Australia

the Commonwealth of Australia is a country in Oceania. Occupies the main landmass called Sahul shelf, plus a few islands in the Pacific, Indian and Antarctic. The countries closest to Australia include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast and southeast New Zealand. Australia is the sixthlargest country in the world with an area of ​​7,686,850 km ².
Its capital, Canberra, is located in the Australian Capital Territory. The country's population in 2006 was about 20.6 million inhabitants, mainly concentrated in large coastal cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide and the capital Canberra.

Tourism in Australia: Together with New Zealand, Australia is consideredone of the best countries in the world to travel by car. Visitors find all the facilities expected, and everything is very simple and functional. This simplicity is part of a large Australian government planning, and supplemented by the Australians who are proud of their country and eager to show how they live. For these reasons, tourists feel relaxed and welcome, treated with respect andfriendship, typical of the Australians. In every part of Australia, people are eager to help by giving information and directions about places to go. The result is a very disfrutadle trip.

Can you imagine the spectacle of a line of coral stretching for thousands of kilometers, which can only be fully seen by an astronaut from space?. With 2200Km extension, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is made upof many rings as a string. Many people mistakenly think that the barrier is continuous. As it is formed by millions of coral formations with many different shapes and sizes, and most parts of the reef is not continuous, with large spaces between them. Another interesting point is that the Great Barrier Reef runs not only on a single line. There are three distinct lines, the line outside, themiddle and inside, near the coast.

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Australia has been habited for more than forty-two thousand years by the Australian Aborigines. After sporadic visits by fishermen from northern and European explorers and traders began in the seventeenth century, the eastern half of the continent was claimed by England in 1770 and in 1788 established a penal colony in New South Wales.
something about Australiacapital: Canberra

Largest city: Sydney

official languages: English

Form of government
parliamentary monarchy

monarch: Elizabeth II
Governor General: Quentin Bryce
Prime Minister: Julia Gillard

independence Act of Constitution of the United Kingdom: January 1, 1901
Total surface:: 7,686,850 km ²
• Density: 22,000,000 inhabitants. (2009)
2.5 inhabitants / km ²

currency:Australian Dollar
(AUD)

Flag of Australia: The flag of Australia is composed of a blue background with the Union Jack in the upper canton next to the flagpole. Under it, lies a seven-pointed white star, Known as the Commonwealth Star (six points Represent the Original Six states and the seventh-through the territories and future states of Australia). In the outer half of the flag, beingdepicted the constellation of the Southern Cross (Crux Australis) Consists of four seven-pointed white stars of equal size and less than five points, Exactly As They Appear arranged in the sky
Costume of australia.In Australia there is no national costume. The style of dress is a result of several factors such as climate, lifestyle and identity. The Australian clothing is strongly related to theactivities or environment in which the residents move.
Gastronomy: Australia's cuisine reflects its multicultural historical past: the native cuisine of the Australian aborigines, called bush tucker or bushfood, British and Irish cuisine of the first European settlers who came mostly from the British Isles, and the contributions of Asian and Mediterranean brought by the immigrants who arrived...