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Australia's
Great Southern
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Welcome to Australia's Great Southern Road Trip, Australia's most deverse region.
The region boasts some of the best coastline, temperate rain forest, rugged wilderness areas, snow capped mountain ranges, hinterlands, river systems and variety of wildlife.
There is just so much to see and do in such a small part of Australia including such places as Phillip Island, Great Ocean Road, Wilsons Promontory, New South Wales South Coast, Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland Lakes, Barrosa Valley, Southern Outback, Western Australia's great southern coast, South Australia's Sapphire Coast and the beauty of Tasmania just to mention a few.
There is also in this region six unique capital cities, Sydney with its great harbour, Melbourne with its garden and culture, Adelaide with its great country atmosphere, Perth's cultual differants, beautiful country city of Hobart and Canberra, our nation's capital.
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The Great Southern Road trip website will allow you to plan your next trip to this diverse region.
It does not matter whether you are doing the whole tripor just one destination, or whether you are camping, caravanning or staying at resort,
you can book your entire accommodation needs on-line, and even book the activities you want to do.
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New South Wales - Australia Capital Territory
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New South Wales - Victoria
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Victoria
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Victoria
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Victoria
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Victoria
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Tasmainia - South Australia
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South Australia
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South Australia
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South Australia - Western Australia
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Western Australia
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Southern Road Trip, Victoria, Australia, is located in the mouth of Westernport
Bay and is 140 Kilometres South East of Melbourne CBD. Access to Phillip Island
is via a bridge between San Remo, on the mainland, and Newhaven on Phillip
Island.
The island has an area of about 10,000 Hectares, and the landscape is slightly
undulating with the highest point being Cape Woolamai at 109 metres (357 ft)
above sea level. The island has approximately 101 kilometres (60 miles) of
coastline with the south and part of the west coast being exposed to the open
ocean, Bass Strait, giving us some of the best surf beaches in Australia. The
north and eastern coastline is situated in Westernport Bay with many calm and
safe swimming beaches and inlets with mangrove flats.
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Phillip Island has a number of natural attractions to visit, of which the
Penguin Parade is one of the most popular and well known of these.
The worlds largest colony of Australian Fur Seal colony can be found on a rocky
outcrop, known as Seal Rocks, about one kilometre off Phillip Islands coastline.
Koalas can be viewed at the Koala Conservation Centre, while kangaroos wallabies
and possums are fairly abundant around Phillip Island.
The wetlands and bush areas on Phillip Island are home to an abundance of birds,
while many migratory birds nest on the island during certain times of the year.
Learn more about Phillip Island at "Discover Phillip Island"
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The Great Southern Road Trip
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Australia is the largest island on earth and is also the driest continent
and thus much of this great country consists of dry baron land. Although
Australia has a diverse range of great holiday destination in all parts of the
country, the southern region from Sydney to Perth is by far the most condensed
and diverse in Australia. The region has some of the best beaches in the world,
great snow fields, temperate rain forests, deserts, mountains, rivers, lakes,
unrivalled scenery, as well as a large number of man made and natural
attractions.
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The Great Southern Road trip website will take you through this diverse
region of Australia from its great coastline, temperate rain forest, rugged
wilderness areas, snow capped mountain ranges, hinterlands, river systems and
its variety of wildlife. There is just so much to see and do in such a small
part of Australia including such places as Phillip Island, Great Ocean Road,
Wilsons Promontory, New South Wales South Coast, Mornington Peninsula, Lakes
Entrance, Gippsland, and South Australia’s Sapphire Coast just to mention a few.
There is also in this region five unique capital cities, Sydney with its great
harbour, Melbourne with its garden and culture, Adelaide with its great country
atmosphere, Perth's cultual differants, and Canberra, our nation’s capital.
The Great Southern Road trip website will allow you to plan your next trip
to this diverse region. It does not matter whether you are doing the whole trip
or just one destination, camping, caravanning or staying at resort, you can book
your entire accommodation needs on-line, and even book the activities you want
to do.
Learn more about the Great Southern Road trips
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Last modified : June 2008
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