My First Post!

Hello and welcome to the exciting blog for weekly Australian fun facts. Australia is not only a unique country, but a beautiful continent. Its diversity and adapting culture are interesting for all of those who have the chance to discover it. But how much do we really know about Australia? Did you know, for example, that Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the whole world?

For a moment, think about what you always thought were the driest areas throughout the world. Was one of them Australia? It came as a huge shock to me. According to the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology, (http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/ausclim/zones.htm) the influence that this has on the rivers and seasonal change has a huge impact on the inhabitants of Australia who face rapidly changing weather. With regular weather phenomenons, from cyclones to heat waves to frosts, it seems like horrible mix of terrible weather conditions. However, they also comment that they have major droughts for long period of time, so it's not dry all year long!