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The major international airports in Australia are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Cairns and Adelaide airport. Australians generally rely on domestic flights to travel around the country for longer distance travel across states. Flights operate between all capital cities with the network of scheduled flights extending to more than 150,000km (95,000 miles) covering the entire continent. A large number of domestic airlines operate flights across all states and territories and fares can usually be purchased at greatly reduced fees.
Travelling by boat is another widely accessible form of transportation in Australia with numerous tour operators operating boat tours across the many rivers, lakes, inland waterways and coastline. There is also an overnight car ferry service connecting Melbourne and Tasmania daily.
Rail services are a less commonly used form of transport in Australia. There are two major train services that run between Sydney (East coast) and Perth (West coast), via Adelaide and between Adelaide and Darwin. These services run twice weekly and travel in each direction takes two nights. Other express services connect the state capitals, although these services do not operate daily.
Public transport is easily accessible in all the main towns and cities. State capitals operate comprehensive rail networks and tram systems operate in Melbourne and Adelaide.
Taxis are readily available in all major cities and towns and are relatively inexpensive.
Road links and highways are good in Australia especially in the more populated areas of the country. Distances between towns can be extensive however.
