- Ayers Rock is a red granite monolith, 859.53 metres above sea level. It is 8.85 kilometres in circumference, and is 347.3 metres above the plain.
- Between the towns of Ooldia and Nurina in Western Australia, is the world’s longest straight stretch of railway, 478.4 kilometres in length.
- No part of Australia is further than 1000 kilometres from the sea.
