Destination Australia

Transportation Australia
 

Railways:

Total: 54,439 km (3859 km electrified)
Broad gauge: 5,434 km 1.600-m gauge
Standard gauge: 34,110 km 1.435-m gauge (1,397 km electrified)
Narrow gauge: 14,895 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)
Dual gauge: 213 km dual gauge (2004)

Highways:

Total: 811,603 km
Paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways)
Unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:

2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)

Pipelines:

Condensate/gas 492 km; gas 28,680 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,773 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:

Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville

Merchant marine:

Total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,531,461 GRT/1,999,409 DWT
By type: bulk carrier 16, cargo 7, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5
Foreign-owned: 16 (France 1, Germany 3, Japan 1, Philippines 1, Saudi Arabia 1, United Kingdom 2, United States 7)
Registered in other countries: 35 (2005)

Airports:

448 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

Total: 305
Over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 131
914 to 1,523 m: 139
Under 914 m: 13 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

Total: 143
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 112
Under 914 m: 14 (2004 est.)