Is it possible to sum up a country as huge, ancient and diverse as Australia with a couple of symbols?  You may immediately think koalas and kangaroos or picture rust-red Uluru and the span of Sydney Harbour Bridge. You can string these images together like postcards to get an idea of what Australia is about. Or you could think about billabongs and boabs. Like Australia, they change with the seasons and flourish when nature is at her best.

The word billabong comes from the Wiradjuri language of New South Wales: bila meaning 'river' and bang meaning 'continuing in time or space'. These isolated ponds, form when a river changes course. In the wet season they reconnect with the main river, flow with fresh water and teem with renewed life.  In Australia you can also reconnect with your flow. When you feel dried up, our operatic landscapes, sunsets and seasons remind you the river is never far away.

You’ll only find the ancient boab tree - known for their massive trunks - in the Kimberley. But these giants embody a feeling stretching far beyond Australia’s wild north-west corner. Aboriginal Australians have used boabs as shelter, food and medicine for thousands of years and many Aboriginal artists carve and paint the nuts. The boab symbolises what Australia offers - a natural sanctuary and a canvas for your creative energy. Like the billabong that changes with the seasons, boabs shed their leaves in the dry season and flower in the wet.

Billabongs and boabs are as Australian as beaches and big spaces, ancient rainforests and iconic red rock. What’s more they carry our essence. Welcome to Australia, where you can transform and realise who you are you are at your best.