Brisbane ,Queensland is one of the most populated city in Australia.

The Barossa Valley wine-producing region of South Australia. Fewer than 15% of Australians live in rural areas

This was a port in Tasmania in Australia

These are the photos of places near kanangra-national park

Barrallier was the son of French naval surveyor. He was later employed by the British and came to Australia in April 1800. He was appointed an ensign in the New South Wales Corps in July 1800, and was made engineer and artillery officer in August 1801.

In March 1801 he sailed with Lieutenant James Grant in the Lady Nelson to further explore Bass Strait, and was responsible for the charting of Western Port and other parts of the coast. In June a voyage with Grant was made to the Hunter River, where Barrallier made a survey of Coal Harbour and part of the river.

In November 1802 he was directed by Governor Philip Gidley King to try to find a way over Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney. He did not succeed in crossing the range. His finishing point was "towards the head of Christy's Creek, about 15 or 16 miles in a direct line southerly from Jenolan Caves".

In the May 1803 he resigned from the New South Wales Corps and left for England, and in 1805 he was appointed a lieutenant in the 90th regiment. In 1806 he was at St Vincent, and in 1809 was present at the capture of the Island of Martinique.

He was made a captain in 1812. He spent some years making a military survey of the Island of Barbados, was present at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1814, and was appointed surveyor-general of the island.

The Bells Line of Road (State Route 40) is a major road in New South Wales and runs from North Richmond on the North-Western outskirts of Sydney to Bell in the Blue Mountains where it becomes Chifley Road.

The route was discovered in 1823 by Archibald Bell Jr but was rarely used until World War II. The road was improved between 1939 and 1949 as it was seen by the government as being an alternative to the Great Western Highway and could be used for war efforts.

Today, the route is still used as an alternate route across the Blue Mountains and is also a popular tourist drive

The Jamison Valley forms part of the Cox's River canyon system in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated approximately 100 kilometres west of Sydney, capital of New South Wales, and a few kilometres south of Katoomba, the main town in the Blue Mountains

Crystal Falls is a waterfall in the Crystal Mountains of Brazil. It is located in the city of Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo in the state of Minas Gerais. It is approximately 20 m (66 ft) high

Scout Moor Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in England. The wind farm, which was built for Peel Holdings, is powered by 26 Nordex N80 wind turbines. It has a total nameplate capacity of 65 MW of electricity, providing 154,000 MWh per annum, enough to serve the average needs of 40,000 homes. The site occupies 1,347 acres (545 ha) of open moorland between Edenfield, Rawtenstall and Rochdale, and is split between the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in northern Greater Manchester and the Borough of Rossendale in south-eastern Lancashire. The turbines are visible from as far away as south Manchester, 15–20 miles (24–32 km) away. A protest group formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from botanist and environmental campaigner David Bellamy. Despite the opposition, planning permission was granted in 2005, and construction began in 2007. Although work on the project was hampered by harsh weather, difficult terrain and previous mining activity, the wind farm was officially opened on 25 September 2008 after "years of controversy", at a cost of £50 million.

The gentle falls of the Petrohué River frame the graceful slopes of Osorno Volcano, part of the Andes Mountain. The scene is but one memorable view within Chile's Vicente Perez Rosales National Park.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chile, Republic on a Shoestring," October 1973,

Delicate as a flower petal, a marine flatworm glides along in the Pacific Ocean near Micronesia's Yap Islands. Its ruby color may be a protective measure, signaling potential predators that it is toxic

Wildlife in Cades Cove

Smoky Mountain Wildlife Should Be Respected

When visiting Cades Cove as well as other parts of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, be sure not to approach any of the wildlife too closely. GSMNP officials prohibit crowding, harassing and feeding wildlife in any part of the park. This they do to preserve a safe environment for the animals as well as a safe vacation for the Smokies tourists.

As a rule of thumb, if your presence in Cades Cove is altering an animals behavior, you are too close to that animal. This is never truer than when viewing the Smoky Mountain Black Bear. The Smokies bears are NOT pets, trained bears or well fed zoo animals. They are wild and only come out of their hiding places when they are hungry. Though park bears may appear cute and cuddly, even friendly at times, they also are capable of acting with aggression with lightning speed. Smoky Mountain black bears are omnivores eating mainly plant material, but they also eat animals and on rare occasions humans. Given the number of visitors to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park bear injuries are rare however bear related injuries do occur every year in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Given that fact and coupled with the recent bear related death in the park, it is wise to enjoy the bears briefly if you see them but watch from a safe distance or from the safety of your car. The woman who was recently killed by a mother bear and cub was found to have pictures to the offending bears in her camera. So again, enjoy the animals in Cades Cove and take comfort that they rarely attack humans, but at the same time respect their wildness and neither crowd nor feed them.

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Scotland has an overwhelming abundance of natural beauty, hundreds of castles stand proud from its long and turbulent past, and an innate flair for enterprise and travel has endowed the nation with artistic treasures from around the world. The culture remains vibrant today, and there’s much to celebrate. Here’s a distillation of Scotland’s best

Bare rock and meltwater pools mark the edge of the shrinking Harrison Glacier in Montana's Glacier National Park. Of the 150 glaciers found in the park a century ago, only 27 remain. And scientists predict that by 2030, those will all be gone.

In 2008, photographer James Balog, founder of the Extreme Ice Survey, and several research colleagues will return to the 26 solar-powered cameras they've installed at 16 glaciers worldwide to download the photographs taken so far. Balog hopes to release some images to the public immediately.

Art meets science in photographer James Balog's Extreme Ice Survey. The project, begun in December 2006, will attempt to capture global warming in the act using 26 solar-powered cameras taking time-lapse photographs of glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains. Balog hopes the ambitious effort, which will produce more than 300,000 images over the course of two years, "radically alters public perception of the global warming issue."

Here, a large, glistening iceberg calved from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland drifts through Disko Bay on its way to the Atlantic Ocean.