Australia Villas

Why not buy a Villa in the great nation of Australia. Australia is land of great sunny weather and some great sun bathing and water sports areas. Great beaches, and fresh new resorts and cities. Australia is a great place to find a villa. Villas in Australia can have great luxury, glamour, sophistication and price. Beach villas are much in demand. And Australia has a lot of beach. Why not buy an Aussia villa?

The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north east, and New Zealand to the south east.

Australia's 7,617,930 square kilometres landmass is on the Indo-Australian Plate. Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas. Australia has 34,218 kilometres of coastline (excluding offshore islands) and claims an extensive exclusive economic zone of 8,148,250 square kilometres . This exclusive economic zone does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, lies a short distance off the north east coast and extends for over 2,000 kilometres. Mount Augustus, claimed to be the world's largest monolith, is located in Western Australia. At 2,228 metres, Mount Kosciuszko on the Great Dividing Range is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland, although Mawson Peak on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island is taller at 2,745 metres. By far the largest part of Australia is desert or semi arid lands commonly as the outback. Australia is the flattest continent, with the oldest and least fertile soils, and is the driest inhabited continent. Only the south east and south west corners of the continent have a temperate climate. Most of the population lives along the temperate south eastern coastline.

Backpackers : Another major source of tourists to Australia include backpackers, mostly young people from Western European countries (particularly the UK) and Canada. Spending more time in Australia, these travellers explore considerably more of the country. Many backpackers participate in working holidays enabling them to stay longer in the country. Working holiday visas for Australia are available for those aged 18 to 30 for most Western European citizens, and also citizens of Canada and some developed East Asian nations such as Japan and South Korea.

Domestic tourism : Australians are big domestic travellers as well, with a profusion of seaside resort towns in every state (many located on or near good surfing beaches), mountain retreats, plentiful national parks, rivers, fishing locations, wine growing regions, as well as domestic visitation of major tourist spots. Domestic tourism peaks during the Australian school holidays.

Cities in Australia.

1 Sydney New South Wales 4,336,374
2 Melbourne Victoria 3,806,092
3 Brisbane Queensland 1,867,594
4 Perth Western Australia 1,554,769
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,158,259
6 Gold Coast Queensland 583,657
7 Newcastle New South Wales 523,662
8 Canberra Australian Capital Territory 388,072
9 Wollongong New South Wales 280,159
10 Sunshine Coast Queensland 230,429
11 Hobart Tasmania, 12 Geelong Victoria, 13 Townsville Queensland, 14 Cairns Queensland, 15 Toowoomba Queensland, 16 Darwin Northern Territory, 17 Launceston Tasmania, 18 Albury New South Wales , 19 Ballarat Victoria, 20 Bendigo Victoria