Wissenswertes über den Bundesstaat an der Ostküste von Australien:

– Population: 4,722 Mio
– Total land area (including islands): 1’730’648 square kilometers
– People per square kilometers: 2.7
– Sheep and cattle per square kilometers: 9.1
– Length of the coastline (including islands): 13’437 kilometers
– Number of islands: 1955
– Longest river: Flinders River (1004 kilometers)
– Largest lake: Lake Dalrymple (220 sqaure kilometers)
– Highest mountain: Mount Bartle Frere (1622 meters)
– Highest waterfall: Wallaman Falls (305 meters) Girringun National Park
– Highest town: Ravenshoe (930 meters)
– Hottest place: Julia Creek (average 39.4 C in summer)
– Coldest place: Stanthorpe (average 9 C in winter)
– Wettest place: Tully gets 4300 millimeters of rain per year
– Sunniest town: Townville (average 300 days sunshine per year)
– Most remote town: Birdsville
– Major industries: Sugar and mining
– Most famous local: Steve Irwin, the “Crocodile Hunter” ????
– Number of “big things”: 59 ????
– Best beach: Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays Island
– Local beer: XXXX !!!!

Source: Explore Australia 2016
Australia’s Bestselling Travel Guide and Atlas