Australia is one of the most exhilarating places to visit. The island continent combines a sunny Mediterranean climate with a relaxed, sophisticated life-style, a prosperous economy with a collage of cultural influences, & a flora, fauna & landscape that is distinctly its own. Australia is the world`s sixth largest nation in terms of area. It covers a massive 7, 682, 300 square kilometres. If the country`s outline was superimposed onto a map of Europe, it would extend from London across to just east of Moscow, & from Helsinki in the north down to Cairo.