10 Interesting Facts About Australia

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Australia, the short for The Commonwealth of Australia, It is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent, Which has a lot of plants and precious animals. OK, now let me tell 10 interesting facts about Australia you may not know.

1.Long Life

There are only 40 Australians living longer than 100 years in 1952, but now there more than 2600 people. Australia's good natural environment and water and soil resources should be the secret of longevity. And on average, Australian women live 4 years longer than men

2.Going out

The number of cyclists in Melbourne is the highest in Australia (25594). 41% of women go to work by bike. But only 1/10 of the Australians to use public transport to work, walk to work are more than many people by bus.

3.Population

Australia is growing faster than the rest of the other countries in the OECD (1.8% per year). Today's baby boom is two times larger than the previous year (more than 310 thousand births per year), and the baby boom began in 1946 was only about $150 thousand a year.

4.Air

There is almost no pollution of the air, Australia is focused on the protection of the natural environment of the country,thanks to a series of strict legal law. Small to the daily life of garbage classification, fishing size, large to enterprise gas emissions, etc. have a very strict rules.

5.Hobby

Australians love BBQ, whether it is holidays, weekends, Christmas, or Australia day there will be a lot of people having a BBQ in the park, the beach with friends and family.

6.Living

Although the Australian population is only more than 22 million, but mainly concentrated in the coastal, inland is a large piece of hot and arid water shortage of desert and wilderness, can not live.

7.Biology

Australia is called “The world's living fossil museum”. According to statistics, there are 12 thousand kinds of plants in Australia, there are no other countries in the world; there are 650 species of birds, the 450 is unique to Australia. The world's marsupials, in addition to South America, most of them are distributed in Australia.

8.Landscape

Kosciuszko national peak 2228 meters above sea level, in the narrow sea is the gentle slope of the beach, gently inclined to the west, gradually became plain. Great Barrier Reef in the Northeast coast.

9.Weather

Australia is located in the southern, the season is completely opposite to the northern. December to February for the summer, March to MAY in the fall, June to August for the winter September to November in spring, so it is not surprising that Australians are wearing a bikini in the Christmas day.

10.Kangaroo

As we all know, kangaroo is Australia's national treasure. However, the Australian kangaroo can be said to be flooding, the Australian government had to take a shot every year to reduce the proliferation of kangaroo which may cause

ecological imbalance and other issues. This is why the major supermarkets in Australia there will be kangaroo meat sales. It is a common practice for local people to eat kangaroo meat, so don't be surprised when you first see the kangaroo meat in the supermarket.

 

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