How big is Australia?

                                                       

                                                       How big is

                                                         Australia?    

Australia covers 7,692,300 sq km (2,969,228 sq miles), making it the 6th largest country in the world and just slightly smaller than the United States. Depending on how you look at it, Australia is the smallest continent or the largest island in the world - and the least populated. It is located in the geographical region of Oceania, along with more than 25,000 islands. The islands are scattered across the enormous expanse of the South Pacific.

I thing Five things you people may not know about Australia......
1. It is compulsory to vote in Australian political elections.   

2. 29 per cent of red back spider bites comes when people are putting on their shoes - the spiders hide in them.

3. The largest cattle station (farm ) in Australia is the same size as the country of Belgium.

4. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is known locally as  "the coathanger".

5. There are 58 million kangaroos - more than twice the number of humans.  

Brush up you strine(Australian Slang)

barbie - barbecue

billabong- watering hole

bluey- redhead

dinkum- real, genuine

g'day- hello

joey- baby kangaroo

moolah- money

pommy- someone from the UK

roo- kangaroo

tucker- food

ute- utility vehicle, pickup truck

swagman- itinerant worker