80 per cent of the population of Coober Pedy now live underground, the temperature can rise to 50°C in summer and it has been known to rise to 60°C.
The virtually untouched Ningaloo Reef located on the Coral Coast of WA is one of the few places where the reef can be accessed from the shoreline
Cooktown was the site of the first white settlement in Australia when Captain James Cook discovered it, having accidentally struck the Great Barrier Reef off the coast north of Cape Tribulation.