Australia Australia is the world driest continent. More than two-thirds of country is desert or dry bushland. The climate is tensely hot. Australia is relatively flat country with mountainous only in the eastern regions. Most Australians live in the southern part of the country, where winters are wild and the summers are sunny and warm. The Great Barrier Reef is Chain of 500 island and coral reefs 2000 km long, near the coast of the north-east Queensland. It is one of the natural wonders of the world. There are some 150 million sheep in Australia.
Fourth level Fifth level Animals in Australia 1.Kangaroo 2. Emu 3. Platypus 4. Tasmanian devil Click to edit Master text styles Kangaroo Second level Third level Kangaroos are the Fourth level largest marsupials Fifth level and inhabit forest and bushland in Australia and Tasmania. Emu Emus live Click to edit Master text styles anywhere in Second level Australia's open Third level Fourth level country. The emu Fifth level is the second largest bird, standing about 1.5 m tall and weighing 55 kg. Platypus The platypus or duck-billed Click to edit Master text styles platypus is an egg Second level laying mammal of Third level
Australia has six states: Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. It also has two territories: the Northern Territory (a huge sparsely settled mainland area + Papua and New Guinea and a number of island territories) and the Australian Capital Territory where the nation's capital, Canberra lies. Western Australia. The capital is Perth. The largest state of Australia, this dry region is under the deserts and semideserts mostly. Bushland, so typical of this region, gives way to subtropical forests in the south west. In wetter parts of this region plains are used for breeding merino sheep. If possible, wheat, citruses and fruits are grown. This part of the country is extremely rich in minerals: lead, manganese, iron-ore, nickel, silver, gold, copper, bauxite and coal. Western Australia provides 75% of Australia's 240 tonnes of gold. Many immigrants live there because it was the last state to accept convicts.