We have some of the weirdest... and some of the most beautiful... here in Oz.
I'd like to show you some typical Aussie-ness. I'll start with some of our fauna, but along the way I'll show you lots of different stuff. Feel free to contribute if you have some Aussie-ness of your own that you'd like to show...
Ok, now this is a goanna... she was about 5 feet long, and she was pretty tame. This one lives near a camping area we visited not long back, so she's used to humans and she scavenges for food. I don't know if I'd be too comfortable near her if she'd been a 'real' wild goanna though. Have a look at those claws. They're made for climbing trees, and can cut to the bone. They also have a mouth full of tiny razor sharp teeth.
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No, this is not a kangaroo, although she kind of looks like one. This is a cousin of the kangaroo, a wallaby, and she's a girl. If you look really closely you'll see that bulge of a pouch. She has a baby in there... they're called Joeys.
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"Ah, ya bloody galah." A catchphrase you'll probably hear a few times if you came to visit Aus. When spoken to a person, these words roughly translate to "Oh, you are a silly old bird", or words to that effect. But these are REAL galahs, the parrot type.
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