Australia

In Australia, the official language is the English, is spoken and written in a variant know as Australian English

According a census, the English is spoken in 80% of population

After English, the languages most spoke's in Australia are:

Chinese 2.1% Italian 1.9 % Greek 1.4 % Spanish 0.5 %

Australia is one of 14 independent countries that make Oceania in the south hemisphere

This country has 7.686.850 km2

Australia has a coastline of 25.760 km

The most part of this country is desert, 40% of the territory is covered with sand dunes

Just the southeast and southwest have temperate weather and fertile ground

The north zone of Australia has a tropical weather

The precipitations are variables with frequent drought during the year.

Sometimes there are sandstorms that cover some states

In Australia, the currency used is the Australian Dollar

Its price in comparison with the American dollar is:

1 American Dollar = 1.01800 Australian Dollar (Approximately)

The Australian gastronomy is varied

The British Culture is very strong in Australia, because this, there many pies.

Pavlova is the dessert most famous, make whit meringue, the name of this pie is in Honor to Anna Pávlova, is creamy inside and crunchy outside

Because the Australian culture is mixture of many cultures to others countries, its cuisine is varied, but the ingredients famous are:

Canguro meat Emu meat (Emu is a big bird not flying) Barramundi (Is a big fish that can

measure 2 meters) The cockroach and scorpion are part of

the Australian cuisine too.

The capital of Australia is Canberra and the main cities of Australia are:

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide

Sidney: is the prefer destiny for more peoples, because the Sidney Opera and its beach, this state is a very cultural destiny

The great barrier reef: Its in the north of Queensland, is know as the barrier reef more bigger to the world

Melbourne: Considered for more peoples the emotional heart of Australia, is a mixture of modern architecture and comfort with some beauty examples of Victorians architecture

Great Ocean Road: It’s a road of more than 300 km bordering the Victorian coast line