A is for Aborigine the first people of Australia.
B is for a bear that is not a bear - the Koala Bear that is found eastern and southern Australia.
C is for Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
D is for dreamtime, the religion of the Aborigine.
E is for echidna which besides the duck billed platypus are the world's only mammals that lay eggs.
F is for flying doctors. Doctors in the outback still often travel by plane to reach their patients.
G is for the Great Barrier Reef which is made of hundreds of reefs and islands stretches for 1,200 miles and is the world’s longest coral reef.
H is for ‘hang on a tick’ or wait just a minute.
I is for island, Australia is the world’s smallest continent.
J is for jarrah, is one of the most common species of Eucalyptus trees.
K is for kangaroos the symbol of Australia, they are featured on the Australian coat of arms and money.
L is for lamington, sponge cake dipped into chocolate and coconut.
M is for mountains, including a burning mountain where coal burns deep underground after as many as a thousand years.
N is for the Ningaloo Reef where you can swim along side rare whale sharks.
O is for the outback, what the desert areas are commonly called.
P is for pavlova a meringue dessert covered with cream and fruit.
Q is for the Quokko which has become rare due to it’s no fear of humans. People often capture the little ’kangaroo’ for a pet.
R is for the red-legged jabiru.
S is for sports, Australia is one of the few countries that has participated in every Olympic Games, and is home to Australian Rules Football a.k.a. footy.
T is for tasmanian tiger, a stripe doglike animal that is now extinct.
U is for Uluru the world's largest single rock.
V is for venomous snakes, Australia is home to the largest number of venomous snakes in the world.W is for wallabies, a small forest dwelling marsupial.
X marks the spot
Y is for the Yowah Opal Miners Festival which promotes the Australian National Gemstone - the Opal.
Z is for a zebra crossing - not a real zebra but a pedestrian crossing where the road is painted with white stripes on the black bitumen.
