Australia... 20.11.12

~10 Interesting facts
about Australia~

1. Each and every part of
Australia is within a

distance of 1000km from
ocean or a beach.

2. 30,028 square km of
land is under cattle ranch.
This area size is almost the
same as that of the whole
Belgium.

3. People of Queensland in
Australia are called
"Banana Benders", and
"Sand Gropers" is the
name given to the people
from Western Australia.

4. There are nearly
20,000,000 people in
Australia, of which
approximately 80% live in
cities next to the sea.

5. Australia has, probably,
the lowest population
density of any country in
the world, ie, 2 people per
square km. Japan has 327
people/2km.

6. The area of Australia
that is covered by snow in
winter is larger than the
area of Switzerland.

7. 70% of the world's
wool comes from
Australia. We have over
126,000,000 sheep, which
use fully half the continent
for grazing.

8. The longest fence in the
world is in Australia, and it
runs for over 5,530 kms.
It's designed to keep
dingoes away from the
sheep.

9. The wine cask, the
ubiquitous plastic bag full
of wine contained in a
cardboard box, was
invented in Australia in
1967.

10. The world's longest
golf course, measuring
more than 850 miles long
is located in Australia.