What+Do+We+Know+About+Australia?

We are a group of 23 sixth-graders in Fairbanks, Alaska. Our teacher asked us to each make a list of 20 things we know about Australia. We think we averaged about 14 or 15 things each. We think that we've learned a lot about Australia from watching television. These are the things we came up with:

lizards =Closer to penguins than Alaska= fig trees swamps closest landmass to the S. Pole They eat kangaroos...**(Eeew!)** gum trees
 * get a lot of rain**
 * rainforests**
 * big spiders**

no snow
seasons are opposite from Alaska drive on left side of the road
 * sunny beaches**

it is hot
=they have kangaroos=

crocodiles
dingoes They speak English with a different accent than ours. It is a country AND a continent biggest island in the world** national flower: golden wattles have a famous zoo
 * komodo dragons

Steve Irwin killed by a stingray
didjeridoos tasmanian devils Outback and Great Barrier Reef