New South Wales

New South Wales, Australia's oldest and most developed residential area. This area of the country is culmination of everything that raises Australia into the most attractive destinations include: bold, sweeping, grand and old. Visitors can found everything here: the trendiest bars, hidden dazzlingly beautiful parks among a lot of skyscrapers, well-established Irish pubs with great history, all in one of the busiest - and the most beautiful by many - port in the world, in Sydney, the centre of New South Wales province.

NSW figures

Major cities: Sydney (population 4,575,532), Newcastle (289,000 inhabitants), Wollongong (235,000 inhabitants) and Coffs Harbour (26,000 inhabitants)
Area: 809.444 km2
Population density and population: 7,238,819 people - 9:04 / km2

Weather and Geography

New South Wales can roughly be divided into four sections: the coastal part of the Great Dividing Range, the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, and the Snowy Mountains in the south. To the west of the Great Barrier Reef there is mostly agricultural land, Outback’s endless plains begins beyond these.
The two largest rivers are the Murray and Darling, which criss-cross the countryside to the west. In general it can be said that the further north you go, the hotter it becomes and further to the west, the drier the region will be. In contrast, the Snowy Mountains in winter, for example thoroughly deserve the name, so much so that there is more snow in each year than in the Swiss Alps. Based on Sydney’s - the capital of the area - climate, can be pleasant. The average summer temperature is 25 ° C. Of course, the mid-summer heat can be up to 40 degrees, and the winter is sometimes chilly, but never reaches the freezing point.

Transport

New South Wales transport it is privileged, because the country's largest city is located here, and the area is so densely interwoven multi-lane highways and rail networks.
Rail network in New South Wales is managed by the state-run RailCorp. The Sydney-Wollongong- Newcastle rail line is operated by CityRail Company that is owned by RailCorp. The CityRail commenced operations in 1850, and nowadays owns the most advanced rail network in the continent: along a total length of 2,060 kilometers of railway track 307 stations. Including the inter-city flights, nearly one million people travel on the CityRail-finds daily. The same company but named CountryLink delivers passengers in the rest of the area.
One of the major highways is the Hume Highway, which connects Melbourne to Sydney, and the other is the Pacific Highway, which connects Sydney to Brisbane, going along the Pacific coast. On the New South Wales highways the speed limit is 110 km / h, in a residential area it is 50km /h. Speeding is severely punished throughout Australia, but in New South Wales three consecutive road signs warn motorists to slow down before the automatic speed cameras.
The country's largest airport is Kingsford Smith Airport - often referred to as the Sydney Airport - can be also found in New South Wales. The Kingsford Smith Airport is also the centre of Qantas, the Australian airline.

Sport

Based on the modern history of Australia, New South Wales athletes and teams are both very successful, both on the domestic competition and also to getting into the national teams.
New South Wales gives home to the major national sport, to the National Rugby League's (the Australian rugby only broadly similar to the American football that is also called rugby in Hungarian). Ten teams of 16 present in the rugby league have their centre in New South Wales, so we can say that this is the "spiritual centre" of the Australian rugby. Moreover, here we can mention the most important event of the Australian rugby so-called State of Origin, which is nothing else but the super leagues of the Marrons Queensland and New South Wales Blues. This event is surrounded by tremendous excitement every year. The best rugby players are clashing here from the two most important areas.
Of course, in New South Wales where the British traditions are preserved, football teams are also present. Several of them are in the A-League category.
It is unique that a yacht-race - with its nearly 1,200-kilometer distance - starts from Sydney to Hobart on December 26th every year.
Australia has worldwide unique achievements in sports performance also, since in 2000, the 27th modern Olympic Games were held here, and in 1938 the British Empire Games as well (now known as the Commonwealth Games-t).

Curiosities and Attractions

New South Wales is quite rich in natural attractions; you can find 780 national parks here, which cover 8% of its territories. The most important among them is the Royal National Park, nearly as big as Lichtenstein.
Nature lover visitors can visit a number of areas which are part of the world heritage in New South Wales. Such as the Greater Blue Mountains Area, or the Paradise like Lord Howe Islands that is located in the northern part of the area.
In addition, of course, the real jewel of New South Wales is no other but Sydney. You can learn everything about it if you click on the Sydney sign on the map of Australia.

History

New South Wales, Australia's most densely populated area, which is located in the south-eastern part of the continent, between Queensland and Victoria, and surrounds the Australian Capital Territory and its centre is the country's capital, Canberra.
It got its name from Captain James Cook. According to the legend the scenery reminded him to Wales when he first saw it while he was shipping into Botany Bay.
The first settlers - mostly convicts - arrived here in 1788 with the so-called First Fleet. The colony has worked for several years as a penal colony, but that soon changed, as the British leadership had decided to reform the area in 1809, and then they introduced the first route network plans of Sydney.
Charles Darwin's ship, the Beagle was landed also in New South Wales at that time. He was fascinated by the vast valleys and the unique fauna and flora, as well as the unusual culture of the aboriginals. In his diary he mentions, inter alia, that this "island" is going to have a bright future.