15 Australia Facts That Sound Fake… Until You See the Map

Facts about Australia that sound fake: a fence longer than the whole country is wide, a farm bigger than Wales, more wild camels than anywhere else on Earth, and a mountain taller than Australia's tallest mountain. Fifteen Australia facts on a real map. Plus one bonus full of crabs. CHAPTERS 0:00 Facts that sound fake 0:23 #15 The pink lake with a day job 0:56 #14 Mount Hopeless and Lake Disappointment 1:38 #13 The compromise capital 2:20 #12 Eighty Mile Beach isn't 80 miles 2:48 #11 The wild camel capital of the world 3:18 #10 Too many time zones 3:50 #9 The biggest thing built by living things 4:20 #8 A farm bigger than Wales 4:51 #7 No trees, no turns 5:25 #6 Fewer people than California 5:53 #5 The lake that's usually dry 6:31 #4 Closer to Bali than Sydney 7:05 #3 A fence longer than Australia 7:45 #2 The continent that moved 8:23 #1 Taller than the tallest 9:11 Bonus: the crab traffic jam Sources: Lake Hillier, Hutt Lagoon, Mount Hopeless, Kumpupintil Lake (Lake Disappointment), Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Reef, Useless Loop, Canberra, Walter Burley Griffin, Eighty Mile Beach, Australian feral camel, The Ghan, Time in Australia, Lord Howe Island, Great Barrier Reef, Anna Creek Station, King Ranch, Nullarbor Plain, Nullarbor Links, Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, Donald Campbell, Western Australia, Dingo Fence, Mount Kosciuszko, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Mawson Peak, Christmas Island, Christmas Island red crab (Wikipedia) · Geoscience Australia · Australian Bureau of Statistics · Parks Australia · Surf Life Saving Australia Imagery: NASA Blue Marble · Borders: Natural Earth · Detailed maps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) #geography #maps #australia