Tell me everything you know about australia!!! for people that dont live here!!!?

Question

i wanna know what everyone thinks

Answer 1

1) Old British colony.. original plans actually included NZ in the commonwealth but for some reason that fell apart

2)  They love soccer and Aussie Rules

3)  Varied climate and geography.  Harsh desert in the NT, Beautiful coastlline all over the place.

4)  Most foreigners thinki Syndey ist he capital (which may be so for NSW), but really Canberra is.

5)  Australia has the longest stretch of STRAIGHT railroad in the world.

6)  I heard this from my Aussie here in Canada... the Australian coat of arms has a kangaroo and and an emu.. because they cannot walk backwards but only forwards... thought that was pretty cool

7)  I heard that the original Aussie settlers (back in 1788 onwards) drank more alcohol per head than any other community in human history.

8)  Population is slightly smaller than CAnada's, and the dollar is roughly the same value...

9)  Aussies travel more than anyone else it seems.. I've been to my fair share of places, and I've met more Aussies than any other nationality (just my experiences).

10)  No other nation in the world has a higher percentage of foreign born people than Australia does.(hopefully one day I'll be one of them).

11)  Hockey isn't big down there yet... but I'll still forgive you.

There's obviously some pop culture stuff, but I never take any of that too seriously.  You know.. animals, crocodile dundee, AC/DC Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, that idiot from gladiator who thinks he's big tough... you know all those guys.  

The first thing that comes to to mind when I think of Australia is the diversity of the states (Ayers Rock, desert, forests, hills, Tasmania, etc, etc).  I'm not a huge fan of big cities, so I stay clear of the big ones out there... just my thing personally.

But overall it sounds pretty cool.  I wouldn't mind spending some time out there... but as I said not the big cities of NSW, etc... mostly I just want to go to Queensland, surf and chill out while meeting some really hot Aussie girls ;)  

I also heard you guys have a beer that is 10%.... so that pretty much cements the deal,.

Answer 2

Mathew H did a great job of answering your question. Well done mate! You've obviously discussed Oz over many a beer.

As an Aussie, it would take many pages to tell you everything I know, but all you really need to know is that it's the best place on earth to live.

We have the friendliest people

The best climate

The most beautiful beaches

The best economy

Plenty of jobs

The richest mineral wealth

Great living conditions

The most multicultural society

The most interesting animals (though Africa's are pretty good too)

The cleanest air and water (in most places)

The best beer

Some of the best food

And no guns!

Answer 3

sorry, i'm australian and i know a lot about australia. it would take months if not years to write everything i know.

try wikipedia. try googling tourism australia.

a very good source of information about australia is the lonely planet tourist guides. also have a look in the resolved questions in yahoo answers for questions related to australia, there is a lot of information there.

oh, btw, yes, in the early days of european settlement the local currency was rum (yes rum, the alcoholic drink)