AUSTRALIA 50 WEIRD FACTS ABOUT THIS COUNTRY FOR EXAMPLE IT WILL TAKE 27 YEARS TO VISIT ALL THE BEACHES IN THE COUNTRY
In case you haven't already noticed, Australia is one of the strangest and most unique destinations on the planet. From bizarre Aussie Laws that still exist to this day, to down right weird wildlife, here are 50 weird facts about Australia.
25% of Australians born in another country
Australia has the world’s longest golf course measuring more than 850 miles long
Australia is home to 10 of the world’s 15 most poisonous snakes
Perth is the only city in the world which can have aircraft land in its CBD
The wine cask was invented in Australia (obviously)
Australia is as wide as the distance between London to Moscow
In fact, the largest cattle station in Australia is the same size as Belgium
Australia is ranked second on the Human Development Index
More than 85% of Aussies live less than 50km from the coastline - now that's living the dream!
Each week there are an estimated 70 tourists overstay their visas (who can blame them)?
Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Hawke later suggested that this was the reason for his great political success
The first Police Force in Australia was made up of the most well-behaved convicts
The world's largest sand island can be found in Australia - Fraser Island!
It would take 27 years to visit one new Aussie beach every day
The Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest living structure
It even has its own Post Office box!
Aussie drinks 96 litres of beer per year
The cleanest air in the world can be found in Tasmania
AFL was actually invented to keep Cricketers fit in the off season
There are 60 wine regions in Australia
Actually around 1.35 trillion bottles of wine are made in Australia
It is the 6th largest country in the world
Australia ranks 46th in the world in terms of Internet speed - really?!?
There are 1 million Camels that roam Australia's Deserts - the largest number of purebred camels in the world
It has the highest rate of gambling in the world with over 80 percent of Australian adults engaging in gambling of some kind
The wombat deposits square poos
You can fly from Perth to Melbourne faster than you can fly from one end of Western Australia to the other
Melbourne was originally called Batmania
An Australian election TV debate was rescheduled so it didn’t conflict with the finale of reality cooking show Masterchef
There have been no deaths in Australia from a spider bite since 1979 - phew!
An Australian man once tried to sell New Zealand on eBay
Ever heard of crop circles? It is a known fact that Wallabies like to break into Opium crops, get high and run around in circles to create a "crop circle"
A gay bar in Melbourne once won the legal right to ban women from the bars, because they made the men uncomfortable
Moomba, Australia’s largest free festival, held in Melbourne, means ‘up your bum’ in many Aboriginal languages
The Box jellyfish has killed more people in Australia than Sharks and Crocodiles combined
A baby kangaroo when born is only one centimetre long
And did you know that there are over 60 different types of kangaroos?
Western Australia is home to a number of Pink Lakes - such as Lake Hillier
The Australian Alps actually receive more snow each year than Switzerland
And that Kangaroo meat can be purchased from the supermarket and is known to be a leaner and healthier alternative to beef or lamb with a 1-2 percent fat content
Aboriginal culture is the oldest on Earth Australia has 19 world heritage listed sites
The country holds the Guiness World Record for the most amount of Christmas lights on a house - half a million!
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart earns $1 million every half hour
91% of the country is covered by native vegetation
Australia invented the world's first seat belt law in 1970
Over 200 different languages and dialects are spoken in Australia including 45 Indigenous languages
WA is home to what is believed to be the oldest evidence of life on Earth - the Stromatolites
The world's largest rock is not actually Uluru, but Mount Augustus in Western Australia
Australia was the first nation in the world to allow women the right to vote (New Zealand was first)
Vegemite was created by left over Yeast used to create Beer - so that's why it tastes so good!
Australia has the world’s longest golf course measuring more than 850 miles long
Australia is home to 10 of the world’s 15 most poisonous snakes
Perth is the only city in the world which can have aircraft land in its CBD
The wine cask was invented in Australia (obviously)
Australia is as wide as the distance between London to Moscow
In fact, the largest cattle station in Australia is the same size as Belgium
Australia is ranked second on the Human Development Index
More than 85% of Aussies live less than 50km from the coastline - now that's living the dream!
Each week there are an estimated 70 tourists overstay their visas (who can blame them)?
Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Hawke later suggested that this was the reason for his great political success
The first Police Force in Australia was made up of the most well-behaved convicts
The world's largest sand island can be found in Australia - Fraser Island!
It would take 27 years to visit one new Aussie beach every day
The Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest living structure
It even has its own Post Office box!
Aussie drinks 96 litres of beer per year
The cleanest air in the world can be found in Tasmania
AFL was actually invented to keep Cricketers fit in the off season
There are 60 wine regions in Australia
Actually around 1.35 trillion bottles of wine are made in Australia
It is the 6th largest country in the world
Australia ranks 46th in the world in terms of Internet speed - really?!?
There are 1 million Camels that roam Australia's Deserts - the largest number of purebred camels in the world
It has the highest rate of gambling in the world with over 80 percent of Australian adults engaging in gambling of some kind
The wombat deposits square poos
You can fly from Perth to Melbourne faster than you can fly from one end of Western Australia to the other
Melbourne was originally called Batmania
An Australian election TV debate was rescheduled so it didn’t conflict with the finale of reality cooking show Masterchef
There have been no deaths in Australia from a spider bite since 1979 - phew!
An Australian man once tried to sell New Zealand on eBay
Ever heard of crop circles? It is a known fact that Wallabies like to break into Opium crops, get high and run around in circles to create a "crop circle"
Moomba, Australia’s largest free festival, held in Melbourne, means ‘up your bum’ in many Aboriginal languages
The Box jellyfish has killed more people in Australia than Sharks and Crocodiles combined
A baby kangaroo when born is only one centimetre long
And did you know that there are over 60 different types of kangaroos?
Western Australia is home to a number of Pink Lakes - such as Lake Hillier
The Australian Alps actually receive more snow each year than Switzerland
And that Kangaroo meat can be purchased from the supermarket and is known to be a leaner and healthier alternative to beef or lamb with a 1-2 percent fat content
Aboriginal culture is the oldest on Earth Australia has 19 world heritage listed sites
The country holds the Guiness World Record for the most amount of Christmas lights on a house - half a million!
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart earns $1 million every half hour
91% of the country is covered by native vegetation
Australia invented the world's first seat belt law in 1970
Over 200 different languages and dialects are spoken in Australia including 45 Indigenous languages
WA is home to what is believed to be the oldest evidence of life on Earth - the Stromatolites
The world's largest rock is not actually Uluru, but Mount Augustus in Western Australia
Australia was the first nation in the world to allow women the right to vote (New Zealand was first)
Vegemite was created by left over Yeast used to create Beer - so that's why it tastes so good!
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