The coast between Cairns and Port Douglas on the Cook Highway, Queensland, Australia

Termite 'cathedral' by the Arnhem Highway near the Mary River Crossing between Darwin and Kakadu at 'The Top End', Northern Territory, Australia

Downtown Sydney, Sydney by Night, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Tropical rainforest scenery on State Highway 43 (Forgotten World Highway), Taranaki Region, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Big Sur Coastline, Route 1, Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Ocean, California, United States of America, North America

Pacific Coast Highway, Beach, Santa Monica, Malibu Mountains, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Mount Cook, Highway 80 S curve road and Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Long straight road, Hume highway, Victoria, Australia

The coast and Bixby Bridge on the Pacific Highway, Route 1, California, USA

View of the Pacific Ocean from Highway 101 to Brookings, Oregon, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Beautiful scenery on the highway around the Lindis Pass, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Looking north from lookout, South of Manaia, State Highway 25, Coromandel Harbour, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Mount Cook, empty road Highway 80, Mount Cook National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

City skyline, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

City skyline, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Mount Cook, Highway 80 S curve road and Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Sugar cane and other crops by the Bruce Highway south of Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Highway to Milford Sound via Lake Tena Vu, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

City skyline, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Big Sur Coastline, Bixby Creek Bridge, Route 1, Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Ocean, California, United States of America, North America

Highway in Brisbane, car light trails at night, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Car light trails at night on a highway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Haast Highway and rainforest, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Sunset on Will Rogers Beach and the Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California, United States of America, North America

Haast Highway, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

View of Pacific Coastal Highway at dusk, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Barbara, Malibu Mountains, California, United States of America, North America

City skyline from Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Open road on State Highway 6 near Cromwell, Central Otago with views to the ski fields at Wanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Highway 8 through the Lindis Valley, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The valley of a sunken river at Cave Stream Scenic Reserve on Highway 73, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Sky Tower and Southern Motorway 1 viewed from Hopetoun Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The Pacific Coast State Route Highway One in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park between Los Angeles and San Francisco in California, United States of America, North America

Lindis Pass, the point where Highway 8 crosses from Waitaki District into the Lindis River Valley, north Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

View of sunset at Big Sur, Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Ocean, California, United States of America, North America

Highway 8 passing through field of Lupins, near Lake Tekapo, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngauruhoe viewed from Highway 1 Desert Road, Tongariro National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The city skyline from Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Ross Bridge and Uniting Church, Ross, The Heritage Highway, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

City skyline from Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Beautiful scenery on the highway around the Lindis Pass, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Late afternoon on the highway on the way to Twizel, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

View from Kings Park over Perth City, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View from Highway 1 near Te Ohaki showing typical volcanic landscape, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Beautiful scenery on the highway around the Lindis Pass, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Haast Highway, near Jacobs River, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

View of Big Sur Coastline, Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Ocean, California, United States of America, North America

View of Bixby Bridge on Big Sur Coastline, Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Ocean, California, United States of America, North America

Beautiful scenery on the highway around the Lindis Pass, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Logging machinery at fir tree plantation by the Princes Highway, northwest of Gambier, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Lily pads and small palms in Annaburroo billabong at the Mary River Crossing near the Arnhem Highway between Darwin and Kakadu, The Top End, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Giant tree house along the Boluminsky highway, Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Reflections of eucalyptus (gum) trees on Annaburroo Billabong near the Arnhem Highway at the Mary River Crossing in the Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

View over driftwood and beach from the isolated town of Te Araroa, on the Pacific Coast Highway, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Children canoeing in Annaburroo Billabong at Mary River Crossing near the Arnhem Highway, at the Top End, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Lily pads and small palms in Annaburroo Billabong at the Mary River Crossing near the Arnhem Highway between Darwin and Kakadu at The Top End, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Flatlands south of the Gulf of Carpenteria, crossed by the Cloncurry to Normanton highway, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Large plastic crocodile by the Arnhem Highway at the small town of Humpty Doo, southeast of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

A road train on the Stuart Highway between Darwin and Threeways in the Northern Territory of Australia, Pacific

Lily pads and small palms in the Annaburroo Billabong at the Mary River Crossing near the Arnhem Highway in the Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

The Anglican Raukokore church, built of wood in 1894, Pacific Coast Highway, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Logged section of a fir tree plantation by the Princes Highway, northwest of Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

The Window on the Wetlands interpretive centre where the Adelaide River crosses the Arnhem Highway, an area noted for birdlife, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

The Westport to Greymouth Highway from Kaipakati Point on the west coast, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Routeburn Track, Hollyford Valley, Pops view towards Humbolt mountains, Milford Road World Heritage Highway, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Rush hour traffic, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, Pacific

The Devil's Pebbles, piles of granite boulders near the Stuart Highway, north of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Tea plantation by the Palmerston Highway, near Nerada, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu viewed from Palisades Park, Santa Monica, California, United States of America, North America

Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Tea plantation by the Palmerston Highway, near Nerada, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, California, United States of America, North America

Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, California, United States of America, North America

The empty Lasseter Highway in the Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Forest stripped bare by logging north west of Cradle Mountain, deforestation is a big environmental and economic issue in this state, Murchison Highway, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Forest stripped bare by logging north west of Cradle Mountain, deforestation is a big environmental and economic issue in this state, Murchison Highway, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Big Sur, Pacific Highway, California, Usa

Beach off Pacific Coast Highway, looking towards Mailbu, Santa Monica, California, United States of America, North America

Giant clam, Tridacna gigas, siphon detail, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Horseshoe clam, Hippopus hippopus, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Reef octopus, Octopus cyanea, eye and siphon detail, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Car on Highway 1 at the Pacific rim, California, USA, America

Seventy Five Mile Beach, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia

Seventy Five Mile Beach, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia

Road through Sugarcane Fields, Waimea Canyon Drive, near Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Pond in front of mission of Santa Barbara at Highway 1, Pacific rim, California, USA, America

Lookout Morant's Curve, Arch of the Canadian Pacific Railway train of the Trans-Canada Highway, in front of Mount Temple, Bow River Valley, Bow River Parkway, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Coastal road, Highway 101, Big Sur, California, USA

Sunset, children on the beach, Pacific Coast, Pacific Coast Highway, California, USA, North America

Surf of the Pacific Ocean, a long exposure, Highway No. 1, Fort Bragg, California, USA

Screen of etched perspex with LED lights that responds to the speed of passing cars, Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Arching rusting Corten steel footbridge, Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Corten steel, Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Empty road and blue blade wall, Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Blue blades and screens, Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Blade and curtain barriers, Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Craigieburn Bypass, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Entrance arch to Santa Monica Pier, from the Pacific Coast Highway. A popular excursion spot for more than a century, the Santa Monica Pier draws crowds daily. From Wikipedia: "The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. The pier contains Pacific Park, a family amusement park with its one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art, solar paneled Ferris wheel. It also has an original carousel hippodrome from the 1920s, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium operated by Heal the Bay, shops, entertainers, a video arcade, a trapeze school, pubs, and restaurants. The west end of the pier is a popular location for anglers.

Auckland, Harbour Bridge

A male cyclist rides his touring bike down the Pacific Coast Highway near Jenner, California on April 12, 2013.