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Australia is located in the southern hemisphere,
is the sixth largest country in the world. As one
of the most extensive countries, with a wide range
of natural landscapes, such as tropical rain forests,
deserts, waterfront and the Great barrier Beef and
Ura-Ru.

Australia is famous for its richness of ecological
environment and is one of the 17 super-
biodiversity countries in the world.  

It owns the same number of the world's natural
heritage as the United States of American. 
Platpus is one of the very few rare species of
animals from Australia.  

Climate:

Australia is located in the driest continent in the 
world. the northern part is warmer, whereas the 
southern region is cooler. 

Since Australia is lcoated in the southern hemisphere,
summer is from December to February, autumn is from 
March to May, winter is from June to August and Spring 
is from September to November.  

Language: 

English is the main langauge but only 15% of
Australians can speak a second langauge.

Voltage:  

The Two feet flat plug is different from the three-pin
flat plug in Hong Kong, with 240V.

Time Difference: 

With 3 timezones in Australia, only some states adopt
Day Light Savings. Australia can be up to 2 hours faster
than Hong Kong, 1 hour faster, or even none. 

Religion:

Majority are Catholic and Christian.

Currency and exchange rate:

Australian dollar (AUD)100 AUD = 625.40HKD
www.bochk.com/tc/investment/rates/hkdrates.html

Visa:  

Passport holders of HKSAR or BNO (with at least 6
months of validity) are required to apply eTA online,
which is a simple process.

Interesting facts:

Australia has one of the rarest mammals in the world:
platypus. It lay eggs and looks like a blend of ducks,
beavers and otters. In addition, it turned out that
Australia has approximately 25 million kangaroos.