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Australia is world famous for its natural wonders and wide open spaces, its beaches, deserts, "the bush", and "the Outback". Australia is one of the world's most highly urbanied countries; it is well known for the attractions of its large cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

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For a country with a small population Australia has a huge artistic output.  All capital cities and regional centres have a wealth of visual and performing arts institutions and lively artistic communities. No longer considered a cultural backwater Australia’s contribution to arts and culture is well regarded locally and globally. Our artists, writers, dancers, musicians, comedians and actors are among the best in the world.

There are a number of major national performing arts companies in Australia such as The Australian Opera, The Australian Ballet, The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, The Australian Chamber Orchestra , and Musica Viva Australia. Many States in Australia have their own orchestra, dance company, theatre company and opera company.

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Did you know   …

Australia has more sheep than people

The world’s largest cattle station (larger than Belgium) is in South Australia

The Australian Alps get more snow than Switzerland

91% of Australia is covered in vegetation

Over 200 languages and dialects are spoken in Australia

Australians invented the ‘selfie’ - a photo of yourself taken using a mobile phone camera

The Dingo fence is the longest fence in the world at 5,614 kilometres in length. Its purpose is to keep Dingoes out of South-East Australia and protect the sheep in Southern Queensland

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest living structure and one of the seven wonders of the underwater world

While Australia has one of the highest degrees of urban concentration in the world it has one of the lowest population densities with on average only 3 people per square kilometre

ULURU :AYERS ROCK:

The climb is not prohibited but they ask you to respect our law and culture by not climbing Uluru. They have a responsibility to teach and safeguard visitors to their land. The climb can be dangerous. Too many people have died while attempting to climb Uluru.

Ayers Rock. Uluru (also Ayers Rock or The Rock) is a large rock formation in central Australia, in the Northern Territory. ... The rock gets its rust color from oxidation.

THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE:

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings

Construction was expected to take four years. It took 14 years. Work commenced in 1959 and involved 10,000 construction workers.

Paul Robeson was the first person to perform at Sydney Opera House.

More than 8.2 million people visit the Opera House every year.

Sydney Opera House was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2007

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Thanks to a varied landscape, Australia has the world’s most unique animal collection comprised of a large number of species endemic to this area. Marsupials such as kangaroos, opossums, koalas and wombats carry their babies in a pouch on their stomach. The platypus is a furry egg-laying mammal with the bill of a duck, which spends most of its life in water. The echidna, or anteater, lays eggs. In the northeast, there are tropical rainforests and swamps full of crocodiles, birds, snakes and insects.
The first animal to be imported was the dingo, a wild dog that was brought to Australia by the Aborigines. Dingoes eat platypus eggs and bird eggs. Thomas Austin introduced rabbits to Australia for the purpose of hunting
There are two kinds of crocs – the salties and the freshies . The salties grow up to 6 metres long and don’t say no to eating a human for lunch! There are also about 100 species of venomous snakes. The central parts of Australia consist of endless deserts. The only forms of life to be found here are scorpions, snakes,rats, spiders and insects. In the south of the country, forests and grassland are to be found. This is the home of the koala bear, which is most often hanging in a eucalyptus tree. Unfortunately, the bears are threatened with extinction, as their natural habitat is being eradicated. Koalas are totally harmless animals, which spend all their lives in the trees feeding on leaves which make them drowsy. They often sleep most of the day and night.