Hot air balloon, Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is big.. really BIG. It is the size of France, Italy and Spain put together! thats 1.38 million square kilometres.. which is only 18% of Australia.

One of the most iconic symbols of the Northern territory (and Australia) is Ayers Rock, Uluru.. this is also really big (bigger than you think!). It is 348 metres high, thats 24 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower! 39 metres taller than the Sydney Tower and 209 metres taller the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

In fact if you take the pole off the top of the Empire State Building, Uluru stands shoulder to shoudler with it!Its not just tall either. It wide too! 750 metres wide! thats three thousand, seven hundred and fifty koalas wide!In total, Uluru takes up 0.2km of land.. thats the same as Vatican City.. the worlds smallest country! The only difference is Uluru is older and more red.

Tim Halliday
BWT, Surfers Paradise, QLD

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