Australia

{"ops":[{"insert":"Aerial view of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sydney Opera House"},{"insert":" and part of Downtown Sydney. Photo credit: Pavel Sigarteu\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Portrait of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Captain James Cook"},{"insert":", the first European to map the eastern coastline of Australia in 1770\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Adult "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"koala and baby"},{"insert":" on a eucalyptus tree\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"The retired naval destroyer"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" HMAS Vampire"},{"insert":" at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rescue boat"},{"insert":" docked in Darling Harbour, Sydney\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"The "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sydney Tower"},{"insert":" is the tallest free-standing structure in the city and the second-tallest in Australia. The tower stands 309 m (1,014 ft) above the central business district.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Locator map for the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Great Barrier Reef Marine Park"},{"insert":" in Australia. This is a simplified representation showing the extent of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"protected area"},{"insert":". The "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Great Barrier Reef"},{"insert":" is the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"world's largest coral reef system"},{"insert":", composed of over "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2,900 individual reefs"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"900 islands"},{"insert":" stretching for over"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" 2,300 kilometers"},{"insert":" (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Coral Sea"},{"insert":", off the coast of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Queensland"},{"insert":", Australia, separated from the coast by a channel 160 kilometers (100 mi) wide in places and over 61 meters (200 ft) deep.[ The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"world's biggest single structure made by living organisms"},{"insert":".\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"This reef structure is composed of and built by "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"billions"},{"insert":" of tiny organisms, known as"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" coral polyps"},{"insert":". It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"World Heritage Site"},{"insert":" in 1981. CNN labelled it one of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Seven Natural Wonders of the World"},{"insert":" in 1997. Australian World Heritage places included it in its list in 2007. The Queensland National Trust named it a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"state icon of Queensland"},{"insert":" in 2006.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"A close up of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Three Sisters"},{"insert":" sandstone rock formation in the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Blue Mountains"},{"insert":".\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"View of a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Blue Mountains cable car"},{"insert":" as seen from the bottom of the funicular railway\n"}]}

The Three Sisters sandstone rock formation in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

{"ops":[{"insert":"A view of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"countryside"},{"insert":" in the state of Victoria - approaching "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bendigo"},{"insert":" from Melbourne.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"The historic "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Shamrock Hotel"},{"insert":" is one of the finest examples of Victorian-era architecture in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bendigo"},{"insert":", a city renowned for its 19th century buildings.\n"}]}

Another view of the Bendigo Shamrock Hotel and its unique two-story veranda.

{"ops":[{"insert":"A monument in Bendigo commemorating the Australian men who fell in the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"South African (Boer) War"},{"insert":" (1899-1902).\n"}]}

Warning sign posted at the Blue Mountains funicular railway.

A view of the Blue Mountains as seen from a cable car.

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Orphan Rock"},{"insert":" in the Blue Mountains as viewed from a cable car\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Incipient sunset in the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Outback"},{"insert":"\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Some of the granite boulders at "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve"},{"insert":" near Wauchope, in the Northern Territory. The marbles were formed through various geological processes including chemical and mechanical weathering.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"142 million years ago, an "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"asteroid "},{"insert":"or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"comet "},{"insert":"slammed into what is now the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Missionary Plains"},{"insert":" in the Northern Territory, forming a crater 24 km (15 mi) in diameter. Due to erosion, the crater rim has been reduced to only 5 km (3 mi). Today, like a bull's eye, the circular ring of hills that defines Gosses Bluff (image center) stands as a stark reminder of the event shown in this high-resolution satellite photo. Image courtesy of USGS/NASA.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Boab trees"},{"insert":" along the Plenty Highway in the Outback. These trees store water in their swollen trunks and shed their leaves during the dry season. Indigenous Australians used them as a source of water and food, and utilized the leaves medicinally.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"Although covered with an intimidating array of spikes, the thorny "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"devil lizards"},{"insert":" that inhabit the scrub and desert of western Australia are actually quite gentle. Their main diet consists of ants. They can grow up to 20 cm (8 in) and can live up to 20 years.\n"}]}

Wonderfully original sign in the Outback.

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Uluru (Ayers Rock)"},{"insert":" is an inselberg, or island mountain, found in the Northern Territory near "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Alice Springs"},{"insert":" - in the middle of Australia's Outback. It is a large sandstone rock formation that the aborigines of the area hold sacred.\n"}]}

Uluru (Ayers Rock) sunrise with moonset.

Sunrise highlights the sweeping curves of Uluru (Ayers Rock).

Ayers Rock changes colors throughout the day; this is its base at sunset.

The Olgas are a magnificent mountain range located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park; this is one of many beautiful sunsets over the Olgas.

{"ops":[{"insert":"Another photograph of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Olgas"},{"insert":", the red sandstone formation in the middle of the Outback.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"A view in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kings Canyon"},{"insert":", a natural wonder in Australia's Outback.\n"}]}

A green sentinal overlooking Kings Canyon in Australia's Outback.

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Camel caravan"},{"insert":" at sunset on Cable Beach, 7 km (4 mi) from "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Broome"},{"insert":", Western Australia. Founded in 1883, Broome's first industry was pearling - carried out by Japanese divers. Today the pearling industry has given way to oyster harvesting, mining, and tourism.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"The "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Chiko Rol"},{"insert":"l is an Australian savoury snack invented by Frank McEncroe, inspired by the Chinese spring roll. It was first sold in 1951 as the \"Chicken Roll\" despite not actually containing chicken. The snack was designed to be easily eaten on the move without a plate or cutlery. Since 1995 they have been owned by "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Simplot Australia"},{"insert":". A Chiko Roll's filling is primarily cabbage and barley, as well as carrot, green beans, beef, beef tallow, wheat cereal, celery and onion. This filling is partially pulped and enclosed in a thick egg and flour pastry tube designed to survive handling at football matches. The roll is typically deep-fried in vegetable oil. At the peak of its popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, 40 million Chiko Rolls were sold annually in Australia. The product has been described as an "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Australian cultural icon"},{"insert":".\n"}]}