Australia is located southeast of Asia and is the only country in the world to occupy a single continent. It is made up of several states and territories - Australian Capital Territory, New South Whales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria Western Australia, Norfolk Island, Heard Island and Christmas Island. Australia is surrounded by ocean, so there is plenty of coastline. Much of this coastline consists of white sandy beaches and cliffs. The Australian continent has many different climatic zones ranging from tropical in the north, leading to subtropical to arid deserts in the center and moderate in the south. Regular snow falls occur in winter in the Australian Alps and on the mountains in the island state of Tasmania. The seasons in Australia are reverse to the Northern Hemisphere. January and February are the warmest months, and June and July are the coldest.
As coincidence would have it, I received an e:\mail from Samantha Lewis while I was writing this article. She is one of those lucky people who live in Australia. Samantha is from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and thinks that the Gold Coast is one of the best places in Australia to go jet skiing. Samantha says, The waterways go from the hinterland down the river past canals and many luxury homes and then spread out past the yacht club into the "Broadwater" which is sheltered flat water all the way to Brisbane for about 60km by two islands off the east coast called North and South Stradbroke Island. Samantha suggests taking a map when traveling between the islands and the East Coast of Australia because there are so many small islands. These island are covered with sandy beaches and mangroves. She particularly likes this area because everything is so handy. She likes to stop at Wavebreak Island then go out and ride in the surf, go back to the island for lunch on a friend's boat, and then head back out into the surf.
