unusual facts about australia

i have been looking up info about australia for my "world caravan" primary school visits
here are some of my favourites. they may seem normal to us aussies, but the japanese kids love them!

if you have any more, add them in the comments.

- some gum trees can grow over 10 meters in one year
- koalas sleep 21 hours a day
- dingos cant bark
- kangaroos are related to wombats
- there are more than twice as many kangas than people in australia
- emus and kangas cant walk backwards
- emu eggs are green
- wombats have back to front pouches
- there are 9 sheep for every person
- baby kangas are only 2cm at birth
- there are 1500 species of spider
- kanagroo means "i dont understand you" in one aboriginal dialect
- koalas are not related to bears
- australia is the biggest island in the world
- uluru is the biggest rock in the world
- the hottest ever recorded temperature in oz was 53 degrees celcius
- chirstmas is in summer
- average of only 2 people per square km
- australia is the flattest country in the world
- australia is the driest country in the world
- australia s the largest island in the world
- longest straightest road in the world in is nullabor - 148km
- there are no trees in the nullabor