There are more than 10 000 beaches in Australia. True or False?
TRUE!!! You need 27 years to visit a different beach every day.
Australian banknotes are made of plastic. True or False?
True!! Australians invented plastic money!
Australia is known as 'the Land Down Under'. True or False?
TRUE!! Look at a globe. It even looks like it's 'under' the rest world.
There are more koalas in Australia than kangaroos. True or False?
FALSE!!! There are only about 330 000 koalas!!
There are more sheep in Australia than kangaroos. True or False?
TRUE!! There are 68 million sheep!!!
Australia's highest mountain, Mt Kosciuszko, is taller than Mt. Fuji -True or False?
FALSE! It's only 2228m!
The stars on the Australian flag are random. True or False?
FALSE!! It's the Southern Cross, which is a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
'G'day' is 'Hi!' in 'Australian'. True or False?
TRUE!! G'day is short for 'Good Day' :)
You can go skiing in Australia. True or False
TRUE!! In winter you can travel 'to the snow' in the Snowy Mountains - 500km from Sydney
There are 15 million kangaroos in Australia. True or False?
FALSE!!! There are an estimated 50 million kangaroos!
It snows at Christmas in Australia. True or False?
FALSE!! December is SUMMER in Australia
Australians call sunglasses 'sunnies'. True or False?
TRUE!! Australians shorten lots of words!
A baby kangaroo is called a 'billy'. True or False?
FALSE!! It's called a 'joey'.
Almost all children must wear school uniform to school in Australia. True or False?
TRUE!!
The largest kangaroos can weigh up to 50kg. True or False?
FALSE!! Actually, they can weigh up to 90kg!
There are more kangaroos in Australia than people. True or False?
TRUE!! 50 million kangaroos, 25 million people!!
There are 40 species of spider that can hurt you (venomous), in Australia. True or False?
TRUE!! But around 2000 species that won't hurt you :)
Australians eat brekkie in the morning, not breakfast. True or False?
TRUE!! and 'avo on toast'/'avo toast' is a favourite!