Follow the route first set by John McDouall Stuart 150 years ago, as he became the first man to successfully walk across the continent from south to north and make it back alive.
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The pristine and little-visited islands off the Queensland coast make up a semitropical paradise.
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Set around one of the most beautiful natural harbours in the world, the Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and scalloped shorelines signify "Australia" to many.
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