AUSSIE FACTS AND FIGURES
1: A pint of beer in a trendy pub in Perth can be $14, that equates to about £9.50. Even Carter had to hold back on his beer drinking at those prices!
2: The term Pom or Pommie which the Aussies tease us Brits with actually stands for Prisoner of Mother England, which were the initials POME on convict’s uniforms!
3: Australian schools have a no hat / no play policy. So school kids must wear a hat to protect them from the fierce sun or they have to sit in the shade during break times.
4: The USA is only slightly bigger than Australia but boasts 313 million people compared to 23 million people. 90% of those Aussies live on the coast. Lucky sods!
5: Voting in Australia is compulsory!
6: Because Sydney and Melbourne couldn’t stop bickering over which city should be the capital of Australia, neither of them received the title. Instead, a new capital was built between them and hence the fact Canberra is the capital of Australia.
7: Ex-Prime Minister Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.
8: Australia has 1500 species of spider, 6000 of flies and 4000 of ants, plus over 150 million sheep!
9: Apparently the first European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per person than any other community in the history of mankind, Good on ‘em!
10: Australia’s favourite breakfast spread is called Vegemite which is made from extract of brewers yeast!
11: A thong in Australia refers to a flip flop not a tiny bikini on a hot chick!
