Australia is a completely different world. Surrounded by oceans, it has no connection with the rest of the continents. Isolated Australia has unique flora and fauna found nowhere else on the planet. Marsupials are the dominant mammal species here, as opposed to placental animals inhabiting the rest of the world. The well-known kangaroos and koalas are some of Australia's many unique animals.
Australia has a rich indigenous heritage dating back tens of thousands of years. Aboriginal peoples have a deep connection to the land. Without contact with other cultures, Aboriginal Australians have maintained their beliefs and unique cultural practices almost unchanged for thousands of years. It is the oldest continuous culture in the world.
Australia was intended by the British crown to be used as a penal colony. This was to solve the problem of overcrowded prisons in the British Isles and enable the quick way to populate the new colony founded in 1788. Over 50,000 criminals were transferred to Australia in the first 60 years.
A remote, vast and sparsely populated area of Australia called the outback is the land of Australian bush flies. They do not bite, but they are extremely irritating. Looking for fluids, flies circle around people's heads, crawl on faces, trying to get into the nose and ear.
The world's largest cattle farm is located in the Australian bush. Anna Creek Station covers an area of over 23,000 sq km / 9000 sq miles and has thousands of cattle. This farm is larger than Israel, slightly smaller than the island of Sicily. Anna Creek Station uses modern methods of gathering cattle over a large area. Light aircraft are used to spot animals. The cattle are rounded up on motorcycles.
