Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Fun Facts and info about this great country of ours. Fact number 1: There are approximately 150 "big things" located on tourist routes in Australia. Some of the Australia's best known "big things" are the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour; the Big Merino at Goulburn; the Big Crocodile at Wyndham; the Big Golden Gumboot in Tully (symbolising this tiny town has a high rainfall); and the big Golden Guitar at Tamworth home to the annual Country Music Festival. Some fine examples of these fibre glass wonders pictured below :cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [WRAP]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/Rockart.jpg[/WRAP]Fact number 2: There are more than 100,000 individual rock art sites. They range in size from a handful of images to galleries containing hundreds of individual motifs, overlapping in elaborate, lengthy sequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [WRAP]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/indian2.jpg[/WRAP]Fact Number 3: Australia has the world’s longest, straight stretch of railway track. The stretch is 478 kilometres long and is part of the Indian Pacific great train journey which covers 4,325 kilometres from Sydney to Perth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/Kangaroo2.jpg[/img2]Fact Number 4: There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people, with an estimated population of 40 million. The kangaroo is Australia's largest marsupial and can reach speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour and can jump distances of eight metres and heights of around three metres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/beach1.jpg[/img2]Fact Number 5: More than 80 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the coast. There are no privately owned beaches in Australia, they are public places for all to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/Kangaroo2.jpg[/img2]Fact Number 4: There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people, with an estimated population of 40 million. The kangaroo is Australia's largest marsupial and can reach speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour and can jump distances of eight metres and heights of around three metres. Did you know kangaroos can't go backwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Looking forward to seeing some big things, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Did you know kangaroos can't go backwards Is that a fact ? :wink: neither can emus. So Fun fact number 6 is that Kangaroos and emus cannot walk backwards. The tallest marsupial on Earth, the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) and the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) are featured on the Australian Coat of Arms. It is thought the kangaroo and emu were chosen to symbolise a nation moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Looking forward to seeing some big things, lol :embarrassed::no::embarrassed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 :embarrassed::no::embarrassed: :laugh: sorry couldn't resist :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 :laugh: sorry couldn't resist :tongue: Only you could come up with that:wub::tongue::laugh::laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Flippin thread hijackers. :tongue: Anyway, back on track. Fact Number 7: Aboriginal words commonly used in everyday Australian language - Besides place names, there are many Aboriginal words used in the Australian language. For example: Yakka means work; Yabba means talk; Cooee is a cry made to signal one’s presence; a Willy-willy is a sudden circling gust of wind; and a Billabong is a water hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Flippin thread hijackers. :tongue: Anyway, back on track. Fact Number 7: Aboriginal words commonly used in everyday Australian language - Besides place names, there are many Aboriginal words used in the Australian language. For example: Yakka means work; Yabba means talk; Cooee is a cry made to signal one’s presence; a Willy-willy is a sudden circling gust of wind; and a Billabong is a water hole. BEER? :laugh: Sorry :embarrassed: I'll stop now lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest37336 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Fun Facts and info about this great country of ours. Fact number 1: There are approximately 150 "big things" located on tourist routes in Australia. Some of the Australia's best known "big things" are the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour; the Big Merino at Goulburn; the Big Crocodile at Wyndham; the Big Golden Gumboot in Tully (symbolising this tiny town has a high rainfall); and the big Golden Guitar at Tamworth home to the annual Country Music Festival. Some fine examples of these fibre glass wonders pictured below :cute: Bit confused Rob.:goofy: Second picture down, where is the peeled butter bean capital of Australia?:embarrassed::mad::biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest37336 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 [WRAP]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/indian2.jpg[/WRAP]Fact Number 3: Australia has the world’s longest, straight stretch of railway track. The stretch is 478 kilometres long and is part of the Indian Pacific great train journey which covers 4,325 kilometres from Sydney to Perth. Went on it ONCE Rob, that was enough.:goofy::no: As you approach the end of the straight the driver comes over the tannoy and says: LEAN.:yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Bit confused Rob.:goofy: Second picture down, where is the peeled butter bean capital of Australia?:embarrassed::mad::biglaugh: Bowen for the mangoes, ya flamin' drongo.:arghh: Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewebweazel Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Did you know kangaroos can't go backwards No surprise there, can you imagine reversing with such a large tail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Did you know kangaroos can't go backwards Which leads to the Nations sporting motif that is along the lines of 'Never take a step backwards' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Didja know...Uluru (Ayers Rock) is only the second biggest rock in the world. Mt. Augustus in the WA Pilbara is 2½ times bigger. Didja know thar Bald Rock, in the far north of NSW is the biggest granite rock in Australia. The water-streaked dome of Bald Rock is the largest granite rock in Australia. It is 750 metres long, 500 metres wide and 200 metres high. Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Didja know that Marble Bar, in The Pilbara, WA has the most consecutive centuries in the world Didja know that Wyndham, in East Kimberley, Wa has the most consecutive days over 90F In Australia, Marble Bar (WA) recorded maximum temperatures equaling or exceeding 37.8°C (100°F) on 161 consecutive days (between 30 October 1923 and 7 April 1924) - This remains a world heat record. Also of note is the 333 consecutive days of temperatures above 32°C (90°F) recorded at Wyndham (again in WA) in 1946. Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Didja know that Olympic Dam is the world's biggest uranium mine and... Olympic Dam is a multi-mineral ore deposit some 560 km north of Adelaide. It is the world's largest known uranium orebody, as well as laying claim to the world's fourth largest remaining copper deposit, fifth largest gold deposit and significant quantities of silver. Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/openspace.jpg[/img2]Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. A land of wide-open spaces, it is about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per cent larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world – only two people per square kilometre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/alps.jpg[/img2]There is evidence that the Aboriginal people were living in the Australian Alps region during the last ice age 21,000 years ago. The Alps region spans 5 million hectares and is home to more than 40 species of native mammals, 200 bird species, and 30 reptile species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/billabong.jpg[/img2]Billabongs are bodies of water, like large ponds, that support an abundance of plant and marine life A billabong forms when a river changes its course and leaves a section cut off from the main water flow. The word 'bila' means 'river' and 'bang' or 'bong' meaning continuing in time or space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Didja know that the world's biggest gold nuggets were found in Australia? The largest gold nugget found was the Welcome Stranger, found at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. It weighed gross, over 2,520 troy ounces (78 kg) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg) net.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup> It eclipsed the Welcome Nugget found eleven years earlier in Ballarat.<sup id="cite_ref-fox_2-0" class="reference">[3]</sup> The largest gold nugget found using a metal detector is the Hand of Faith, weighing 875 troy ounces, found in Kingower, Victoria, Australia in 1980. The Holtermann Nugget, found at Hill End NSW.. The largest mass of gold ever found, the Holtermann Nugget is not really a nugget. Found in October 1872, the Holtermann Nugget is “reef gold” rather than a nugget of gold. Regardless, the Holtermann Nugget, found at Hill End, New South Wales, Australia, was an awesome discovery. Reef gold appears as a “vein” included in rock, normally quartz. This nugget was a quartz reef. By removing the rock around the vein, the gold was recovered in one giant piece that weighed 286 kilograms (about 630 pounds). The true weight of this gold mass is unknown as several pieces are believed to have been broken away in the excavation and mining process. http://www.google.com.au/search?q=holtermann+nugget&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=tkT&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=EI2YTpDZMoihiAfEt6msAg&ved=0CE4QsAQ&biw=1010&bih=576 Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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