Australia General Tips by keeweechic

Favorite Thing: Australia is a multicultural society which is made up of nearly five million immigrants from almost 200 nations. Four out of 10 Australians are migrants or the first-generation children of migrants, half of them from non-English speaking backgrounds.


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Favorite Thing: The emu is the largest native bird of Australia. A flightless bird, they can actually grow up to 2 metres in height. They can be found in a variety of habitats throughout Australia but mainly in Victoria in alpine woodlands, mallee scrubs and river red gum forests. Their diet consists of mainly vegetables.

The The female can lay between 5 and11eggs at a time which are dark green. These are laid on the ground. The male then incubates the eggs and takes care of the chicks.


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Favorite Thing: Kangaroos and Wallabies are marsupials but unlike the koala and wombat, they have forward opening pouches. While they are found throughout Australia there are many varieties which are found in their respective environments. Red Kangaroos are found on the flat open plains. Grey kangaroos prefer denser scrubs and forests. Rock wallabies live among clusters of bounders, rocky cliffs and hills. In all there are around some 45 species of kangaroos and wallabies.


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Favorite Thing: Australia’s koala bear is not a bear at all but is actually a marsupial, related to the Wombat and Kangaroo. All carry their newborn in their pouch. Koala’s are found between south eastern South Australia and Queensland where there are an abundance of eucalyptus trees. A koala can live for between 10 and 20 years. Their diet consists of gum leaves – in fact they can eat about half a kg per day. Koalas tend to sleep most of the day and look for their food at night. The largest koala’s are found in Victoria while the smallest are found in North Queensland.


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Favorite Thing: Dingo’s are the wild dog of Australia. It is uncertain where the dog originated from some 3,500 or 4,000 years ago but it is the largest native carnivorous mammal in the country. The dingo is more active at night, sunrise and sunset and eat a wide variety of animals including kangaroos and wallabies. The dingo is found throughout Australia, with the exception of Tasmania.


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Favorite Thing: Wombats are marsupials that can grow to about 1.3 metres in length and weigh up to 36kg. They have been known to live up to 27 years in captivity. There are several varieties, the rarer one is the southern hairy-nosed wombat which has larger ears and his snout is covered with fine hairs. Wombats live mostly in wet, forested areas on the coast as well as on the ranges and western slopes. They usually spend their nights grazing on native grasses but will also eat roots of shrubs and trees. Wombats make their homes in burrows with other wombats.


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Favorite Thing: The barking owl is generally more common in northern Australia amongst the paperbark swamps although in the southern areas they are found near creeks and rivers especially which have River Red Gums. They also like open country with large trees for roosting and nesting. Outside of the breeding season, they feed on beetles and crickets however their usual hunting is of birds, several species of duck and in th south, rabbit is now the main prey. Occasionally small possums, bats and rodents are also hunted. They hung earlier in the evening and later in the morning. The Barking Owl is the most hawk-like of Australian Owls and it is given its name because of the strange dog like call it makes (like a ‘wuf wuf’ or ‘wuk wuk’). Sometimes also called the Winking Owl.


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Favorite Thing: The Boobook owl is known as several different names including the Spotted Owl, Marbled Owl and the Mopoke (Morepork) because of the sound they make which can be repeated for hours on end. They are the smallest and most familiar owl of Australia. Usually they are nocturnal and roost by day in thick foliage. They are found almost anywhere where there are trees especially in Eucalypt forests and woodlands. The Red Boobook is found generally in North Queensland and in dense rainforest.


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Favorite Thing: The Masked Owl can be found in a broad coastal band around most of mainland Australia and throughout Tasmania. In some states, they are given a special conservation status as their numbers are low. They can be found in forests, woodlands, timbered waterways and open country which border these areas. They need tall trees with suitable hollows for nesting and roosting as well as nearby areas for foraging. The Owls are territorial and pairs will remain in or near the territory all year round. They feed mainly on small mammals, such as rodents, rabbits and bandicoots although some also prey on possums, reptiles, birds and insects, hunting usually during the early hours of night.


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Favorite Thing: Surprisingly the Black Duck is actually brown dark brown eye stripe, it is one of the most versatile of the Australian ducks. It can be find in all types of water from forest pools to tidal mudflats in most areas of Australia except the dessert areas. The Black Duck is available for recreational hunting in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory.


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