South Australia has a special claim to have been settled by free settlers with no convict history as experienced by other States, particularly NSW. Many free settlers chose to create a new life here and to try to re-create much of the lifestyle they had experienced and valued in Britain and Europe. However, the climate here is very severe and hampered many enterprises because of the dryness and the semi-arid immediate surroundings. This has changed of course through development and by the establishment of many places of interest for tourists in the Flinders ranges, the Arid Botanical Garden and wilderness areas, the development of the great Murray River as a feature for tourists and by encouraging tours of the many historical establishments around Adelaide, its capital.

Tasmania, the island State, is famous for its enterprising diversity in agriculture, horticulture, timber and fisheries, for its natural beauty in mountains, rivers, forests. It is valued for many of its pristine areas where nature has been left untainted by commerce and where World Heritage listings are maintained. Its size makes it easy to explore by road although coastal exploration is hampered by rugged coastlines on one side. By road there are many interesting industries and enterprises to be seen and visited such as the medicinal poppy farms, herb farms and apple orchards. Tasmania was once called 'the Apple Isle". It is possible to take your car from the mainland by ferry over to Tasmania so that you can tour to your heart's content but visitors must remember that the climate is colder than the rest of Australia. The wonderful river systems encourage activities such as white water rafting.

I have not been to the Northern Territory except in touching down on an air flight from Perth to Cairns in North Queensland so am ill equipped to say anything from personal experience, only to relay what I have heard from others. Facts such as Darwin is its capital, which was devastated and suffering greatly from Japanese bombardment in World War II, devastated by cyclone in the 1970s and now has been totally rebuilt and remodelled as an ideal modern city attracting tourists from overseas as well as from Australia itself. Many visitors wish to know more about the traditional aboriginal culture and to visit indigenous sites of interest. Because of the remoteness of this city from the more populated parts of Australia it is easy to believe that this has been a neglected part of our continent. Alice Springs and Darwin are the focal points for the Territory and support a large aboriginal population of those who are magnetically drawn from the arid and more remote areas by the promise of greater comforts offered in a city.