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Aircraft departures	388,700		[10th of 155]
Airports	461		[16th of 247]
Cars	485 per 1,000 people		[5th of 18]
Container port traffic	4,830,254 TEU		[18th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Heliports	1		[81st of 99]
Highways > Paved	314,090 km		[6th of 113]
Highways > Total	811,603 km		[3rd of 118]
Motor vehicles	619 motor vehicles per 100 p		[4th of 134]
Pipelines condensate/gas 469 km; gas 26,719 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,720 km; oil/gas/water 110 km
Ports and harbors Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
Ports and terminals Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
Railways > Total	38,550 km		[6th of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km	152,777 million ton-km		[9th of 52]
Roads, total network > km	810,200 km		[5th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	341,448 km		[7th of 81]
Roadways > Total	812,972 km		[6th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50-6015
Vehicle abundance	47.91 per square km		[17th of 141]
Waterways	2,000 km		[22nd of 165]

Interesting facts on Australian Transportation

• In Australia, there\'s plenty of open road. Which is just as well, because you wouldn\'t want to park your car.
• Train spotters should go to Australia - Australians have more railway per capita than anyone else on the globe.

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