- The seasons are the other way round in Australia because Australia is to the south of the equator.
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- Thanks to the fact that Australia is to the south of the equator. Australia is sometimes called Land Down Under
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- Because the population is too small for such a huge country, people have to send a radio message to the flying doctor service if they become ill.
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- Because much of the land is a desert and there are severe draughts in Australia, the few rivers play an especially important role in people's life
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- Most of the continent is sunny most of the year, that’s why Australians suffer one of the world's highest rates of skin cancer from too much sun exposure.
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- Severe draughts, floods and cyclones happen very often. So life is not easy in Australia.