Car Rental Australia

By area, Australia is the world's sixth-largest country and is located in the southern hemisphere. In addition to the Mainland, some islands in the Pacific such as Tasmania or the Christmas Island belong to the Australian territory. As head of State is still the British Queen Elizabeth II, although the matters of State are represented by Prime Minister John Howard.

With a road network of more than 913.000 kilometres of 353,000 paved roads, it offers itself ideally to the discovery of a car. Optimally connected to this infrastructure, particularly the towns of millions are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The capital Canberra between Sidney and Melbourne is comparatively small with little more than 300,000 inhabitants, however, and is therefore considered so-called planning capital.92 Percent of all Australians live here and in other large cities, the center of the country is almost deserted.

Indigenous people in Australia, the aborigines inhabit the continent for 50 to 60,000 years and so among the oldest cultures of the world. Today, they make up here but only 2.4 percent of the population. The first Europeans came to Australia with Captain James Cook in 1770, and took the East coast on behalf of the British Crown in hardware. He called the first colony of new South Wales.

Also the natural monuments of the country, belonging to the world heritage are extremely fascinating. First and foremost rock, 349 km southwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, the 2012 km long great barrier reef and the blue mountains with their endless eucalyptus trees are the legendary Ayers. The evaporating Eukalypusöl causes the typical blue shimmer and gave its name to the mountains.