Australia

Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Australia is the sixty biggest country in the world.

23-24 million people live in Australia and about 80% of them live on the East Coast. About 60% live in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Australia's capital city is Canberra.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. There are 3400800 people who live there.

Sydney is a city on the East Coast of Australia and about 4 million people live there and it's the biggest city in Oceania.

Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia. It's the capital of Victoria. The population of Melbourne is about 3 million.

Brisbane is the capital city and the biggest city of Queensland. it has a population of 2.2 million people. Brisbane is on the Brisbane River.

Perth is the capital city of the state of Western Australia. About 1.7 million pepole live there.

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia and it has an approximate population of 1.2 million people.

If we go to Australia, we can visit an historical museum 'Australia War Memorial' situated in Canberra. Also we can visit 'ANZAC War Memorial' that is a military monument of Sidney.

In Australia there are a lots of natural parks for example 'Camunda National Park', 'Auburn River National Park', etc.

The most popular animal in Australia is the kangaroo but there are also koalas, monkeys, ducks, dolphins, etc. 

The bridge and the woman

Countries discuss same-sex marriage, but not marriage to a bridge. Last month, an Australian artist, Jodi Rose, feeling in love with a 600-year-old bridge in France and married it. France doesn't agree with marriages between people and bridges. Fourteen guests went to the wedding to see the couple become bridge and wife. They mayor of the near by town blessed the marriage. Jodi wore a white wedding dress. She gave the bridge a very large ring. Jodi Rose visits bridges worldwide to record their sound sand movement. She makes experimental music. She said it was love at first sight for her bridge. She blogged that: "Although he is made of stone... I feel at peace... He makes me feel connected to the earth," especially after travelling. Jodi said she loves "the spiritual vibration in everything". She said that her new partner is: "The perfect husband... strong and silent"...

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration held on the 5th of May. It's celebrated in the United States and in Mexico. This date is observed to commemorate the Mexican's army unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on the 5th of May , 1862.

Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's Independence Day that is celebrated on the 16th of September.