Australia - some facts illustrated using maps

Only the males are red. The females are grey.
When we are talking about the grey kangaroo, both males and females are grey.

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Thanks, Warri. That was interesting and fun. As it happens I was looking up the best countries to live in this morning. Australia comes in at number 4. The Canadians on here will be pleased that Canada was number 1. So much for all of my fellow citizens running around waving huge "#1" fingers in the air.
 
Hmm, Underock1, the list I saw ranks Germany #1, Canada #2, UK #3, US #4. Australia comes in at #6.

Another list I saw puts Canada at #1, Australia #2.

Still another list has Norway #1, Australia #2, Switzerland #3 (I would give it a high ranking if I made a list), the US at #8, Canada #9.

So evidently George Harrison was right and "It's all up to what you value." He was writing about cars, not countries, but what the heck.

I've only lived in one country so far so am not exactly the voice of experience, but my list would look something like this:

#1 Canada
#2 UK
#3 Sweden
#4 Norway
#5 Denmark
#6 Switzerland
#7 Ireland
#8 Australia
#9 US
#10 Austria/Iceland
 
Yeah. I was aware that there were several lists with differing rankings. All together, the general consensus is that Canada and Australia are doing pretty darned good.
 
Being serious for a moment - Australia is known ironically as the "lucky country" but in many ways it is true.
We have a whole continent to ourselves and we are a island nation. We've never suffered a war or revolution on our home soil and previous generations have striven to build a workers' paradise. Add to all that abundant sunshine and glorious beaches, that more could you ask for?
 
In 2002 after visiting Cairns and Port Townsend I continued on to Darwin and in a rented vehicle drove down to Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. It was a great experience and one I will never forget.
 
Warrigal said:
Being serious for a moment - Australia is known ironically as the "lucky country" but in many ways it is true.
We have a whole continent to ourselves and we are a island nation. We've never suffered a war or revolution on our home soil and previous generations have striven to build a workers' paradise. Add to all that abundant sunshine and glorious beaches, that more could you ask for?
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Fewer sharks, snakes and bugs that can kill you. Well. You asked! :smug1:
 
Those maps are great, learned a lot.
We went by train from Melbourne to Sydney, didn't know there were that many sheep in the whole world.
We enjoyed Cairns, snorkeling on the Barrier Reef, rode the Kuranda Railway and took a tour up into the rain forest.
Koalas have the softest fur ever.
 
We visited Australia in 2005 and 2009. My husband has many relatives who moved there from Scotland, including his brother. We've visited Melbourne, Sydney and places in between those on a road trip, been on the Great Ocean Road to Port Campbell, Tasmania, Wilson's Prom, the penguin parade on Philips Island. After our first trip we actually looked at retirement visas.

We are long overdue for a trip back and inlaws keep asking when we'll come back. I want to snorkel around the Great Barrier Reef before it disappears.
 
Underock1 said:
Fewer sharks, snakes and bugs that can kill you. Well. You asked! :smug1:
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And don't forget cockroaches, millions lurking about in the warm, humid climate.
On my very first visit to the Gold Coast, this hairy, large creature crept out of the drain!
I was horrified; I'm unable to forget my first acquaintance with this creature.
 
mitchezz said:
Nancy I love Darwin too..........to visit! It's a very humid place. They say you acclimatise but I can't stand feeling sweaty and yucky.
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Thanks mitchezz. Just pulled up a world map and I see it is fairly close to the equator, so that makes sense. You learn something every day here. I don't care much for sticky either.
 
Warrigal said:
Being serious for a moment - Australia is known ironically as the "lucky country" but in many ways it is true.
We have a whole continent to ourselves and we are a island nation. We've never suffered a war or revolution on our home soil and previous generations have striven to build a workers' paradise. Add to all that abundant sunshine and glorious beaches, that more could you ask for?
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Not only a "lucky country", but a comparatively "free" country, where you are not forced to adhere to set political thinking and beliefs.
 
NancyNGA said:
Thanks mitchezz. Just pulled up a world map and I see it is fairly close to the equator, so that makes sense. You learn something every day here. I don't care much for sticky either.
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In the Top End, which includes Darwin, there are only two seasons - the Dry and the Wet. It's inconvenient weather.
 
Underock1 said:
Fewer sharks, snakes and bugs that can kill you. Well. You asked! :smug1:
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My thoughts exactly! :)

Of course, I've never seen a diamondback rattler or a water moccasin or a brown recluse or a rabid mammal, and only one black widow ... so I might survive in Australia just fine!
 
And we don't have these --

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or these ...
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or these ...
 
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