Australian fact file

The world’s largest fringing reef

The world’s largest fringing reef

Ningaloo Marine Park stretches approximately 300km along the west coast of the Cape Range Peninsula near Exmouth, WA approximately 1200km north of Perth. The total area of the reserve is...

The world’s largest fringing reef

Ningaloo Marine Park stretches approximately 300km along the west coast of the Cape Range Peninsula near Exmouth, WA approximately 1200km north of Perth. The total area of the reserve is...

Australia’s highest tide

Australia’s highest tide

Our highest tides are at Derby Jetty in Derby WA and can rise up to 11.8 metres. Tides are the periodic rise and fall of sea level resulting from the...

Australia’s highest tide

Our highest tides are at Derby Jetty in Derby WA and can rise up to 11.8 metres. Tides are the periodic rise and fall of sea level resulting from the...

Australia’s largest state

Australia’s largest state

Situated in the southern hemisphere, Western Australia occupies around one-third of Australia’s total landmass. It covers the western third of the continent which totals a huge 2,645,615 km2 or 1,021,478...

Australia’s largest state

Situated in the southern hemisphere, Western Australia occupies around one-third of Australia’s total landmass. It covers the western third of the continent which totals a huge 2,645,615 km2 or 1,021,478...

Australia's whitest beach

Australia's whitest beach

Lucky Bay, Esperance, WA is one of the most stunning and unique bays in Australia.  Spanning over 5 kilometres, offering a magnificent stretch of the whitest beach in Australia and...

Australia's whitest beach

Lucky Bay, Esperance, WA is one of the most stunning and unique bays in Australia.  Spanning over 5 kilometres, offering a magnificent stretch of the whitest beach in Australia and...

Australia’s oldest giant land tortoise

Australia’s oldest giant land tortoise

Harriet the giant Galapagos land tortoise was collected by Sir Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands in 1935. Harriett lived out the last two decades of her life at Australia...

Australia’s oldest giant land tortoise

Harriet the giant Galapagos land tortoise was collected by Sir Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands in 1935. Harriett lived out the last two decades of her life at Australia...

The longest strike in Australia’s history

The longest strike in Australia’s history

On the 23rd of August, 1966, Vincent Lingiari, an Aboriginal stockman and land rights leader led two hundred of his people, employees of Wave Hill station together with their families...

The longest strike in Australia’s history

On the 23rd of August, 1966, Vincent Lingiari, an Aboriginal stockman and land rights leader led two hundred of his people, employees of Wave Hill station together with their families...