I went to Australia with the international club in June. We flew into Brisbane and traveled up the coast to Frasier Island and then went down the entire length of the coast to Sydney. I know that Australia began as a penal colony for England. The criminals that were sent to Australia were often sent there for such minor crimes as stealing a bag of flour. People who commited such minor offences, were set to labor in Australia for a certain period of time. If they behaved themselves during their sentenced time, they were granted areas of land as their own. The land is inhabited with many different types of animals. The Tasmanian devil is one of the native predators, as are the crocodiles, other reptiles, and birds of prey. Most of the predatory animals there were introduced by the Europeans, such as the Dingo. Australia holds the highest level of poisonous creatures in the entire planet, and the only poisonous mammal, the Platypus. The Platypus and Ekidna are the only mammals that lay eggs and both reside in Australia. Australia's animal life is very special because they have the marsupials and is the only place to find marsupials, excluding the Opossum. Marsupials are classified by the pouch that the mother's carry their young in. Probably my favorite marsupial in Australia would have to be the little, fuzzy, cute, adorable, Sugar Gliders.
I personally own two sugar gliders, Louie and Chupi. These are my babies. We got Louie the spring of my seventh grade year. About a month later we got Sirius. Sadly Sirius died and Louie started to get depressed so we got Chupi to keep him company. Louie is the fat one who eats too much and Chupi is a scaredy cat. Louie has had two near death experiences with our border collie, Sadie. The flag is actually pretty special.
The English flag replica in the top left corner of the flag signicant Australia's ties to England. The cross with four stars to the right of the flag is a star consolidation that Australians often use to guide themselves. The stars are special in their design though, and the number of points on them; six of the points represent the six "states" of Australia and the seventh point represents the territories of Australia. When we were in the bus traveling, our tour guide and bus driver were from the Sydney area. They began telling us all these stories about the fierce competition and suspicion between Queensland and New South Wales. As we were coming up to the border between these two states our tour guide told us that we were going to need to hold our passports up against the window so that their electronic scanners could read our passports on the boarder. As we approached the border there were at least thirty US passports pasted against the windows on the left side of the bus. As we pass the boarder sign saying, "Welcome to New South Wales" our tour guides cell phone rang and he told us that we had to pull over. "There was a problem reading one of the passports. The police will be here soon to check it out." So the bus driver pulls over and we sit on the side of the road for a good five minus before anything happens. Our tour guide and bus driver began to laugh and we pull out. They had pulled off the best practical joke I have ever seen. In fact, there was absolutely no checks that were being preformed and the call to our tour guides phones had actually been made by the bus driver. WE were truly had.
I personally own two sugar gliders, Louie and Chupi. These are my babies. We got Louie the spring of my seventh grade year. About a month later we got Sirius. Sadly Sirius died and Louie started to get depressed so we got Chupi to keep him company. Louie is the fat one who eats too much and Chupi is a scaredy cat. Louie has had two near death experiences with our border collie, Sadie. The flag is actually pretty special. 
The English flag replica in the top left corner of the flag signicant Australia's ties to England. The cross with four stars to the right of the flag is a star consolidation that Australians often use to guide themselves. The stars are special in their design though, and the number of points on them; six of the points represent the six "states" of Australia and the seventh point represents the territories of Australia. When we were in the bus traveling, our tour guide and bus driver were from the Sydney area. They began telling us all these stories about the fierce competition and suspicion between Queensland and New South Wales. As we were coming up to the border between these two states our tour guide told us that we were going to need to hold our passports up against the window so that their electronic scanners could read our passports on the boarder. As we approached the border there were at least thirty US passports pasted against the windows on the left side of the bus. As we pass the boarder sign saying, "Welcome to New South Wales" our tour guides cell phone rang and he told us that we had to pull over. "There was a problem reading one of the passports. The police will be here soon to check it out." So the bus driver pulls over and we sit on the side of the road for a good five minus before anything happens. Our tour guide and bus driver began to laugh and we pull out. They had pulled off the best practical joke I have ever seen. In fact, there was absolutely no checks that were being preformed and the call to our tour guides phones had actually been made by the bus driver. WE were truly had.
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