INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA..
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1. There are three times as many sheep than people living in Australia.
2. The record jump recorded by a kangaroo is a 9 meter.
3. The native Australian animals, Platypus and Echidnas, are only two mammals in the world that lay eggs to give birth.
4. Koalas sleep for about 20 hours per day.
5. The Australian thorny Devil is one of the longest lived lizards of its size in the world, with a life span of 20 years.
6. World’s most venom snakes can also be found on this island.
7. Voting in elections in Australia is compulsory and has high turnout around 81%.
8. Australia was the second country in the world to grant women the right to vote.
9. Swimming at public beaches in Australia during the day was made illegal for 64 years.
10. A person from Melbourne is called a Melbournian.
11. The average Australian eats equivalent of 18 cows and 90 full sheep in his or her lifetime.
12. Australia is the driest of any continent on earth other than Antarctica.
13. The Aussie state of Tasmania has the world’s cleanest air.
1. There are three times as many sheep than people living in Australia.
2. The record jump recorded by a kangaroo is a 9 meter.
3. The native Australian animals, Platypus and Echidnas, are only two mammals in the world that lay eggs to give birth.
4. Koalas sleep for about 20 hours per day.
5. The Australian thorny Devil is one of the longest lived lizards of its size in the world, with a life span of 20 years.
6. World’s most venom snakes can also be found on this island.
7. Voting in elections in Australia is compulsory and has high turnout around 81%.
8. Australia was the second country in the world to grant women the right to vote.
9. Swimming at public beaches in Australia during the day was made illegal for 64 years.
10. A person from Melbourne is called a Melbournian.
11. The average Australian eats equivalent of 18 cows and 90 full sheep in his or her lifetime.
12. Australia is the driest of any continent on earth other than Antarctica.
13. The Aussie state of Tasmania has the world’s cleanest air.
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