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Below is a collection of Australian locations found on Google Maps
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Australian Capital Territory
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Centrepoint Tower
MLC Centre
Sydney Ferry Terminal
Darling Harbour
IMAX Theatre
Sydney Maritime Museum - moored Oberon-class submarine
Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre
Hyde Park War Memorial
Hyde Park fountain
Queen Victoria Building (QVB)

Greater Sydney
Sports Grounds
Sydney Football Stadium / Cricket Ground
Parramatta Football Stadium and Leagues Club
Royal Randwick horse-racing venue
Eastern Creek Raceway
Oran Park Raceway
Wakefield Park Raceway
Rosehill Racecourse
Parramatta Speedway

Public Infrastructure
Plane on Sydney Airport Runway
Lucas Heights Nuclear Facility
University of Sydney
University of NSW
Central Station, Sydney
Strathfield Station, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush
University of New England, Armidale, NSW Hi-res image of UNE and all of Armidale if you scroll right

Parks and Reserves
Henley Park, Enfield, 2136

Shopping Centres
Marrickville Metro
Westfield Shoppingtown Parramatta
Castle Towers
Westfield Shoppingtown Hornsby
Westfield Miranda


Rest of New South Wales
Motocross Track at Nowra
Giant Teddy Bear? - Menai High School
ANZAC Rifle Range, Malabar
M4 Tollbooths
Gladesville Bridge
Royal National Park follow the road to the southeast through the park
Stanwell Tops
aka Bald Hill, generally regarded as the southern end of the Royal
National Park. Popular with hang-gliders and hotdog-eating
motorcyclists.
The new coast road bridge replacing the coast road that kept falling into the sea
Parramatta Prison
Parkes
Parkes Radio Telescope
Sygma Wreck
Jamberoo Recreation Park
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Melbourne
Sports Grounds
Telstra Dome
Calder Park Dragstrip
Philip Island Raceway
Flemington
Turns 3, 4 and 5 of Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Sports and Aquatic Centre to left
Sandown Raceway

Public Infrastructure
Melbourne Museum and Old Exhibition Centre
Melbourne Airport
The West Gate Bridge

Parks and Reserves
Water Stores
Cardinia Reservoir

Cities
Clematis
Cockatoo
Emerald
Menzies Creek
Belgrave
Mt Burnett
Officer
Pakenham
Selby


A plane midflight over Melbourne
Plane in flight, Point Cook
Queen Victoria Market Must be a Sunday, carpark is full.
Waverly Park
Spirit of Tasmania docked at Port Melbourne
Pentridge Prison
A ship hammering out of Port Melbourne
Typical Melbourne Weather
Holden's Proving Ground at Lang Lang.
Ford's Proving Ground in the You Yangs, outside Geelong. Spot the car!
The former Nissan, now Linfox, proving grounds near Anglesea.
Huntingdale Golf Course the middle course (of many)
Learmonth Airfield
Lakes Entrance
From the top left going clockwise: World Trade Centre, Melbourne Aquarium, Crown Casino, Exhibition Centre (Jeff's Shed)
Snowy River

Tasmania
Hobart
Launceston (obscured by clouds)
Western Arthurs
Lake Pedder (South) and Lake Gordon (North)

Western Australia
Perth
Sports Grounds
Barbagello Raceway
Belmont Park Race Course
Ascot Race Course
Subiaco Oval
The WACA and Glouster Park

Public Infrastructure
Curtin University
University of WA
Perth Airport
The (infamous) Perth Belltower
Horseshoe Bridge

Parks and Reserves
Kings Park

Other Locations in/around Perth
Casurina Prison
The Burswood Hotel and Dome
Mundaring Weir
Garden Island Naval Base (There is even a submarine docked there!)
SAS Barracks
Rottnest Island
"Rottnest" Hedge, Rottnest Island (Upside down in middle of screen)
Canal City (Mandurah)
Giant Froot Loops?! (these are apartment blocks)


North West Cape
Shark Bay
Ningaloo Reef Ningaloo Reef is on the Western side of the peninsula.
North West Cape military zone
Tower Zero Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station (tower zero is in the middle, surrounded by twelve smaller towers.)
More spooky goings-on. What are the round 'pads' for?
RAAF Base Learmonth


The Pilbara
Mining Opertaions
Town of Marble Bar Jasper Deposit is 8KM South, Comet Mine is 10Km South.
Cargill Salt pans Located 1km South of the Port Headland rail yards.
Dampier Archepilago
Overview of the Archepilago
Town of Karratha (North West Gas Shelf). Karratha is an Aboriginal word meaning "good country".
Burrup Peninsula
NWGS Processing and Export facility, also contains the world's largest
collection of petroglyphs (rock carvings), some dating as far back as
the last ice age.
Dampier salt pans

BHP Iron Ore
Port Headland rail yards
Yarrie mine To the East of Port Headland (Shay Gap).
Rail line branches in three directions: North (to Port Headland), South (Yandi Operation), and South-East (Newman), as well as a road to the West.
Yandi (right) and Mining Area C (left) Off the South branch.
Newman Joint Venture
Newman. Appears to be used up.
Mt Whaleback Operation Newman township and Great Northern highway directly East.
Jimblebar/Orebody 29
Return loop between Jimblebar Junction and Jimblebar/Orebody 29.
Sand Hill Siding Located Ssouth of the four-way branch, but North of the Newman Joint Venture proper.
Jimblebar Junction.


Robe River Iron Ore Associates
Cape Lambert rail yards
Pannawonica Iron Ore Mine
[ Wickham] Pannawonica Mine Iron Ore Processing Facility.

Crossroads This is where the Hamersley Iron and Robe River lines cross
Hamersley Iron (Rio Tinto Iron Ore) Flash Map of Operations
Loading operations.
New high-res shots (June 2006). Info thanks to turkee. A very long
bridge to East Intercourse Island (white). The thing on the right is a
wharf for vessels to dock next to and load up with Iron Ore (red).
Scroll slightly down and to the right, you can see a loaded Ore train
unloading at the Dumper. The train is at least 1.6km long.
Dampier Rail Yards
Yandicoogina About 5km to the South-East of Yandi and Mining Area C (BHP Billiton), and 60km NW of Newman.
Marandoo mine On the line to Yandicoogina]
West Angelas
Branches off the Dampier (North)-Paraburdoo/Tom Price (South) main line
Branches go to Yandicoogina/Marandoo (East), Brockman No2 and Nammuldi
(West), Paraburdoo/Tom Price (South) and Dampier (North)
More direct branch to Nammuldi and Brockman No2 mines
Nammuldi
Brockman No2 mine
Tom Price Iron Ore Mine
Paraburdoo Iron Ore mine Paraburdoo is an Aboriginal word meaning "Meat Feathers"
Eastern Range On-Steam 2004.
[ Channar Joint Facility] is supposed to be 'close to' Paraburdoo, but I can't see it.



The Kimberley
Curtin Airforce Base
Horizontal Waterfalls <b>Hi-Res</b> Check Google images for more.
Cape Leveque <b>Hi-Res</b>
Broome
Derby -note: The water isn't blue
Kununurra
Argyle Diamond Mine
The Hole (Not so) Secret Barra spot

Rest of Western Australia
Mines
The Super Pit Whopping great open cut gold mine at Kalgoorlie. Check Google images for a better perspective.
Copperhead Gold Mine (closed)
Mt Keith Nickel Mine
Meekatharra area
Meekatharra Gold Mine
an associated Mine.
Big Bell Gold Mine (closed)
another associated mine.
a third associated mine.
and yet more mines.



South Hedland town with weird rose layout
Busselton Jetty longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere (1.8km long)
Leighton Beach
Wolf Creek Crater
A string of permanent Billabongs
A lake and string of Billabongs
Lancelin and Wedge Island You can also see the dunes. Not very good res.
NASA Satellite Earth Station, Carnarvon
Alcoa Pinjarra
Laverton JORN facility
Laverton transmitter. 180 Degree coverage.
Laverton reciever. 180 degree coverage.



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South Australia
Adelaide Airport
AAMI Stadium
Rundle Mall and University of Adelaide
Adelaide Oval
Glenelg Bay with Magic Mountain
Adelaide Entertainment Center
Hope Valley Reservoir
Gepps Cross
The Velodrome
Adelaide 500 Street Circuit
Mitsubishi Motors Tonsley Factory
Flinders University
Lake Eyre, with water
Maslin Beach Australias first official nudist beach
Mallala Raceway
JESUS LIVES written in trees hard to read, visible from planes on approach to Adelaide airport (Updated to correct position!)
Adelaide Uni north tce campus
Murray River Mouth
The Marree Man
St. Clair Recreation centre <i>Home of Australia's Largest regular 400+ attendee Gaming lan - Valhalla</i>
Parafield Airport (PARAFIELD written in trees)
PC3 Orions at Edinburgh RAAF Base
Acraman Impact Crater. Lake Gairdner is the big Salt Lake to the North-East, helping to outline the Acraman depression.

<h3> South Australia - the drinker's tour </h3>
Beer
West End Brewery
Coopers Brewery The Regency Park Coopers' brewery. Pale Ale, Sparkling Ale, Vintage Ale and their kindred come from this place
The site of the old Leabrook Coopers Brewery


Wine
Barossa Valley The world-famous wine region
Clare Valley More world-famous wines come from this region
McLaren Vale Yet another popular South Australian wine region
Coonawarra Famous for their Cabernet Sauvignon


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Northern Territory
Ayers Rock / Uluru
The Olgas
Hidden Valley Raceway
Pine Gap US satellite tracking base near Alice Springs.
Francis Creek Mine (Territory Iron LTD).
NT JORN Facility
Harts Range Transmitter. 90 degree coverage.
Mount Everard (?) Reciever. 90 degree coverage.
Tindal Airport


Offshore Dependencies
<p>All maps are very low detail. Lots of 'noise' in some of the images.
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands Updated 5/11/06 With 20M res imagery (Eastern half of the island).
Christmas Island Updated 5/11/06 with 50M Resolution.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Lord Howe Island Updated 5/11/06. 50M Res imagery.
Norfolk Island Updated 5/11/06 with 50M Imagery.
Macquarie Islands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Scott Reef Updated 5/11/06 With 50M Res (clearly two passes).
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