This is why we call Australia home

Catchup reading today found above article in Escape supplement to Jan 23 The Sunday Times (WA) . This cover story introduced as :

This is a week to fly the flag, enjoy the cricket and reflect on how this is the greatest land in the world.

Author of article Brad Crouch included :

"At one of the world's greatest harbours in one of the world's greatest cities, ........." (about Sydney);

"In world terms it is not huge, but at 2228m it is our highest mountain and qualifies as one of the world's Seven Summits...." (about Mt Kosciuszko)

Lake Eyre is "....one of the world's last unregulated river basins....."

and,

"Peter Allen put it on the international pop map with a haunting ode to his 'Tenterfield saddler' grandfather"