Australian Facts

There are often days where we sit at work and think...where would I rather be...??? Today its Australia. Why not?! It has beautiful landscapes, cool animals and of course lovely accents. I'd like to be there today. Its rainy here. I'm bored at my desk and my big afternoon activity is refreshing sodas in the conference room. Seriously. I can't make this shit up. So here is to Australia. Cheers to you because you're so much better than here.

• There are 1500 species of australian spiders (fucking sick dude! Maybe I am not going to australia!)
• Australia has the world's largest population of wild camels with one hump
• The Tasmanian Devil does exist, and it has the jaw strength of a crocodile
• There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, and only some 20 million people
• Australia has the world's largest cattle station (ranch). At 30,028 km² it is almost the same size as Belgium
• We call Australian's from Queensland "banana benders", and people from Western Australia "sandgropers"
• The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox. You can ferry out there and send a postcard, stamped with the only Great Barrier Reef stamp
• The Australian Alps, or Snowy Mountains as they are also known, receive more snow than Switzerland
• The Sydney Opera House roof weighs more than 161,000 tons
• The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic construction on earth
• In 1954 Bob Hawke made it into the Guinness Record Book: he sculled 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob Hawke went on to become the Prime Minister of Australia