Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts

8/6/11

Penguins from Australia!!!




 Curiosity about Australia:
  • The Dingo is Australia's wild dog. It is found in Australia, in all states but Tasmania. They are found throughout the mainland of Australia, close to a source of water.



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4/19/11

New Australian postcard!

This cool postcard shows a piece of a The New Yorker's page and it came from Australia. Check it out:


Curiosity about Australia:
  • The kangaroo was chosen as the symbol of the country. Appears on the Australian coat of arms alongside the emu bird. The estimated population of kangaroos is 40 million - two for each inhabitant of Australia. Thus hunting is allowed in some places the country at certain times of the year. 
Coat of Arms



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4/8/11

Australia in my mailbox!!!

What a perfect way to end the week! 3 postcards and 2 new places for my collection :)
Since I have so much to study due to exams, I'll present one today and the rest trough the weekend.

So the 1st one is from Australia. Here it is:



As you can see, it shows a native flower and a super cute Koala with his baby.

Curiosity about Australia:
  • The name koala was given by the Aborigines and it means, in Aboriginal language, "don't drink" , because this animals only need a small quantity of liquids to survive.

     Their diet is based mainly of eucalyptus leaves extract, where they get the amount of water they need. However, these gentle creatures only "approve" 20 species of eucalyptus from the 350 existing ones. Another thing:  Koalas sleep, on average, 14 hours a day!



Interesting, right?

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