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More Pictures!

Here's some more photos for you to enjoy!

Awww, look at the koala!

This is a koala bear. He eats eucalyptus leaves. When I go to Australia, I'm going to sneak one onto the canoe/plane in my backpack. That dude better watch out. It looks like that one's about to sail out of that tree and bite his head!!! Most people don't know, but koalas are very sneaky blokes. They're all quite and smile at you and stuff when you look at them, but as soon as you turn around they're plotting how to gnaw on your melon.

Australian Flag

The present Australian flag can be considered to consist of three main elements: The Union Jack in the upper corner (also know as the Canton), denoting Australia's historical links with Great Britain. The Union Jack itself is composed of red and white intersecting and overlayed vertical and diagonal crosses on a blue background, The Southern Cross in the second quarter (also known as the top or head) and fourth quarter. Consists of five stars in a more or less kite-like pattern. The constellation of the Southern Cross is a significant navigational feature of the southern hemisphere, strongly places Australian geographically and has been associated with the continet since its earliest days, The Commonwealth Star or Star of Federation, central in the third quarter or lower hoist, has seven points to denote the six states and the combined territories of the Commonwealth. The seventh point was added in 1909.

Ayers Rock

Ayers Rock or Uluru, in Uluru National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Believed to be the largest rock mass in the world, it rises 348 m above the desert floor and has a circumference of around 9 km. Made from arkosic sandstone the inselberg is famous for the way that it appears to change color, from red to purple, at sunset. Housing many aboriginal rock paintings, Uluru has been the center of aboriginal spiritual life for thousands of years.