scenery along the Swan River make Perth a very popular tourist destination.
Perth is a tourist resort, and is seen by other residents of other parts of Australia as having an Australian simplicity, humor, and a distinctive mindset.
Perth is also home to the black swan, known as the "Black Swan City", and the black swan is featured on the Tourism Western Australia logo.
Perth is famous for its beaches, which are as beautiful as the Gold Coast in southern Australia.
One of the more famous is the Sunset Coast, which stretches from the Fremantle coastline north to Zundale, and has up to two dozen beaches.
Perth has a mix of modern skyscrapers and countryside, with a Catholic cathedral, five universities, and the State Parliament building.
Perth is a great place to live and has a high standard of living, and is ranked as one of the world's best cities to live in every year, reflecting the fact that Perth is a great city to live in, and has a high quality of life and social well-being.
6. Adelaide: The capital and port of South Australia, Australia, is the administrative, economic, transportation and cultural center of the state, and is the transportation center of the eastern states of Australia to the central and western parts of Australia.
Located in the southeast of the state on the coastal plain between the Lofty Hills and Gulf of St. Vincent.
The Torrens River runs through the city.
The port is 12 kilometers northwest of the city and is connected by rail.
Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate, with wet, cold winters and dry, hot summers.
The days and nights are quite warm in the spring and fall, with an average maximum temperature of about 28 degrees Celsius in the summer and temperatures dropping to about 15 degrees Celsius in winter.
In June 2008, the Adelaide metropolitan area*** had 1,172,105 residents, making it the fifth largest city in Australia.
Around 70.3% of South Australia's residents live in the metropolitan area, making South Australia the state with the highest concentration of residents in Australia.
Most people live in the satellite cities that surround the capital city of Adelaide.
Adelaide has many public and private schools.
The State *** is a major contributor to the quality of education.
Tertiary education is widely available in Adelaide, and there are also vocational schools (TAFE) that provide vocational education for young people and continuing education for the community.
All three of South Australia's universities have campuses in Adelaide.
Adelaide*** has Australian campuses of three public universities and three foreign universities.
Adelaide is a major crossroads for east-west and north-south traffic in Australia.
Adelaide's inner-city transportation system is limited and consists of buses using dedicated lanes, the MRT and streetcars. Adelaide's transportation is dominated by buses and trains, which travel between the city and the cities.
Adelaide's economy is dominated by manufacturing, military and research industries.
There are large manufacturing, military and research areas in the city.
Holden Automotive and the Mitsubishi Group have manufacturing plants in Adelaide, and about half of all cars produced in Australia come from Adelaide.
News Corporation was founded in Adelaide and until 2004 had its headquarters in Adelaide.
Australia's largest oil company and the famous South Australian Brewery are located in Adelaide.
Adelaide is a major military producer in Australia, with 70% of Australia's military companies based in Adelaide and a gross product of A$1 billion.
The Australian Bureau of Science and Technology and other defense technology organizations such as Tenix Defense Systems AG are located near Salisbury.
There are monuments such as the Anglican Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Cathedral.
The Adelaide International Festival has been held here every two years since 1960.
Adelaide is an attractive city to visit, with many well-preserved old buildings and the entire city center surrounded by parks and green spaces.
Surrounding Adelaide are countless famous vineyards that produce some of Australia's most famous wines.
Also, the Adelaide Hills, located near Adelaide, are the best lookout point for a panoramic view of Adelaide.
Not far from Adelaide is Kangaroo Island, famous for its rich diversity of native Australian flora and fauna.
Offshore, there are many sunken ships that divers can explore.
7. Newcastle: Newcastle, an important city and port in New South Wales, Australia, is 120 kilometers northeast of Sydney, on the south bank of the Hunt River estuary, bordering the Tasman Sea.
Population 415,000 (1983).
Located in the center of the largest coal mining region in the country.
Heavy industry is well developed, with factories for steel smelting, machine building, chemicals, shipbuilding and mining.
Light industry is more important in food processing.
Output of coal, steel, wheat, wool, frozen meat and so on.
The city is located on the east coast of Australia, in the center of the Hunter Valley region, is a seaside city Here all year round the sea breeze blowing, the climate is very pleasant, neither the heat of the summer, nor the cold winter.
Newcastle is well connected by sea, land and air, so you can get wherever you want, whenever you want.
Newcastle also has its own airport with daily flights to all parts of Australia, a train station that is part of Sydney's rail hub network with trains passing through every day, and, as a seaside city, Newcastle also has easy access to all the country's ports by sea.
Newcastle's rich history, culture and heritage, as well as its stunning natural beauty, attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world each year, making it one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations.
The majority of Newcastle's people work in the service and transportation industries, and there is virtually no off-season for tourism here.
The local *** is also very well off and invests heavily in improving tourism services every year.
The famous white sandy beaches have become a symbol of the region.
There are many street parks scattered throughout the city, the most famous being King Ed *** Park and Civic Park, which are the main places for locals to walk around. If you like nightlife, there are many bars, cafes, and dance clubs on the streets, most of which are open until 3 o'clock at night, so you're sure to be satisfied.
The local community *** also attaches great importance to education, which is second only to investment in tourism, and there is a very famous university in Australia, the University of Newcastle.
Like Newcastle in the UK, the city has a soccer team called Newcastle United.
The full name is Newcastle
United Jets.
8. Sunshine Coast: The Sunshine Coast is an international resort city located in south-central Queensland, Australia, north of the capital city of Brisbane, and dominated by the Shire of Noosa, with a population of 230,429 (2007); in 2008, for the purpose of integrated regional development, the State of Queensland *** consolidated the Shires along the Sunshine Coast to form the Sunshine Coast Region ***.
Unlike the internationally renowned Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast attracts domestic and international visitors for short to medium term recreational activities.
The two neighboring coastlines are roughly bounded by Brisbane, with Gold to the south and Sunshine to the north.
The Sunshine Coast is about an hour and a half drive north of Brisbane.
The Sunshine Coast stretches for over 100 kilometers and consists of more than 20 beaches of all sizes, with not only beautiful sandy beaches, but also elegant sparkling lagoons.
The Sunshine Coast is about an hour north of Brisbane along the coast.
Glasshouse Hill on the Sunshine Coast is a major tourist attraction that combines the legends of Australia's original inhabitants with the stories of seafarers.
It is a chain of scattered boulders of granite solidified by a volcanic eruption 20 million years ago, which is extremely hard and resistant to erosion throughout the year.
The Sunshine Coast town of Montevilla, known as the Sunshine Coast's "creative center", is an ancient hill town built in 1887.
Residents are known for their exquisite crafts, from wood carvings and stone carvings to pottery and even antique furniture.
There are Victorian, Irish and English stone houses, Swiss mountain chalets and typical Australian architecture.
The Sunshine Coast's Susan River Farm, is a typical Australian tourist farm.
The best feature is a vast rainforest, and horseback riding is the most popular activity.
Fraser Island, also known as Fraser Island, is located in the northern part of the Sunshine Coast and is one of the World Natural Heritage Sites.
Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world.
It was formed 800,000 years ago on the Tablelands by the deposition of sediment brought down by the Great River.
The island is famous for its subtropical rainforest.
The Gold Coast has a 1 day tour group for $50 AUD.
The beautiful beaches on the east coast of Fraser Island stretch for 70 kilometers and are the most scenic part of the island.
Several lakes on the island are incredibly beautiful.
The most iconic is Lake Makais, with its layered blue waters and pure white sandy beaches, making for a beautiful picture.
Near Marquesas Lake are trails that spread out to see the rainforest in all its splendor.
9. Hobart: Hobart is the capital and port of the Australian state of Tasmania, located at the mouth of the Derwent River in southeastern Tasmania, covering an area of about 100 square kilometers.
Hobart was founded in 1803 and is the second oldest city in Australia after Sydney.
The entire Greater Hobart City Region has a population of 205,525.
(2006 Census).
Hobart in Tasmania has a temperate maritime climate with four distinct seasons.
Summer is from December to February, with an average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, and winter is from June to August, with temperatures around 12 degrees Celsius.
Spring and fall are warmer, but the evenings are cooler.
In midsummer, the sun shines for more than 15 hours a day.
Hobart is the economic, cultural and transport center of Tasmania, with major industries such as metal smelting, steel casting, paper, textiles, dyeing and printing, fertilizers, timber, meat processing, fruit processing and the country's largest electrolytic zinc plant.
The deep-water wharf here can berth 10,000-ton ships and is a supply station for ocean-going fleets from all over the world.
The city is connected by rail to the north and north-west, and is the junction of Tasmania's main highway arteries.
Hobart is served by buses to the city's suburbs, as well as long-distance buses to various locations.
Hobart is well served by highways from southern Tasmania to the western, northern and eastern towns.
Hobart Airport is located in the north-east of the city, about half an hour's drive from the city center. It is a small airport that can accommodate regional airliners such as the Airbus A320, and there are several flights to and from Hobart and Melbourne several times a day.
Hobart is world famous for its sailing.
It is the finish line of the Sydney-Hobart Regatta.
The regatta starts in Sydney the day after Christmas.
So celebrating the arrival of the sailboats is part of Hobart's summer festival.
The Hobart Summer Festival is a food and drink program that starts after Christmas and runs until mid-January.
The Taste of Tasmania in Salamanca is one of the main events, where local visitors can sample delicious food and wine.
The annual Tulip Festival at the Royal Botanical
Garden in Tasmania is also a popular local celebration.
The University of Tasmania is one of four universities in Australia with a very long history and a high international reputation, and is also rated as a four-star institution in the Australian Universities Composite Star Ranking, and was in the top ten most research-accomplished universities recommended by the Higher Education Council of Australia in 2001.
10. Darwin: Darwin is the capital of Australia's Northern Territory and a relatively famous tourist city, recognized as the capital of the Northern Territory by the British biologist Charles Robert B. Darwin, who was a member of the Australian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Robert Darwin, a British biologist, was born in Darwin in 1839. Darwin in 1839 had to visit the city, so the city to his name and the name of the sentence.
The capital and main port of Australia's Northern Territory is located at the northern tip of the northeast entrance to Darwin Harbor on the Timor Sea.
Darwin has a savannah climate, with a rainy season and a dry season throughout the year. The dry season is from May to September, and June and July are the coolest months, with temperatures ranging from 15 to 35 degrees Celsius. Tropical storms are common during the rainy season, and the heaviest precipitation falls between December and March, when humidity exceeds 70 percent and thunderstorms are common.
Darwin is Australia's most concentrated city of Aboriginal people, and a large proportion of residents from Southeast Asia and East Asia migrants, so Darwin is known as "Australia's multicultural capital", where residents like to drink beer, according to the average population, the consumption of beer is second only to Munich, Germany, ranking second in the world. The city's beer consumption is the second highest in the world after Munich, Germany, in terms of average population.
Because of its proximity to Asia, Darwin is the northern mineral exporting port and trading center of Australia, exporting livestock, rice and uranium ore.
Darwin is an important Australian military base and a base for patrol boats on the northern coast, as well as an air transshipment point between Australia, Asia and Europe.
In 2005, Darwin's economic pillars were mainly mining and tourism, with the mining industry worth $2.8 billion a year, and the main minerals being gold, bauxite, manganese, oil and gas fields in the sea, and undersea uranium deposits.
8% of Darwin's residents work in the tourism industry, which has good prospects for expansion.
The garrison and military installations also employ many of Darwin's residents and contribute to economic growth, with the Australian military presence in Darwin reaching 11,000 in 2001 in order to maintain law and order in East Timor, and the railroads running north-south increasing trade with Asia and making Darwin's port increasingly important.
According to 2001 statistics, there were 35 elementary school and 12 secondary schools in the city, with 6,441 students enrolled in elementary school and 3,943 students enrolled in secondary schools.
The main university is Darwin University (Charles Darwin College, ranked 26th in Australian Universities for scientific research), which has a number of campuses throughout the Northern Territory, with a central campus in the suburb of Darwin with 19,000 students.
The city is surrounded by waterfronts to the east, west and north, with golden waves for fishing and swimming.
The city's botanical gardens cover 34 hectares and are home to many exotic tropical flowers and plants unique to the region.
Yarrowoga Park, 21 kilometers north of the city center, is home to crocodiles, bison, and Australia's own dingo, among other animals.
32 kilometers southeast of the city, there is the Howard Hot Springs and natural wonders of termite mounds, mound height of 3 meters, like a small mountain standing, the top of the mound looks like a dagger standing, sitting in the south and facing the north, in order to daylight, so that it is called the magnetic ant mound.
It is said that each mound can hold about 2 million ants.