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The essentials of Australia in eight easy-going questions. Young or old, near or far, everyone can play along and learn something new.
Fresh off the plane 0–3 · Outback adventurer 4–6 · Aussie at heart 7–8
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Kangaroos are the only large mammals that hop on two legs as their main way of getting around. When they move slowly, they lean on their thick tail like a fifth leg, and a red kangaroo can keep up a speed of about 40 km/h for nearly 2 km.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sydney is much bigger and better known, but the capital is Canberra. It is a planned city, designed by the American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin after an international competition, and the large lake at its heart is called Lake Burley Griffin.
Photo: The 3B's, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Australia lies in the southern half of the world, so its seasons are the other way round from those in Europe and North America. Christmas falls in the summer holidays: many families eat prawns and other cold seafood, and at Bondi Beach in Sydney you may even spot Santas on surfboards.
Photo: Dushan Hanuska, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Uluru is about 348 metres high, and most of the rock lies hidden underground. Its red colour comes from iron oxide, a kind of rust, in its sandstone, and it glows deep red at sunrise and sunset. It is sacred to the local Aboriginal people, the Anangu, and since October 2019 visitors may no longer climb it.
Photo: Ek2030372672, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The first recorded cricket match in Australia was played in Sydney in 1803. Australia and England compete in a famous series called the Ashes, whose symbol is a tiny urn said to hold the ashes of a burnt bail, one of the two small pieces of wood that sit on top of the stumps.
Photo: Tourism Victoria from Australia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Clownfish make their homes among the stinging arms of sea anemones, protected by a special slime on their skin. Each group is led by one large female, and if she disappears, the breeding male changes into a female and takes her place.
Photo: Nick Hobgood, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The flag shows the five stars of the Southern Cross, a big seven-pointed star and the British Union Jack. The design came from a competition in 1901 that drew 32,823 entries; five winners shared the prize, among them Ivor Evans, a 14-year-old schoolboy from Melbourne.
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Koalas live on leaves that give them very little energy, so they rest and doze most of the day, often in the same tree where they eat. People sometimes call them koala bears, but they are not bears at all: their closest living relatives are wombats.
Photo: Diliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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