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Galahs
Small cockatoos pale grey above and deep pink below.
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Sydney
Multi-week festival culminating in the world's largest nighttime parade. The festival encompasses the arts, film, sports and a host of other activities.
G'day and All That
Strine and Australian slang and how, and when, to use or not to use unique Australian expressions.
Gemmell, Nikki
Australian writer Nikki Gemmell is the author of the bestseller The Bride Stripped Bare originally published anonymously.
George Pell, Cardinal
Sydney archbishop and newest Australian cardinal.
Georges River National Park, Sydney
It looks unkempt and untended but this national park, which includes Picnic Point's Fitzpatrick Park, remains quite popular.
Ghan
Train from Adelaide to Alice Springs extended to Darwin in February 2004.
Gibson, Mel
Actor, director, producer Mel Gibson spent much of his early years in Australia, studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, and starred in a number of Australian films at the start of his movie career.
Girraween National Park, Queensland
South of Stanthorpe in Queensland's Granite Belt. Huge boulders and rock formations. Picture.
Glenrowan: Site of Ned Kelly's Last Stand
The Victorian town where bushranger Ned Kelly made his last stand upon which the movie directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Heath Ledger is based.
Gold Coast, Queensland
Golden sand on golden beaches under a golden sun - a holiday eden. South of Brisbane, Queensland.
Golden Slipper: World's Richest Horse Race for Two-Year-Olds
The Golden Slipper is the world's richest horse race for two-year-olds held in the Easter season during the Autumn Racing Carnival in Sydney.
Golden Wattle
Acacia pycnantha, Australia's national flower.
Governor-General of Australia
Major General Michael Jeffery succeeded Archbishop Dr Peter Hollingworth to become Australia's 23rd Governor-General from August 11, 2003.
Grampians National Park, Victoria
Aboriginal rock art, spectacular mountain ranges, walking tracks, a variety of wildlife and wildflowers -- all combine to create an enticing natural bush-and-mountains environment west of Melbourne.
Grand Pacific Drive
Grand Pacific Drive meanders through some 169 kilometres from Sydney's Royal National Park to the Shoalhaven, appropriate for leisurely motoring south of Sydney.
Great Barrier Reef: Down Under Wonder
Two thousand kilometres of reef east of the north Queensland coast. A fascinating underwater world.
Great Barrier Reef Map
The Great Barrier Reef runs 2000 kilometres north to south off the coast of northern Queensland.
Great Ocean Road to the Twelve Apostles
A scenic drive through Victoria's coastal attractions to the rock formations, known as the Twelve Aposltes, jutting out of the sea.
Gundagai, New South Wales
The New South Wales town of Gundagai lies along the Hume Highway about 390 kilometres southwest of Sydney between the towns of Yass and Holbrook. It's a town made famous by folklore and song.
Gympie, Queensland
Gympie, off the Bruce Highway in Queensland and 166 kilometres north of Brisbane, is the centre of Queensland's Mary River Valley agricultural district.

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