Funny Fact About Australia

There are many funny facts about Australia apart from the serious facts that are known to the people world wide. The funny facts about Australia are often situational and relative. People having sparse knowledge about Australia cannot really enjoy the funny aspects of this biggest island and smallest continent.

Among the recent funny facts discovered in Australia the most notable is the fact that the first European settlers consumed more alcohol in compare to any other community.

Mining in Australia is one of the most important occupation that people indulge in but the total land coverage under mining is only 0.02%. more than this proportion of land is said to hold pubs in Australia.

Bob Hawke's name was listed in the Guinness Book of world Record in the year 1954, for having 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds time. Later Bob Hawke was also the Prime minister of Australia .

Each and every part of Australia is within a distance of 1000km from ocean or a beach.

30,028 square km of land is under cattle ranch. This area size is almost the same as that of the whole Belgium.

People of Queensland in Australia are called “Banana Benders” and “Sand Gropers” is the name given to the people from Western Australia .

The largest organic construction on the planet earth is situated in Australia and is known as the Great Barrier Reef.