Australia is commonly referred to as Never Never Land because of its remoteness and distance from the rest of the world. Even though the country is one of the most developed, urbanized countries on the planet, it still remains very isolated, far from the continents of Europe, Africa, and North America.
Daintree Rainforest, Nitmiluk National Park, Broome, Port Macquarie, Western Australian Nambung Desert, Umpherston Sinkhole, Pink Lake, Daly Waters Pub, Port Arthur Ghost Town, Devils Marbles, Horizontal waterfalls in Talbot Bay, Squeaky Beach, Wycliffe Well, Ningaloo Reef and The Pinnacles.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world's environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday.
The Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea
For the most part, the mountains are almost unexplored, and are host to their very own unique ecosystem where it is estimated around 100 of the 1,100 species identified living in the area have never before been discovered.
The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than the bush.
One reason behind this large landmass being so desolate is the shortage of rainfall. More than two-third part of the country only receives less than 500 mm annual rain. This arid, uninhabitable part of Australia lies in the middle of the continent (the Outback), away from the coasts.
The earth's oceans comprise 71 percent of the planet's surface. While humans have generally explored almost Earth's entire continental surface, with the exception of Antarctica, there are substantial parts of the ocean that remain unexplored and understudied.
Just 5% of Earth's landscape is untouched.
More than 40 percent of Australia—three million square kilometers—is undisturbed wilderness, reports a new study by Pew Environment Group and Nature Conservancy. The extent of Australia's wildlands ranks with the Amazon rainforest, Antarctica, Canada's boreal forest, and the Sahara as the largest on the planet.
A recent report by ABC Life revealed that some 40 percent of AUSTRALIANS have NEVER been abroad. Nearly half of the country has never travelled overseas. Not even, New Zealand!
The treasurer pointed to a range of policies to boost migration, including increasing the annual permanent migration cap from 160,000 to 195,000 in 2022-23, with priority going to offshore skilled applicants.
Pine Gap is a satellite surveillance base and Australian Earth station approximately 18 km (11 mi) south-west of the town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in the center of Australia.
Australia's population density is low because most of the country's interior is desert (also known as the outback) and presents extremely difficult living conditions.
Tasmania. Tasmania is not part of the mainland itself, but an island to the South of it. For that reason, it's one of the least visited parts of Australia. Many people have never even heard of Tasmania.
Under pressure
One of the biggest challenges of ocean exploration comes down to physics. Dr. Gene Carl Feldman, an oceanographer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, explains that the ocean, at great depths, is characterized by zero visibility, extremely cold temperatures, and crushing amounts of pressure.
But reaching the lowest part of the ocean? Only three people have ever done that, and one was a U.S. Navy submariner. In the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Guam and the Philippines, lies the Marianas Trench, also known as the Mariana Trench.
The channel says, 'The final significantly large and inhabitable place to be discovered by humans was New Zealand. It remained undiscovered until Maori Polynesians arrived sometime between 1250 and 1300. 'Antarctica was never even seen by human eyes until 1820.
Satellite imagery has previously estimated that 20-40% of the Earth's surface is still in relatively good condition and has not been affected by significant human activity. However, a recent study has found that the problem is much worse than previously thought.
Human habitation of the Amazon appears to date back thousands of years. However, major academic and scientific exploration efforts only began about 500 years ago, and much of the rainforest has still not been comprehensively mapped.
No suburb in the country features a greater concentration of members of The List – Australia's Richest 250 than Toorak, where Melbourne's wealthiest families have gathered for decades. Think historic looking mansions guarded by large hedges set back from the street to ensure privacy.
Australia's GDP per capita is currently nearly 80 per cent of that of the US, having risen from around 75 per cent in the mid-1980s.
New South Wales: a diverse economy and high income
Among all the states and territories in Australia, New South Wales is considered the richest state. It has the largest economy, a diverse range of industries, and a higher-than-average income, which contribute to its status as the wealthiest state.
Despite only dealing with probabilities, scientists predict without a determined effort to reduce emissions, the globe will likely experience 4 degrees of warming by 2100. “That makes large parts of Australia and other continents uninhabitable,” Prof Flannery warns.