What is Australia like today to live in?

Answer 1

Australia is a fantastic place to live. Whilst the country does, of course, have its problems, these are minimal by comparison to some regions of the world. Compared to many parts of the world, pollution is low even in the cities, and certainly the air is clean and fresh a short distance from any city centre. Most cities have areas of bushland for people to picnic in and enjoy the wildlife. The beaches are excellent, and there are areas where the Surfing is great and other areas where the beach is calm and safe for young children. Our water is clean and of very high quality, and fresh fruit and vegetables are readily available everywhere.

Further inland, the country is a paradise for anyone who likes a bit of privacy. There are vast, open spaces of the bush and the outback which are populated by little more than native animals, and many people enjoy camping in these remote areas. The weather varies depending on the region. Some areas are hot and humid; others can be cold and snowy in winter.

Answer 2

Australia is a vast continent and therefore has several different climate regions, meaning there is a wide range of environments.

In the south, where winters can be cold and wet and summers very hot and dry, the natural landscape is mostly bushland and prone to intense bushfires.

Much of the interior is semi-arid or desert so it has very hot days in summer, little rain and cooler evenings, while winters have mild days but very cold nights. In the south, extending for hundreds of thousands of square kilometres across the Great Australian Bight, is the Nullarbor Plain, a vast, treeless plain which is very hot and dry in summer but bitterly cold in winter, especially at night, when the wind whips over the plain.

The desert ranges from sandy desert and shifting dunes to stony "gibber" plain. Many of the deserts are not completely arid, having permanent waterholes and an abundance of low, hardy vegetation as well as birds, mammals and reptiles. There are vast saltpans in the outback of South Austraia and less so in other staes and territories. These saltpans can fill with water once every ten years or so, supporting thousands upon thousands of waterbirds, then dry up to crusty pans extending for hundreds of square kilometres.

Australia has thousands of kilometres of magnificent beaches, perfect for surfing. It also has calm, sheltered bays where fishing and watersports are popular. There are colourful coral reefs and fascinating geological formations, relics of an ancient volcanic age. There are high, rugged mountain ranges and rolling, grassy hills.

The north is tropical, especially around northern Queensland and the "Top End", that is, the far north of the Northern Territory. There is a range of thick rainforest along the coast, but inland the region is hot, flat grassland which eventually gives way to semi-arid countryside. This northern region has a marked dry and wet season, which is more clearly defined than the standard four seasons. The wet, monsoonal season begins around October and extends through to the end of April. Temperatures in the wet season tend to be higher and humidity is very high.

Answer 3

Australian culture varies from time to time. australians are big into the kangaroos. there is a train called the ghan that travels through and the track runs through most of Australia. chester is another name for cannibas in Australia. australians are descendents of british people. crocodiles are the most common pet in Australia, along with the kukaburra. australians always eat snakes on the twenty-fifth of April, the day they discovered the earth was round. australians always wear sandals and long socks with knee length shorts. the Australian alphabet is backwards from the American alphabet. australians love to eat peanut butter plain with spoons and a dash of pepper. australians love to drink beer mixed with lemonade for breakfast, pickle juice and vodka for supper, and tea in the afternoon. most australians hate drinking water and absolutely hate getting hammered. australians never usually go to bed after seven o clock at night. they do not belive in marriage before the age of forty. they cannot have more than five kids or less than three if they are married, or else they pay a fine of 8900 pesos. if a woman is unable to conceive a child she has to be artifically inseminated. if a man is unable to produce children the woman either has to divorce and re-marry or go to a sperm bank to produce a child.

Answer 4

Australia today could be compared to other westernised nations. It is a free country, where one can freely speak about political or spiritual matters without reprisal. It enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world, and unemployment used to be very low - in 2009, that is now rapidly changing.