Australia is a country which lies in the southern hemisphere. The capital city of Australia, Canberra and the largest city of Australia, Sydney. Sydney is the major tourist hub. Sydney is always crowded with international tourists throughout the year. Sydney provides many activities and sightseeing places for the tourists. The smaller islands are also a treasure for Australia. They offer the best beach environment and activities and Australia is considered to be the best place for providing ideal environment for beach holidays in the whole of southern hemisphere of the world. Here we will talk about heritage tour packages to Australia.
Heritage tour packages to Australia:
There are the great tour packages available to Australia. These packages include the visit to all the heritage sites of Australia. Some of the most famous of these sites are given below:
● Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is a major heritage center in Australia. This attraction is located in the beautiful city of Queensland. It is considered to be a major world heritage site and is the largest coral reef system present in our world. The great barrier reef contains more than 2,900 individual reefs. It also consists of about 900 islands which together stretches over 2,300 km.
● Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is considered to be a cultural symbol of Australia. It has to be a part of the world heritage listed places in Australia. It is a place which is also known as a performing arts center that is located on the Sydney Harbour. Every year more than 8 million tourists visit Sydney opera house to be a part of the performances. Tourists can definitely track a performance at the Sydney opera house.
● Australian Convict Sites
Australia as well all know, was once under the British rule and at that time the government thought of moving prisoners from Britain to Australia. So, they made convict sites which are still the examples of the rule that existed. One can find these sites in many cities of Australia like Sydney, Tasmania, Fremantle, and Norfolk Island. Only 11 among them have been kept open for the people to visit and see.
● Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition building is a great heritage site and in the list because of its cultural importance in Australia. At the time it was built in 1880, the building was the largest as well as the tallest building in Melbourne. It was used as an exhibition building. At that time, 1.8 million people attended it.
Above is given all the information about heritage tour packages to Australia.