WHAT MAKES AUSTRALIA UNIQUE
Added on: 16th Dec 2015
AUSTRALIA CLAIMS THE LARGEST PART OF ANTARCTICA
(5.8 MILLION SQUARE KM OR 2.2 MILLION SQUARE MILES)
IN 1859, TWENTY TWO RABBITS WERE INTRODUCED TO
A RABBIT-LESS AUSTRALIA. IN 1869 THE CONTINENT WAS
HOME TO 2 MILLION RABBITS
HIGHWAY 1 IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST NATIONAL HIGHWAY.
IT IS 14,500 KM (9,000 MILES) LONG AND IT ENCIRCLES
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN CALLED MT. DISAPPOINT BECAUSE
THE EXPLORERS WHO REACHED ITS SUMMIT WERE NOT
SATISFIED WITH THE VIEW
ELIZABETH'S BOOKSHOP IN NEWTOWN WRAPS ITS BOOKS
IN PAPER WITH A SHORT DESCRIPTION ON THEM SO
THAT NOBODY CAN "JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER"
IN SPITE OF ITS BAD REPUTATION, THE LAST TIME
SOMEBODY DIED OF A SPIDER BITE IN AUSTRALIA WAS IN 1981
ANNA CREEK STATION, THE WORLD'S LARGEST
CATTLE RANCH, IS BIGGER THAN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY OF ISRAEL
IN VICTORIA, ONLY A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN IS
ALLOWED TO CHANGE LIGHTBULBS
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