Well, I'm really mad that I missed another Wondering Weekend. I seriously did not remember until Sunday night. :-( I hope these awesome facts about Australia make it up to you!
1. 20 million people. 150 million sheep. Fact.2. Chilling out with a coffee is an easy must-do in Perth – after all it has more cafés per capita than any other city in the world!
3. The most famous Australian inventions include the ultrasound, Vegemite, the tank, football, the refrigerator AND the pre-paid postage.
4. It may be sunnier Down Under than in the UK but the Australian Alps get more snow than Switzerland!
5. Bob Hawke set a world record in 1954 for downing 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. 29 years later he became the Prime Minister of Australia.
6. Australians love other nationalities - almost a quarter of their residents were born abroad!
7. Feeling stressed out? Play a didgeridoo! They apparently relieve stress, reduce snoring and improve circulation. It is sometimes even played as background music in doctors’ surgeries.
8. Did you know that the Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox? If you’re willing to take a ferry out there, you can send a postcard to your family and get the exclusive stamp!
9. Australia was originally a British penal colony, a settlement to exile prisoners from the rest of the population. In fact, Australia Day - January 26 - is the anniversary of ships arriving in Sydney carrying lots of British convicts!
10. Because Melbourne and Sydney could not agree on which city should be the capital of Australia, it was decided that neither of them should be, and so a new capital called Canberra would be built in the middle. Decided over a beer. Probably
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