The word “Koala” means ‘no water’. The name for the animal was given by the original owners of the Australian continent because they had observed that Koalas do not drink water. Also you will not find Koalas in wet areas like swamps.
You can’t eat the flesh of young coconuts. But their water is really refreshing.
Termites don’t like pine trees. Therefore the early settlers built their houses out of this wood, same as telegraph poles.
There are more camels in Australia than in the Middle East. About 700 000 of them roam free in central Australia.
The Aborigines don’t like anybody to climb Uluru as to them the mountain is sacred. However, the Australian government will not take down the climbing rope that was installed centuries ago because it still attracts tourism, mainly from Asia. Only if usage goes down by 30% will they give consent for the removal.
Snakes and spiders seam to be less of an issue in Australia as its always made out to be (lets hope this one is true!) Death by selfie is a far more serious issue today 😆 Seeing the stupidity of some of the touists here I absolutely believe this one! It must be a tie to injuries due to inappropriate footwear though (Birkenstocks on a hiking trail in the outback)
There is nothing better than water when you are really thirsty.
The Aborigines used the words “kúwí” for an echo to communicate across large distances but also as a sort of sonar with which they could determine distances in the mountains.
The Blue Montains area is as big as Switzerland.
The sex of baby crocodiles is determined by the temperatures at which the eggs are incubated. Crocodile eggs are incubated at between 29 and 34 degrees Celcius. The higher the temperatures the more males will be born.
