Great Barrier Reef sight
Off the east coast of the Queensland mainland, Australia
The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the worlds largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of sp...
Kakadu National Park sight
Northern territory, Australia
This unique archaeological and ethnological reserve, located in the Northern Territory, has been inhabited continuously for more than 40,000 years. The cave paintings, rock carvings and archaeological sites record the skills and way of life of the regions inhabitants, from the hunter-gatherers of...
Willandra Lakes Region sight
Balranald and Wentworth shires, New South Wales, Australia
The fossil remains of a series of lakes and sand formations that date from the Pleistocene can be found in this region, together with archaeological evidence of human occupation dating from 4560,000 years ago. It is a unique landmark in the study of human evolution on the Australian continent. Se...
Lord Howe Island Group sight
New South Wales, Australia
A remarkable example of isolated oceanic islands, born of volcanic activity more than 2,000 m under the sea, these islands boast a spectacular topography and are home to numerous endemic species, especially birds.
Tasmanian Wilderness sight
State of Tasmania, Australia
In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over 1 million ha, constitute one of the last expanses of temperate rainforest in the world. Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the area f...
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia sight
States of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia
This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australias east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significanc...
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park sight
Northern territory, Australia
This park, formerly called Uluru (Ayers Rock Mount Olga) National Park, features spectacular geological formations that dominate the vast red sandy plain of central Australia. Uluru, an immense monolith, and Kata Tjuta, the rock domes located west of Uluru, form part of the traditional belief sy...
Wet Tropics of Queensland sight
Australia
This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical rainforests. This biotope offers a particularly extensive and varied array of plants, as well as marsupials and singing birds, along with other rare and endangered animals and plant sp...
Shark Bay, Western Australia sight
State of Western Australia, Australia
At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest (4,800 km2) and richest in the world; its dugong (sea cow) population; and its stromatolites (c...
Fraser Island sight
State of Queensland, Australia
Fraser Island lies just off the east coast of Australia. At 122 km long, it is the largest sand island in the world. Majestic remnants of tall rainforest growing on sand and half the worlds perched freshwater dune lakes are found inland from the beach. The combination of shifting sand-dunes, trop...
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