Australia – It’s all here!
Australia is the smallest continent and
largest island in world, situated between the Indian Ocean and the
Pacific. It was a former British colony, now an independent member of
the Commonwealth; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the
west, with the basin of the Murray River and The Great Dividing Range in
the east and The Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast.
Language
- English.
Currency
- dollar.
Area
- 7,686, 845 sq km (2,967,894 sq.
miles).
Population
20 million.
The
Aussie Dollars
How can a single country have world-class
cities, snowfields, deserts, rainforests and golden beaches? Well, being
nearly 8 million km² in size, Australia has a lot of ground to cover.
If you want to know About Australia, grab your thongs (and your flip
flops) and get ready for adventure — Aussie style!
Australia’s awesome natural beauty is talked about worldwide with
wonder. And while Australians are proud of the diverse landscape, we are
equally proud of the diversity of our people and the warm welcome we
offer visitors from near and far.
Australians are laid back, as we often say. Enjoying our food, sport and
beaches are common pastimes for many Aussies. If you can’t find us at
the local footy ground cheering our team on a Saturday afternoon, then
chances are we’re enjoying the day with friends at one of many chic
street cafés to be found in any of our major cities.
Come and explore Australia with Elliot — welcome and happy
travels!
Here is a beautifully written poem about
Australia...it says it all.
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My Country
by Dorothea Mackellar
I
love a sunburnt country,
A
land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains,
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!
The
stark white ring-barked forests,
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes
Where the lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops,
And ferns the warm dark soil.
Core
of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When, sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die -
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady soaking rain.
Core
of my heart, my country!
Land of the rainbow gold,
For flood and fire and famine
She pays us back threefold.
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze...
The
opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land -
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand -
Though Earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly.
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