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Pipelines

Condensate/gas 546 km; gas 31,323 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,808 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2006)

Railways

Total: 47,738 km

Broad gauge: 4,015 km 1.600-m gauge

Standard gauge: 28,662 km 1.435-m gauge (1,397 km electrified)

Narrow gauge: 14,831 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)

Dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2005)

Roadways

Total: 810,641 km

Paved: 336,962 km

Unpaved: 473,679 km (2004)

Merchant Marine

Total: 53 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,361,000 GRT/1,532,874 DWT

By type: bulk carrier 17, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 5

Foreign-owned: 17 (Canada 1, France 3, Germany 3, Japan 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Philippines 1, UK 2, US 3)

Registered in other countries: 34 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Bahamas 2, Bermuda 3, Fiji 1, Hong Kong 1, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Netherlands 1, NZ 2, Panama 3, Portugal 1, Singapore 7, Tonga 1, UK 3, US 2, Vanuatu 2) (2006)

Ports and Terminals

Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney

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Airports

455 (2006)

Heliports

1 (2006)

Waterways

2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2002)

Airports with Paved Runways

Total
311
Over 3,047 m
10
2,438 to 3,047 m
12
1,524 to 2,437 m
133
914 to 1,523 m
143
Under 914 m
13 (2006)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

Total
144
1,524 to 2,437 m
18
914 to 1,523 m
111
Under 914 m
15 (2006)

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