35. Australia is home to the longest fence in the world, the Dingo
Fence. Originally built to keep dingos away from fertile land, the fence is now
5,614 km long。
澳洲建有世界上的防野犬的欄杆，有5,614公里長。
36. The Australian dollar is considered to be the most advanced currency
in the world – its waterproof, made of polymer and notoriously hard to
counterfeit。
澳洲幣值是全球最先進的紙幣：防水、聚合物製造、極難偽造。
37. Australia is the only continent covered by a single country。
澳洲是唯一只有一個國家的陸洲。
38. The world's oldest fossil was discovered in Australia – 3.4 billion
years old。
世界最古老的化石是在澳洲發現-是34億年前的生物。
39. Australia has around 600 varieties of eucalypt trees。
澳洲有約六百種的桉樹。
40. Australia was one of the founding members of the United Nations。
澳洲是聯合國的創辦成員之一。
41. Stonemasons in Australia instituted the 8-hour working day back in
1856。
澳洲的磚石工組織於1856年已實施每天工作八小時。
42. In Aboriginal culture women are not allowed to play the didgeridoo。
澳洲的土著文化是不容許女士玩土著的吹管樂器 didgerido。
43. The venom of the elusive platypus can kill a small dog。
難以埔捉的鴨嘴獸的毒液可以殺死一隻小狗。
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44. Australia's most deadly marine animal is the Box Jellyfish and is
responsible for more deaths per year than snakes, sharks and saltwater
crocodiles。
澳洲最致命的海上動物是箱形水母，殺害的數目較蛇、鯊魚及淡水鱷魚為高。
45. The only two mammals in the world that lay eggs are found in
Australia – the echidna and platypus。
世界上可產疍的兩種哺乳動物-針鼴及鴨嘴獸只在澳洲發現。
46. Before the arrival of humans, Australia was home to megafauna,
three-metre tall kangaroos, seven-metre long goanna's, horse-sized ducks and a
marsupial lion the size of a leopard。
未有人類前，澳洲住有超大動物、三米高的袋鼠、七米長的巨蜥、馬體型的鴨、
豹體型的有袋動物。
47. Both kangaroos and emus lack the ability to walk backwards. This was
the reason they were chosen for Australia's coat of arms – to symbolise a
country always moving forward。
澳洲的標緻：袋鼠及鴯鶓是不能倒行，代表了澳洲是永遠向前進展的國家
48. The termite mounds that can be found in
Australia are the tallest animal-made structures on earth。
澳洲可以找到的白蟻墩是地球上最高的動物興建的物體。
49. Australia is home to more than 1,500
species of spiders。
澳洲住有超過一千五百種蜘蛛。
50. The Great Victoria Desert is bigger
than the whole of the United Kingdom。
維多利亞大沙漠的面積大過整個英聯邦帝國。
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