Interesting Facts bout Australia`

Interesting Facts :
1) SMALLEST, FLATTEST, LOWEST DRIEST human inhabiting continent in the World.
2) ONLY island continent in the World
3) ONLY country to occupy a whole continent
4) 5th largest country in the world (7,682,300km square)
5) VAST coastline - 36735kms
6) 3rd windiest city in the world

Odd Facts :
1) Grains of zircon from WA are dated at 4276 million years, being the oldest dated things on Earth.
2) The Stromatolites dated 3556 million years from Shark Bay in WA are the oldest evidence of life on Earth.
3) The Pilbara in WA is the oldest discovered landscape - 3250 million years - in the World
4) About 1/3 of Australia receives less then 200mm of rain per year.
5) Australia is drifting north at 5cm a year.
6) Winter snow covers only 0.3% of Australia's land surface.