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Modes of transportation in Australia
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MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IN AUSTRALIA
land transportation
Australia has the second highest level of car ownership in the world. It has three to four times more road per capita than Europe and seven to nine times more than Asia.
water transportation
Ferries, including passenger ferries and car ferries
AIR TRANSPORTATION
• Freight planes: used for transporting goods quickly over long distances
• Airships, sometimes called the zeppelin. These were primarily used before 1950 and were filled with hydrogen gas that weighs less than air, so they floated.
• Helicopters: these can fly straight up, forwards, backwards or hover in one place
RAIL ROAD TRANSPORTATION
THE GHAN
NSW TRAIN LINK
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Hydrofoils, hovercrafts and catamarans: mainly used to transport people
• Speed boats and other pleasure craft are used for water-skiing and fishing and so on
the first pedal bike was invented in 1863.
Bicycles:
The first successful motorbike was produced in 1897 and the first sidecar in 1903.
Motorcycles
Steamships began to take over from sailing ships in the 1850s.
these were mainly used to transport products along inland rivers
Ships
Paddle-steamers
buses & coaches
Trucks
Australia is highly dependent on road transport.
Duck-billed Platypuses
wheels :)
Henry Ford invented
the Model T car
passenger planes
Hot-air balloons:
aviation began in Australia in 1858 when William Deane flew over Melbourne in a hot air balloon
INDIAN PACIFIC
THE SPIRIT OF THE OUTBACK
the name for two similar high speed tilting train services, one electric and the other diesel
TILT TRAIN
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