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Old 12-16-2008, 06:42 AM
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Default Re: Teach me about your country! :3

^omg yum yum looks great.

this is a great thread. im going to try and read through it all.

australia already was summarised by rainbow sky.
ill just add random stuff
1)don't have a president, it is prime minister. our prime minister is kevin rudd
2)other ministers such as the health minister and executives can earn more then the prime minister
3)you can't officially get ur driver's license till ur 17
4)clubbing/drinking/smoking age is 18 / legal age is 16
5) driving max speed is 110KM on freeways ( i heard germany didnt have a limit 0___0 )
6) the steering wheel is on the right side. when driving we generally have to keep on the left lane.
7) rarely ever snows except in some areas like melbourne (never seen snow in my life!)
8) similar size as belgium
9) our indigenious people are the aborigines
10) Australia's first police force was created from a group of 12 oftheir best behaved convicts.
11) never seen a good australian main stream movie/drama made

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