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Reliable international telephone, telegraph, telex, and postal services are available. Tourist attractions: Australians are great sports enthusiasts. Horse racing, cricket, tennis, rugby, and Australian football attract large crowds. The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race commences December 26; the yachting armada streaming out the majestic Heads of Sydney Harbor is a magnificent sight. Surfing carnivals are staged by Surf Life Saving Associations on summer weekends in many parts of Australia. Melbourne is renowned for fine race and golf courses and for its Royal Botanical Garden. Sites of interest include the National Museum (natural history) and the Old Melbourne Gaol and Penal Museum -- a prison built in 1841, with relics from the more colorful chapters of Australian history.

In Sydney, favorite attractions are the tour of its breathtaking harbor; the Sydney Opera House, with its striking architecture; the Rocks area, often referred to as "the cradle of Sydney;" and the Taronga Park Zoo. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland, is renowned as well.

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