It’s Day 30 of our Down Under Author Showcase.
Welcome, Bette Browne!
I can’t believe the month has gone so quickly and our time Down Under is almost finished. I have love making the acquaintance of every single author who has participated. Through their interviews and guest posts, bios and books, each has given me a different way to look at things as well as so many new books to put on my reading list. I hope that they have done the same for you! Two more authors to go. Today let’s welcome, Bette Browne who is talking about Christmas Down Under!
You still have time to enter Bottom Drawer Publications contest, just go to the Down Under Author Showcase page and look for the Rafflecopter link. Don’t forget as well to enter Wayward Ink Publications contest too!
Am I running out of facts for you? No, I’m not, so onto our facts of the day.
Australia Facts of the Day
The largest Greek population in the world beside Athens in Greece can be found in Melbourne Victoria.
The only nation-continent of 20 million people in the world.
The wattle was adopted as the national floral emblem in 1912. Does the US have a national floral symbol?
The first Australian Friendly Society with the motto of ‘Advance Australia’ was the Australian Natives’ Association (ANA) formed in Victoria in 1871.
More than 80 percent of Australians live within 100 kilometres of the coast making Australia one of the world’s most urbanised coastal dwelling populations.
New Zealand Facts of the Day
Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, is the world’s steepest street. The road has a gradient of 1 in 2.86 at its steepest section, a 38 per cent grade. What is a certain street in San Francisco known for?
From 1867 to 1927, the government planed ahead for shipwrecks by building supply-filled huts on remote islands.
There is a clock in Dunedin which has been running since 1864, despite never having been wound since it was made.
Gisborne airport has train tracks running across the middle of the runway. Quite often, trains and planes have to stop until one moves out of the way.
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 