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The most extraordinary country
to explore .
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Sometimes Australia is called “the upside down world” because it lies in the Southern Hemisphere, where winter comes in July and summer begins in December .
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During the Christmas holidays people often sunbathe on the beach or swim and surf in the ocean .
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Australia is the hottest place in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Most parts of Australia do not receive enough rain.
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Only one sixth of the continent is comfortably humid.
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It is interesting to notice that though most of the territory is too dry, Australia has an extraordinary collection of birds and animals.
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Many of them are found only there.
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Australia is the home of 2 of the world’s most primitive mammals – the duckbill or platypus and the
echidna or spiny anteater .
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They are the only mammals that lay eggs.
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The kangaroo is perhaps the best known of Australia’s animals.
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There are more than 40 different kinds of kangaroos in Australia, in many different colours and sizes.
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The big red kangaroo and the grey kangaroo may be as tall as a grown-up man.
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Some kangaroos are about the size of a large dog.
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The smallest kangaroo is the rat kangaroo.
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Another well-known Australia’s animal is the koala that resembles a teddy bear.
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It spends most of its life in eucalyptus trees and eats only the leaves of these trees.
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Among other animals found in Australia is the dingo, a wild dog which is yellowish brown and has a bushy tail.
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The emu, Australia’s largest bird, is also one of the largest in the world.
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It cannot fly but is a good runner.
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Another curious bird is kookaburra that is often called the “laughing jackass”.
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Two animals were brought to the country by the Europeans and have become wild in Australia.
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These are the buffalo, brought
from India, and the European rabbit.
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Buffaloes were brought to the north coast as work animals early in the 19th century.
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They escaped and multiplied and now inhabit the swampy river valleys around Darwin.
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Many people would like to visit Australia because it is such an extraordinary place to explore.