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Some of Australia’s most historic country towns dot this region. These quintessentially Australian settlements, founded by gold miners, graziers and farmers and chosen by artists for their special light, are loved by visitors today for their old-world general stores and friendly country pubs.

NSW Location

New South Wales is sandwiched between Queensland and Victoria in the south east corner of Australia, the population mainly live near its 1900 km long stretch of coast. Although NSW’s state capital is Sydney, the Australian Capital Territory around Canberra is geographically located within this region.

Population: 6,686,000

Size: 810,600 square kilometers

Weather: Temperate climate so generally free from extreme hot and cold temperatures - summer average 12- 21°C and winter 8-16°C.

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge Bondi, Sydney

Economy of New South Wales

Three Sisters, the Blue Mountains It is highly diversified: financial services and IT are highly prominent.

Agriculture here is mostly occupied with sheep, wheat and cattle, although its wine region is well-known internationally.

Unsurprisingly Sydney has the most expensive housing in Australia: the average house price was $471,500 in December 2004.


About New South Wales

This region boasts good surf beaches, rich farmland towards the north coast plus beautiful green countryside and mountains in the south.

The Hunter Valley Wine Country is just two hours drive north of Sydney. New South Wales is home to Australia’s largest industrial city Newcastle, and Tamworth which is the country music capital of Australia.


Sydney

Sydney restaurantSydney is a lively multinational and multicultural city where you can meet all kinds of people, from surfers to bankers. There is a diverse range of restaurants, clubs and theatre.

As well as having one of the most spectacular natural harbours in the world, Sydney has over 30 beaches including Bondi Beach, Coogee, Manly and Palm Beach where Home & Away is filmed. It has excellent public transport, incorporating ferries, rail networks and buses.

Based on the coast, the Sydney metropolitan area covers over 1800 square kilometres from the foothills of the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains in the west, to Broken Bay in the north.


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