Bundaberg - Brisbane
03.11.2011 - 08.12.2011

Down Under

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world´s sixth-largest country by total area.

The term Down Under is a colloquialism which is variously construed either to refer to Australia. The term comes from the fact that this country is located in the southern hemisphere, below many other countries on the globe. An other nickname for Australia is Oz or the Land of Oz and it comes form ”Oz-tralia”.

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