Place Facts About Australia

There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, and only some 20 million people.

In 2011, Mortal Kombat was banned in Australia.

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

Each year, the number of births in India is comparable to the entire population of Australia.

In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.

Australian truck driver Bill Morgan had a heart attack in 1999 and was clinically dead for 14 minutes. He woke from a 12-day coma with zero brain damage. To celebrate, he bought a scratch card and won a Toyota Corolla. A Melbourne TV crew asked him to re-enact the win on camera, so he bought a fresh card and scratched it live on air. He won $250,000. He used the money to marry the fiancée he had proposed to from the hospital bed.

In 2007, an unmanned yacht was discovered drifting off the coast of Australia. The engine and a laptop were running, the radio and GPS were working and a meal was set to eat, but the three-man crew were not on board.

Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

In 1964, an Australian man successfully posted himself in a crate from London to Perth via air freight, which took a total of three days.

Lentil As Anything, a successful Australian restaurant, allows its customers to pay whatever price they feel like paying for the food.

In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.

In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).

In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.

On very long, boring roads in Australia, they put up trivia signs to keep drivers alert. One sign asks a question, and a few kilometres later another sign gives the answer.

A man's leg slipped into the gap between a train carriage and the platform at Stirling Station in Perth, Australia. Railway workers tried for ten minutes and couldn't free him. So they asked the crowd for help. Around 50 strangers lined up against the carriage and pushed together. The train tilted sideways. He walked free - unhurt.

Lake Hillier sits on a remote island off Western Australia. For 200 years, it stayed bubblegum pink through every season. Algae and bacteria in the salt crust cause the color, not the water. It is safe to swim in, just not to drink. Bottle a sample and it keeps that same shade. Heavy rain in 2022 diluted the salt, turning the lake grey. Scientists expect the pink to return within a decade.