The Unseen Side of Australia: 25 Mind Blowing Facts

Australia as the country will always attract tourist due to the beautiful nature, strange animals, and rich history. History, culture, wildlife, geology, and all the fantastic aspects of this wonderful land of Australia: it has a myriad and profound mysteries that call out to the world, get acquainted with me. Take a look at the following facts about Australia that will help one to explain why the place is so special.

Geography and Natural Wonders

1. A Continent and a Country Today Australia is acknowledged as a country situated in the southern half of the world without a continent. It is the sixth largest country in the world by size occupying a land of approximately 7,7m square kilometers. It is however gigantic in size , actually small with a population of approximately 26 million people and with the larger part of the population sojourn along the coastal areas.
2. This is one unique piece of geographical location that the traveler will always associate with Australia, the Great Barrier Reef. It stretches more than 2000km from the top of Queensland and is the biggest coral reef system as recognized by UNESCO World Heritage site. The reef wants the public to know that it protects over 1,500 species of fish, 400 types of coral, several endangered species.
3. This is Uluru or Ayers Rock It is a large monolith of sand-stone rising out of the central area of the northern territory. It is a particularly sacred site to the Anangu people, the traditional owners of this country. From this point one can observe how Uluru has distinct colors at different time of the day, at dawn it appears bright red.
4. AUSTRALIA CLIMATE Like any other part of the world, Australia has a number of climate zones including tropical in northern Queensland state and desert in the interior. Oversimplified, about one third of its territory can be considered as deserts including The Great Victoria Desert and Simpson Desert. Also, Tasmania is one of the states of Australia which has most of the rocky areas s, and the air is believed to be extremely pure.
5. Australia – The Home of Beaches Taking its testament are these thousands of beaches across this country, none less than ten thousand, one thousand and nine to be precise! While there are permanently crowded beaches such as the sunbaked Bondi from Sydney there are also lonely Whitebeams in the Whitsunday Islanders. Fun fact: Suppose it was taking over 2700 days I guess if one had to take nearly 27 and a half years to find a new beach every day.

Unique Wildlife

6. Hear of Australia referred to as marsupial marvels Out of the forty four species of marsupials that inhabit the Australian continent, most of them are still not familiar. Though mineral resources are costly and is among the richest in the world, it is home to more kangro, the official animal of the country. Although kangaroos and wallabies are also macropods their relatives the glorious raccoons and also hoppers, koalas are marsupials and mainly sleep in eucalypt.
7. Aborigines and animals unique to Australia The platypus and the echidna are odd looking nocturnal animals belonging to the mammal group that lays eggs and they are only found in Australia. Probably one of the most peculiar animals, which can be classified under this type of phenomena are the platypuses with his bill resembling that of duck and feet resembling those of duck.
8. Deadly Creatures Australia is also home to the largest number of deadly creatures that are in existence today including the Inland Taipan snake, Box jelly fish and unfortunately the Sydney funnel-web spider. Generally men might learn these animals as dangerous; though in most cases an attack on a human being is almost unheard of, Australians know how to coexist with the environment.
9. Birds The identified country is nurturing and a perfect place to go birding, there are more than 800 recorded species of birds. The coat of arms of Australia depicts the large flightless bird, emu standing beside a kangaroo. Other unique avian species of the continent include the one known as ‘laughing’ kookaburra because of its sound the colorful one known as lories.

Rich Cultural Heritage

10. The post contact Indigenous Australians The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been living in this continent for more than 65, 000 years and they may have the richest culture globally. They can be said to have very close association with land and their art, music, and tales still in Integrated Australia today.
11. Aboriginal signs: Only boomerangs No didge Boomerangs are traditional weapon that was previously applied to hunting. An eucalyptus tree Woodwind musical Instruments that is characterized by low pitched sound and commonly used in ceremonial music, didgeridoo.
12. Multicultural Society Australia can be considered as one of the most multicultural countries on the globe: nearly 30 percent of the people within the population were immigrants. MBRB Immigration is one of the most vital procedures regarding how modern Australia developed with mixtures of European, Asians, and Middle Eastern and other citizens.

Innovations and Achievements

13. The innovations that Australians are involved in the development of have been incredible for the modern world. In this regard it could be considered impossible not to mention Wi-Fi, the black box flight recorder, and the cochlear implant. Research and development effort in the country is immense and shall continue to be so.
14. Sport Lovers Australians are fond of Games & Sports, Social Cricket, Rugby, and Australian Football are some of the games often played Down Under. The MCG, which has been adopted for quite a number of sporting events is among the largest playing fields in the world that can take centum thousand, five hundred and sixteen people.
15. The celebrities acted by Hollywood Stars Australia are; Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth. The following is the Australian singers that these stars have help to place Australia on the map of entertainment.

Landmarks and Attractions

16. Sydney Opera House This can be said to be one of the most photographed features in the whole world It is the structure in the modern architecture. This one is by the Danish architect Jørn Utzon and has over 1500 performances a year and is on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites.
17. The Australian Outback The climate of the Australian Outback is characterized by rough terrains and is the largest and the driest region. This part includes many well-known places, MacDonnell Ranges, Kings Canyon, etc., unusual animals, and aboriginal ornaments.
18. The twelve apostles are a collection of huge limestone structures standing in the ocean shore away from Australia’s Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. These are among the most visited tourist attraction centres in the worlds and examples of how natural forces can go about their business.

Quirky and Fun Facts

19. ERT atrial morphology Big Things Australia has quite an small and unorthodox items underline the significance if key icons. For instance there are the big banana in Coffs harbour town, the big pineapple in Queensland and the big lobster in south Australia. Such landmarks are useful breaks points which may be visited by members on a road trip.
20. The Dingo Fence: Gasoiled barbed wire at 5,614 kilometres was used to build the longest fence in the world to keep the dingoes away from the sheep and cattle. It is one of the perfect examples of the measures that human beings use to attempt regulating fauna.
21. Time Zones Australia has three main time zones: Some of them include the Australian western Standard Time (AWST), Australian central Standard Time (ACST and Australian eastern Standard Time (AEST. Also some of them are present in the regions using daylight saving which makes it difficult for the SEOs to be shifted hence making it even tougher.
22. Some of the peculiar laws in Australia are that, for instance in Queensland Queensland it is unlawful to walk on the right side of the footpath or to cause an offense against marriage. These laws are however not all put into practice, but it adds client uniqueness to the country.

Economic and Global Standing

23. Keep it up The country is among the wealthiest in the world it boasts of strong economy and the major producers of minerals and crops farms and boasts of great tourism venture. It is among the world most significant mineral producing nations and exporter of minerals such as iron ores, coal and gold.
24. The nation has more of quality education, and as among the leading institutions, we have the UP & Sydney university to mention but a few. Campuses offer quality education and full life enticing the international students to study in Australia.
25. Currently, governments of Australia are focusing more in renewable energy and sustainable development. The has abundant amounts of solar and wind energy resources and is searching for answers to climate change in green technologies.

Conclusion:

In Australia there is a stones throw between Prehistoric Aboriginal people and the latest modern technology, huge magnificent rock formations and immense vast deserts, and the busy vibrant cities. Whether it is its physical allure, wildlife, or its promoted racial integration people find Australian to be an extremely interesting destination. These facts reveal only a possibility to enter that unbelievable country which, in fact, the world is. So if one day you’re lucky enough don’t think twice and grab a bag and a pass and go down under and see it with your own eyes because believe me this is something you’ll never forget in this lifetime!