Australia's main attractions or Ayers Rock Riddles

Australia is not only the smallest, but also the most remote continent on Earth. Due to the fact that the relief of the country has not changed since the Tertiary period, relict species of plants and animals are still preserved on the mainland. The natural attractions of Australia are preserved in national parks.

In the Kakadu National Park there is a sacred aboriginal shrine - a sacred rock with well-preserved rock paintings, whose age is 18 thousand years. In the rivers inhabits the legendary lungfish, the length of which is two meters. Park Kakadu is called the paradise of crocodiles, as here you can find several species of these reptiles, from the most harmless to the most formidable. The pride of the park are frogs, of which there are more than twenty species. Among them, a bullfrog and a frog toad.

In Australia, the "wonderful" eucalyptus tree is growing everywhere, which because of its medicinal properties is called the tree of life. On the island of Kangaroo you can admire the whole eucalyptus groves. Eucalyptus can be seen even on the Australian coat of arms. These fast-growing evergreen trees, reaching a height of forty meters, are now found in different parts of the world.

There are other natural attractions of Australia. The largest attraction is off the coast of Queensland - it stretches for 1500 kilometers the Great Barrier Reef. But the most famous monument of the mainland is Ayers Rock - a red mountain, rising in the middle of a completely flat desert at 348 meters. Aborigines call it Uluru.

Many legends and legends are associated with this shrine. Uluru - mountain-chameleon, changing its color during the day, depending on the lighting. This is a real miracle of the world, the mystery of which has not yet been solved. Tourists have visited this place since 1950.

Every year, there are half a million people here. Local aborigines, protecting the land of their ancestors, oppose the ascent to the sacred mountain, so many tourists, out of respect for local traditions, refuse to trekking. For those who are attracted to the pristine attractions of Australia, built a new hotel complex.

Those tourists who want to get acquainted with the fossil samples of flora and fauna belonging to the Tertiary period, can visit the oldest Australian Museum, located in Sydney - the largest city in the country. The Australian Museum was founded in 1827. In total, there are thirty-one museums in Australia. In the National Museum of Victoria, located in Melbourne, along with collections of fish and birds related to the Tertiary period, there are samples of stone tools and ritual items of the Aborigines. In all states there are art galleries, museums of science, museums of applied arts. But museums are not limited to the sights of Australia. In Sydney is the largest aquarium in the world. Sydney Aquarium contains more than six thousand marine animals and fish, for which visitors can watch through the glass. Here is one of the largest collections of sharks in the world. Some individuals reach a length of three or more meters. Sydney Aquarium was opened in 1988 in honor of the bicentennial of Australia.

In general, an aquarium in Sydney is considered one of the biggest attractions of the country, and for a year the number of its visitors reaches one million people, and more than half of visitors are foreign guests. Having spent here only a few hours, you can get acquainted with almost all the representatives of the marine and freshwater fauna of Australia.

The aquarium in Sydney has an unusual and very original architecture: you can enter the building only after passing through the open mouth of a shark. The Aquarium has several departments dedicated to the Southern and Northern Rivers, the Great Barrier Reef and the Southern Oceans. Impressions from visiting the Sydney aquarium tourists enough for many years.

Australia for European tourists has always been a country full of exoticism, meeting no less than in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. A visit to this remote continent can be the fulfillment of the most cherished dreams of many travel aficionados.