living in australia ...

Australia is a land of contrasts: sweeping golden beaches, coral reefs rich with marine life, tropical rainforests, mountain ranges, vast grazing lands and sparse deserts.

One of the oldest continents, Australia is the only country to occupy an entire continent.
Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Australia has many animals and plants, which are unique on the planet. The surface geology is typically old and flat with a major mountain range stretching down the eastern coast and another mountain range in the north west of the continent.

About 36 per cent of Victoria is forest. The Murray is the State’s longest river and there are a number of large inland lakes. Victoria’s vast coastline extends over 1600 kilometres, bordering the Southern Ocean and Bass Strait and separating the Australian mainland from Tasmania.

Victoria is the most densely populated of Australia’s 8 States and Territories. Some 26 per cent of all Australians live in Victoria and, of those, most reside in Geelong, the nation’s second largest city and capital of this state.

The City of Greater Geelong has a population of approximately 215,150 (ABS estimated resident population Jun 2011). It is the second largest city in Victoria after Melbourne.

Geelong combines the best elements of a cosmopolitan city with some of the world’s most magnificent surf beaches just a stone’s throw away. Only an hour’s drive from Melbourne, Geelong offers a range of lifestyle choices – inner city, suburban, waterfront, coastal and rural -with greater value for money than equivalent properties in the capital nearby

Adelaide was designed for convenience. Our city planners surrounded the central business district with parklands and
established a grid network of broad roads. As Adelaide grew, many of the outlying suburbs also embraced the grid
pattern, so today, traffic moves freely and easily. Adelaide prides itself as a manageable city where you can spend more
time where you want to be – not just getting there.