There are of course a number of notable differences between Christmas in the UK and in Australia. First of all, it is hot and sunny all day and everyone is down at the beach.
Secondly, instead of being slumped on the sofa watching Carry On Christmas and eating your own weight in chocolate, people are throwing things on the Barbie and jumping into to the Indian Ocean.
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ANZAC stories in South Western Australia. Heading South here, is like heading North in the Northern Hemisphere, so it gets a bit cooler.
Wombats and wine tasting in Perth
There’s lots of fun stuff to do around Perth. Caversham Wildlife Park is one of those fun things. It is about best I’ve ever been to in terms of being able to get up close and personal with a lot of furry animals
Kalogoorlie is at the heart of Gold mining in the outback. Paddy Hannan was the first man to strike gold in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in the 1890’s. Gold fever was sweeping the outback and it’s still there now.
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New Year in WA. It’s always sunny in WA. ‘It’s turned out nice again!’ We Brits like to say this as we still can’t believe it when we go somewhere super sunny all the time. The morning found us at Yanchep National Park.
What is a marsupial?
Marsupials meaning. A marsupial is a pouched mammal which gives birth to its young at a very immature stage. The baby then stays in the pouch to develop to maturity, sucking from its mother’s teats. There are about 250 species of marsupial, the largest and most well known being the kangoroo.Australian native animals have got it tough. With land cleared and fenced for farming and human expansion in to the countryside, their habitat is being threatened
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