10 Weird Facts About Australia That Will Amaze You

Source of Article::https://landlopers.com/2014/03/09/australia-facts

few years ago, my concept of the country’s size was wildly ignorant. I’m not sure if it’s a cartographer’s trick, but on a map this dusty continent doesn’t look as big as it really is. It’s this scale that I think surprises many first time visitors to the Land Down Under, so I thought I’d share some facts and figures that will help put Australia into perspective, as well as some other interesting tidbits that will make you rethink the country you thought you knew.

The closest American state in population is New York, which has 19.6 million people, yet Australia is more than 53 times its size.

1. Texas is the largest state in the continental United States, but the largest state in Australia, Western Australia is more than 3 times its size but Texas has 13 times as many people.

2. You can fly from Perth to Melbourne faster than you can fly from one end of Western Australia to the other.

3. The Great Victoria Desert, just ONE of Australia’s barren areas is larger than the United Kingdom. You could lose an entire country in Australia and never know it.

4. A single cattle ranch in South Australia is larger than the state of Israel.

5. Don’t think Australia gets snow? Well it’s all relative. The area of Australia that is covered by snow in winter is larger than the area of Switzerland.

6. The longest fence in the world is in Australia, and it runs for over 5,530 kilometers.

7. The world’s longest golf course, measuring more than 850 miles long is located in Australia.

8. Australia includes the world’s longest stretch of dead-straight railway track, a 297 mile length.14. The box jellyfish is responsible for more deaths in Australian than snakes, sharks and salt water crocodiles.