Australia is simply too big and extraordinary to describe here.

What we can do is to provide some references to what's going on Down Under and a few personal photos of a few of the places we have visited.

Here are some Web links to start a virtual tour:

The official Australian tourism Web site:
http://www.australia.com/

What Wikipedia has to say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

What Charles Sturt Univ shows:
http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/

The Lonely Planet:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/pacific/australia

Australia even has its own Google:
http://www.google.com.au/

Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

One other point, if you can go, by all means do. It's GREAT!