Australia / Oceania

Touring Earth’s Impact Craters, Part 2

It may be hard to believe, but the Earth is struck with more space debris (meteors, comets, etc) than the moon. To be fair, our planet is much bigger, but from above, doesn’t look as scarred as the surface of…

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Thursday, 11th November 2010

Suwarrow (Island Week 5)

Do you think it’s possible in today’s world to have an unclaimed treasure chest buried on a beautiful, remote island in the south Pacific? Well if there’s anywhere in the world that it might be possible, it would be Suwarrow…

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Tuesday, 28th September 2010

Great Sandy Desert

The Great Sandy Desert covers an area of 360,000 square km of north western Australia, making it the country’s second largest desert. Uluru (Ayers Rock) is located in the far south-eastern area of the desert. We visited almost exactly 5…

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Monday, 21st June 2010

Virtual Photography with Google Street View

Today we’ve got a special guest post by Matt Bucher, a writer living in Austin, Texas who publishes a blog of photographic images taken from Google Street View, called Apres Garde. We love Matt’s choice of images, and he agreed…

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Monday, 10th May 2010

Australia’s Top Ten Giant Animals

We’ve visited many of the world’s largest objects here on Google Sightseeing, but if there is one country that – more than any other – has a fondness for large roadside attractions, it is Australia. So we present Australia’s Top…

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Friday, 23rd April 2010

Street Circuits, Part 2: Australia

Continuing our series on street racing circuits around the world, let’s take a ride in the Google Street View Car around some of Australia’s most famous venues! Adelaide The home of the Australian Grand Prix until 1996, Adelaide’s streets in…

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Monday, 22nd March 2010
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The Futuro House

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Definitely a duck (maybe)

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Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene

The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…

Trollstigen (Troll’s path)

In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…

Recent Comments

  1. Guardian Heroes: Ok, that view from the lions gate looks amazing. I’d like to visit there someday.
  2. Mark: Guessing, from this account, that it’s Kevin Barrera. The location linked isn’t exact, but the...
  3. Alex Turnbull: Given how long the body must have lain there (long enough for the aerial photography airplane to have...
  4. Alex Turnbull: Hi Stuart, are you looking at the police officer? The victim looks pretty dead to me :(
  5. Doug: I love the joke you guys play — posting the EXACT same thing every February 2, now for the sixth year in...

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