1. Australia’s AUD is considered the most advanced currency in the world, it is waterproof, made of polymer, and notoriously difficult to counterfeit
2. Despite being a large continent, 90% of Australia’s population lives on the coast because much of the interior is a vast desert
3. You can fly from Perth (Western Australia) to Melbourne (Victoria) faster than from southern to northern Western Australia!
4. Lamingtons are Australia’s “national cake,” named after Lord Lamington (even though he hated them)
5. Australian stonemasons established the eight-hour workday in 1856
6. An Australian man once tried to sell his neighbor, New Zealand, on eBay!
7. From 1838-1902, swimming at the beach during the day was illegal (in New South Wales)
8. The Gold Coast has the largest canal system in the world, larger than Venice and Amsterdam combined
9. The Great Victoria Desert is larger than the United Kingdom
10. Australians once used classical music to fight crime (You read that right! In 2013, Knox police in Victoria played music by Beethoven and Bach to stop a group of young men loitering near shopping malls shopping efficiency)
11. Australia has more camels than Egypt
12. How far can a Kangaroo jump? The recorded record is 9 meters in one jump!
13. In 2005, the government introduced a ban on saying the word “mate” in Parliament House; The ban lasted 24 hours before being rescinded
14. The Sydney Opera House took 14 years to build instead of the originally estimated 4 years
15. Australia is the driest continent of any continent on earth other than Antarctica
16. Australia is one of the shortest and flattest countries in the world; The lowest point in the country is Lake Eyre in northern South Australia – about 15 meters below sea level, and the highest point is Mount Kosciuszko at 2,228 meters above sea level.
17. Australia is the only continent in the world without active volcanoes
18. World’s oldest fossil discovered in Australia (3.4 billion years old)
19. Australia has the oldest surviving civilization in the world; It is estimated that the continent’s original inhabitants, the Aborigines, have been in Australia for about 40,000-60,000 years.
20. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is one of the most trusted financial regulators in the world. Most foreign forex traders prefer Australia due to its reliability and security of client funds. The most notable online forex brokers are IC Markets, Pepperstone, and Axi Trader.
