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Fifteen things you didn't know about Australia welcome to a Lux calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired g'day mate. Welcome to yet another exciting original video presented to you by Alex calm today we'll be discussing the beautiful land down under Australia if there's one thing that Australia is best known for its numerous stereotypes most of which involve various kinds of slang. It's a well-known fact that Australians take pride in shortening almost every word in the English vocabulary however none of these American fables tell the
whole truth about this beautiful region what most people do not know is that by total area this country is ranked as the sixth largest it's comprised of the mainland the Tasmanian Island and several other tiny islands that surround the entire continent the Sydney is its biggest urban region while Canberra serves as the country's capital to the north Australia is neighbored by East Timor Indonesia and Papua New Guinea while New Zealand neighbours it to the southeast Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands neighbour it to the Northeast Dutch explorers discovered this island in the early 1600s which later opened it up to British settlers who claimed half of the entire region to the east prior to these settlements Australia was inhabited by indigenous Ozzie's who are believed to have over 200 language groups by the late 1800s Australia had already been fully occupied with over six different crown colonies established under colonial rule it wasn't until January of 1901 that all six colonies came together federated and formed the Commonwealth of Australia.

Today Australia is the world's thirteenth strongest economy and the second when it comes to the global Human Development Index it has also ranked highly in health civil liberties education quality of life economic freedom and as a tourist destination. Most people from the Northern Hemisphere hear about this great land our stereotypical jokes about big knives and didgeridoos let's take a closer look by examining 15 things you probably didn't know about Australia number one progress oriented.

There are two endemic creatures featured in the Australian coat of arms there is an emu the only bird closest in height to the ostrich and a kangaroo both of these animals can only make forward movements as such it's believed that the use of these animals as national symbols signifies progress it tends to paint the image of a country that is always moving forward never backward and this is evident by the tremendous growth the country is experiencing on all fronts be it education economic stability freedoms and the like number two Australia is home to 7,000 beaches yes as crazy as it may sound Australia literally has 7,000 beaches this is due to its unique geographical structure which includes numerous islands apart from the mainland itself and this is what gives Australia the number one ranking when it comes to tourist friendly destinations worldwide.

Therefore if surfing sunbathing fishing or beach volleyball is your thing you'll definitely find Australia to be a very welcoming host number three it's sparsely populated except for the coasts despite having over 700 million square kilometres in space close to 80 percent of the country's population resides within one hundred thousand metres of the coastline as a matter of fact all of the major cities have been built along the coast. This is attributed to the fact that a greater chunk of the land is not fit for agriculture due to the water shortage experienced much of the expense is
actually covered by dry land and deserts as a result inland there are only two point seven people living per square kilometre this is a meager figure compared to the UK's 248 people per square kilometre number for the longest fence in the world the saying added like a rabbit's holds a lot of weight in Australia there's a fence believed to stretch for approximately 5,600 kilometres that was originally put in place to prevent rabbits from spreading later on the fence helped keep dingoes from accessing any fertile regions number five longest golf course worldwide still on extremes Australia's home to the biggest golf course in the world it's estimated to be 1 million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand meters in size so for all golf lovers.

Australia has a whole lot to offer it is also important to note that Australia has the longest railway stretch known to man four hundred and seventy eight thousand metres in length number six Australia moves six centimetres to the north annually research shows that the continental plate is gradually moving towards the equator with the west coast moving faster than the East Coast every 15 million years the plate moves a half a degree it might seem like a minute figure but it greatly affects GPS readings number seven Bob Hawke Australia's beer Minister no one has served longer as Australia's Prime Minister than Bob Hawke however his fame came to be 30 years prior to his election after he broke a Guinness world record by drinking two and a half pints of beer in 12 seconds to a great extent his election into office was greatly influenced by this since the majority of those that voted for him worthy beer-drinking population number 8 Foster's is not the Australian drink of choice Aussies definitely drank a whole lot of beer however contrary to popular belief Foster's is not among the popular beer brands in the country the beer
preference here varies depending on the geographical location for instance.

Cooper's is a very popular choice in southern Australia as well as Adelaide where as Forex gold is more popular in Queensland number 9 the second Greece Australia and specifically Melbourne is home to the largest Greek population that is after Greece there are great Greek sites to visit such as the Hellenic Museum and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture Centre number ten rarest animal species a while ago we ranked some of the rarest species in the world Australia is home to some of these animals examples being the bilbies koalas koalas and wombats it is said that millions of years ago.

Australia helped form the Great God wanna continent most of these rare species adapted to life in Australia after the continent broke away number 11 watch out for the box jellyfish most people believe that crocodiles drop bears funnel-web spiders or sharks are the most dangerous animals in Australia, However, the box jellyfish is responsible for more fatalities than all of these
four species combined it's because of this that authorities insist that tourists should never wade into the Australian waters without a guide number 12 highest number of natural world heritage
sites the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO has listed several world heritage sites in Australia however only four of them are not natural heritage sites the four include Carlton Gardens Sydney Opera House Royal Exhibition Building and Australian convict sites number 13.

Australia is almost equal in size to the USA most people assume that Australia is a very small country the truth of the matter is that it's only smaller than the US by approximately 7.7 square
kilometers its only issue is the fact that has a small population however it covers a very huge expanse but more or less similar in size to the United States number fourteen they have some of the weirdest laws on earth Australia has some of the strangest rules for instance, it's a requirement that taxicabs carry one bale of hay in the trunk why nobody knows putt rules are rules and another weird rule is that in Victoria it's illegal to dawn pink hot pants on a Sunday afternoon another notable law is that under the offenses Act of 1966 it's illegal for anyone to be heard singing aloud any song deemed as obscene that means it's illegal to sing along to 70% of rap music known to man in Australia.

It's even illegal to leave one's car key in the ignition of an unattended vehicle safety first right number 15 it's home to several a list celebrities little known by many is that Australia has produced a great number of Hollywood celebrities popular actors such as Hugh Jackman Mel Gibson rebel Wilson Lima and Chris Hemsworth and Nicole Kidman this list is endless additionally the bootylicious rapper Iggy Azalea also hails from this unique country clearly Australia is not short of talent or wealth and now that you've learned some more about this country we'd like to know would you choose Australia as your ideal tourist destination or would you prefer someplace else let us know what you think in the comments and thanks for sticking around here's the bonus pack just for you the legendary matrix franchise films were shot in Australia this includes the matrix. Matrix revolution and the Matrix Reloaded all of which feature household names such as Keanu Reeves Jada Pinkett Smith and Monica Bellucci other notable films shot in Australia include Halle Berry's Catwoman Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider and Denzel Washington's training day thank you for spending some time with