About Australia

The irresistible lure of Australia, the "fifth continent" is undoubtedly related to its amazing and totally original wildlife. However, most tourists can see kangaroos, koalas, dingoes, emus, parrots, snakes and other rare animals except in zoos in Sydney or Melbourne. But anyone lucky enough to get into the interior of the country and see all of this fauna in the wild, he almost did not personally acquainted with a 100 million years of Earth history, during which Australia has been almost completely separated from the rest of the world ocean. In Eurasia, Africa and America in the Tertiary period rapidly evolved into the dominant group of many higher mammals. Australia is turned into a mainland marsupials. All of them (along with the platypus and other "living fossils") are a zoological nature sanctuaries. Ayers rock - Rock is one of the special geological attractions. "We have almost unknown, and in Australia is often referred to, moreover, is praised as a sort of wonder of the world" because it characterizes the Frankfurt-based zoologist R. Mertens in describing his travels in Australia. Alone rising above the plain lump of rock was discovered only in 1873 through the majestic landscape, geological and geomorphological originality above all it can compete with other well-known monuments of nature. The path leads back to the Northern Territory of Australia, a country the size of several times higher than many European countries, but accounts for only 40 thousand people. In the desert area near the Tropic of Capricorn in the valley, cutting through mountains McDonnell, is the only more or less large settlement in a radius of several hundred kilometers, Alice - Springs ("Alice" as it is called the Australians). Terrain that is sometimes called "red dead heart of Australia." "Red" is true, because the red soil, red sand, red rocks typical of the pattern of the landscape in many places. But the epithet of "dead" at least not take a geologist, because for his landscapes so often livelier than the less life they discover. And in the rest of the name, perhaps, does not reflect reality; was adjusted even modest services to tourists, so modest and decent, it still does not prevent, but it will create some convenience for travelers. Just do not be alarmed if you suddenly during the night a complete stranger to you young people will enter the nezapirayuschuyusya door of the room in a hotel, kindly say: "My name is Dick, I shall be here" and quietly located on the second bed.