Size of Australia comparison to Europe.

[DSTM]

For those Members, who have never been to OZ,we are an Island,and this gives you an idea, of the size,compared to Europe.:)

 

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[RandyL]

That's not an island, that's a continent.

[DSTM]

That's not an island, that's a continent.

Although Australia also meets the definition of an island (a piece of land surrounded by water), it is large enough to be considered its own continent.

So by definition,it can be considered both.

Edited August 30, 2008 by DSTM

[RandyL]

LOL

It is a very large island isn't it? It definitely dwarfs most of Europe. How long would it take to do a complete "walk about"? LOL

[Mara]

Suspect visitors to your Country may be as confused as to it's true size as they often are when visiting Canada, DSTM - huge smile!

 

(Can honestly remember when relatives from England actually packed a suitcase when they heard we were driving 200 miles to show them our Canyon. To us, it's a day trip).

 

Wonder what it costs to fly from one side of your Country to the other? Here, it costs considerable more to fly across Canada than, for instance, to Europe.

[Seth]

Holy **** Doug.

 

I'm very well educated in such things (or so I thought).

 

I have no words to say as I keep scrolling back to your original post that shows Australia devouring all of Europe.

 

BTW- Did I ever tell you that I want to move to AU or NZ?

[Seth]

Suspect visitors to your Country may be as confused as to it's true size as they often are when visiting Canada, DSTM - huge smile!

 

(Can honestly remember when relatives from England actually packed a suitcase when they heard we were driving 200 miles to show them our Canyon. To us, it's a day trip).

 

Wonder what it costs to fly from one side of your Country to the other? Here, it costs considerable more to fly across Canada than, for instance, to Europe.

 

Seth grumbles at the lack of details and continues to pursue a purely Canadian technical support site.

[Mara]

Seth, suspect a "purely Canadian technical support site" may well be impossible - if one believes my American friends (grin!) - who maintain we "Canadians are so laid-back even computer problems don't cause gray hair!"

 

Australia is, without doubt, one of the places that I wish we'd visited when we were jaunting around - drat, drat! But then again, apparently you've got HUGE snakes there, Doug - eeeeeek!

[Dalo Harkin]

I have never seen that pic before - thats amazing in terms of the scale of Australia - I knew it was big, but I never saw a comparison that put it to scale like that Doug - Amazed :eek:

 

Seth moving to AU or NZ - isn't that a huge climate change, Seth I pictured you wearing those huge lumberjack jackets and arctic clothing lol

 

When I retire I want to move to Canada - I love the cold :D

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Seth's moving over to Oz as he freely admits he just couldn't hack it in West Yorkshire with being a complete soft arse. :D

 

Plus he'd be afraid of strolling though areas like these rolling moors where I might be lurking.

 

Countryside near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire : 1030257 - PicturesOfEngland.com

[Dalo Harkin]

lol - Seth in AU - he needs to be more bothered about:-

 

DEADLY spiders

CROKS (OBVIOUSLY DEADLY :D)

DEADLY snakes

SHARKS (no Seth not inland :p they have not evolved that much)

to name just a few - :eek:

LMAO

[DSTM]

Seth, suspect a "purely Canadian technical support site" may well be impossible - if one believes my American friends (grin!) - who maintain we "Canadians are so laid-back even computer problems don't cause gray hair!"

 

Australia is, without doubt, one of the places that I wish we'd visited when we were jaunting around - drat, drat! But then again, apparently you've got HUGE snakes there, Doug - eeeeeek!

 

Not really huge,but deadly,Mara. They dont bother you, unless you provoke them, or surprise them.Here is one that was caught in an Electiric fence, here recently, that was eating the new born Lambs.This is extremely rare.

 

http://i34.tinypic.com/b6f1ja.jpg

 

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[Dalo Harkin]

I have seen that before - NICE :eek:

I have seen plenty that have half consumed humans in them too :eek:

 

I will remain in the most taxed country, we have snakes too but they mostly reside in government :rolleyes:

[DSTM]

OZ, is still the best Country,Dalo

You seldom see snakes.

When Mara told me, Brown Bears walk past her house in Canada,Daily,I was in shock to hear it.Such a potentially deadly wild animal outside your house.:eek:

What does worry me here, is in the Gardens in Sydney,we have deadly Funnel Web Spiders.They are aggressive, and can jump short distances.

I did post that Snake pic somewhere,previous,but what site escapes me.:)

What amazes me,is New Zealand hasn't any snakes.

[Dalo Harkin]

Bears are very dangerous I agree - I would not like to end up being on the receiving end of a bear tearing my arm off and hitting me with the soggy end :eek: LMAO

as for spiders and snakes for such small creatures they are hard to avoid most of the time - at least you can see bears.

[RandyL]

I would rather take my chances with a bear then a spider, bee or wasp. I'm extremely allergic to insect venom. Different creatures for different people.

[DSTM]

Bears are very dangerous I agree - I would not like to end up being on the receiving end of a bear tearing my arm off and hitting me with the soggy end :eek: LMAO

as for spiders and snakes for such small creatures they are hard to avoid most of the time - at least you can see bears.

 

Agreed.I would not like to meet a Bear,that's having a bad day.LOL

These are our 10 most deadly creatures,but rarely would come into contact with them,unless you went looking for them.

People over dramatize,but chances of being attacked are very rare.

The 10 Most Dangerous Animals in Australia

[Dalo Harkin]

Yeah they are all really bad - I read or watched on a geography channel or something that sea snakes are the most poisenous kind :confused:

Agreed in the fact that they are not just roaming about and you would be hard pressed to just see any near your house for example.

Still - there are animals in nearly every continent that can kill people, native or not they are there.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Still - there are animals in nearly every continent that can kill people, native or not they are there.

 

Yeah there's one in Canada that needs to be caged :D

[Dalo Harkin]

Wolfey that's not a nice thing to say :rolleyes: wait until Mara gets hold of you lol

and as for Seth - brown bear - more like gummy bear LMAO

[Seth]

You guys are whacked.

 

i'm going back to my cave:D

 

BTW- That was a beautiful pic Wolfey.

[maynardvdm]

Even South Africa is bigger than England, Scotland and Wales, but not the whole Europe. NZ is very small again.

 

I would also like to visit Australia. :)

[Mara]

My relatives in Wales would be so, so happy that you didn't lump them in with England, maynardvdm! Huge smile!

 

Okay DSTM, those photos were downright scary! (I'd add a smiley here if only I knew how) ... one look at those snakes in real life this healthy heart would stop from sheer horror! Give me our big furry bears anytime!

 

Gotta admit that what I thought I knew about Australia was mostly incorrect, though. Knew it was huge and knew you have nasty creatures both on land and in the sea - but now I've spent time researching it, wow, what a beautiful Country!

[DSTM]

Your furry bears, can be real nasty, too,Mara.

This is what happened, when a Game Warden, tried to release a Brown Bear, back into the Wild.

This Guy was lucky.He only needed 53 stitches.

 

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[Dalo Harkin]

53 stitches - thats only a scratch on his leg.