In year 2002, Australia Post focus designed on the Great Sandy Desert (GSD) located in Western Australia and Northern Territory. Australia is the driest continent in the world. Thirty five per cent of continent is effectively desert.
The issue of the Nature series comprised of 4 stamps depicts the Great Sandy Dessert, and flora fauna lived in there such as: desert star flower, bilby, and thorny devil.
The Great Sandy Dessert (GSD) covers about 395,250 square kilometres or 5.1 per cent of the continent and is the largest desert in Australia.The GSD consist of mainly of red sandy plains; patches of desert oak and spinifex grass are common features.
