Welcome to the continent which is the largest island in the world. For centuries, unrecognized, distant and different. Australia, the land whose name today is associated with mystery. Beautiful coast and green forests surround a vast sun-scorched wilderness, the study of this land many brave souls lost their lives for. It is home to fantastic creatures and the only place in the world where the road signs warn motorists to look out for the silhouette of kangaroo.

The United islands are six states and three federal territories united under the banner depicting the night sky illuminated by a constellation of the Southern Cross. Accompanying a small flag of the United Kingdom reiterates the status of a dominion of the British crown. Surprisingly, the capital of this vast country is neither gigantic Sydney – Australia’s largest city with the famous futuristic opera house, or the second largest Melbourne, but about 320 kilometers away from Sydney great Canberra.

Among the wastes inside of the territories the indigenous peoples still live in Australia – nomadic Aboriginal people constitute almost a separate race. Their culture has created a remarkable tool called the boomerang used for hunting and one of the oldest musical instruments in the world, taking the form of a large trumpet made of eucalyptus trunk, whose interior has been eaten by termites.

Aborigines revere Uluru, the giant rock monolith rusty in color, cut-off on the background of blue sky from the flat desert. This huge boulder, which is one of the symbols of Australia is so magnificent, it is tempting to take a shrapnel of it’s rock as a souvenir. However, Aboriginasl listen to the warnings of angry Uluru, because Uluru recklessly reaches everywhere, as evidenced by the thousands of stones soon be returned back to Australia from all over the world.

The ancient Aboriginal people create a contrast with the modern Australia – none of the cities have a population more than 200 years old, and most of them perched precariously on the green shores of the island on the edge of the endless and extraordinary silent continent.

Currency – the Australian dollar (AUD).