Where in the world?
After a wet and woolly couple of weeks in Sydney I was starting to think we must be one of the rainiest parts of the world! Of course the fact that our dams still aren’t 60% full is an indicator that we’re not, so I did a bit of digging to find out which people on Earth truly live in a constant carwash.
While Australia does have many claims to fame, being the largest island technically isn’t one of them – since we’re actually considered to be a continent and you just can’t have it both ways. Despite being the world’s largest exporter of coal we can’t claim the deepest mine, and we don’t have world’s longest bridge . . . but fortunately we’re not on the list of the world’s officially poorest countries either!
I had a look around Answers and came up with questions about the world’s smallest country, where you can find the smallest tree and even the location of the world’s largest national park. I also found out which nation drinks the most tea (which I could have guessed) and which population of people eat the most cheese per head each year (which I never would have guessed!)
As you can see by the picture I’ve included with this blog, perhaps Australia’s most interesting “world’s biggest” is that 17 metre tall sheep in Goulburn!
Clea
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