Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Transportation in Australia

1.) Water Transportation
 The largest ocean port in Australia is Melbourne. Followed by Sydney, Brisbane, and Newcastle. The image below shows the port of Melbourne (pink), Sydney (light green), and Brisbane (light green).


2.) Land transportation
In Australia there are multiple tram and passenger operators. They offer services such as intensive suburban trains, electric tramways in large cities, commuter trains, and long distance interstate and luxury trans-continental journeys. Below is a rail map of Australia.


The network is categorized into five groups based on road function:
1.) National Highway (Great Northern Highway, the north-south strategic freight route to the east)
2.) Coastal Route (Brand Highway and North West Coastal Highway, the coastal north-south strategic freight route)
3.) East West Route (Geraldton-Mt Magnet Road and Mr Magnet-Leinster Roads, linking Geraldton to the eastern Murchison and northern Goldfields and Goldfields Highway, linking the Goldfield and Pilbara Regions)
4.) Wheatbelt Access Roads (links to Wheatbelt towns and grain receival points); and
5.) Tourist Roads (links to tourist destinations).
Below is an image of the National Highways in Australia.

3.) Air transportation
The International airports of Australia are Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Darwin, Cairns, and Adelaide.

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