Interesting facts on sunny Australia

  • Australia was once called New Holland
  • In Australia light bulbs are called globes
  • Ayers Rock means meeting place in the Aboriginal language
  • Lonely Planet is based in Melbourne, Australia
  • Perth is Australia's windiest city
  • Australians have approximately 380,000 sq metres of land per person, yet 91% live in urban areas
  • Australia has more than 1,500 species of spiders
  • There are 6,000 species of flies in Australia
  • Australia has the largest number of wild one humped camels in the world
  • Australia has nine sheep for every one person
  • The only continent occupied by only one nation is Australia
  • Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth
  • 95% of the world's opals are mined in Australia
  • The biggest pure-gold nugget was found in Australia in 1869 and weighed 156 pounds
  • The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest organic construction on earth
  • The fingerprints of koala bears and humans are so similar they could be confused at a crime scene

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