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Aircraft departures	388,700		[10th of 155]
Airports	461		[16th of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Cars	485 per 1,000 people		[5th of 18]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Container port traffic	4,830,254 TEU		[18th of 63]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM)
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Source: World Development Indicators database
Heliports	1		[81st of 99]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved	314,090 km		[6th of 113]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total	811,603 km		[3rd of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	619 motor vehicles per 100 p		[4th of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines condensate/gas 469 km; gas 26,719 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,720 km; oil/gas/water 110 km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and harbors Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	38,550 km		[6th of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km	152,777 million ton-km		[9th of 52]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	810,200 km		[5th of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved	341,448 km		[7th of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	812,972 km		[6th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50-6015
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	47.91 per square km		[17th of 141]
Source: Wikipedia: Speed limit
Waterways	2,000 km		[22nd of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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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