5 things you might not know about Australia
1) The emergency telephone number is 000; the international access code is 0011.
2) Burger King isn’t called Burger King, it’s called Hungry Jack’s. But they still sell whoppers and have the same logo.
3) Australians don’t generally eat Kangaroo or Crocodile, or drink Fosters. These are things they just export to the rest of the world with a sly chuckle.
4) There are only five terrestrial TV networks; despite the fact that three of them are called Seven, Nine and Ten.
5) The towers on Sydney Harbour Bridge don’t actually have any functional purpose; they’re there only to make it look safer.
Sydney was a proud and fine Olympic host in 2000; let’s hope London can live up to the promise and match that enthusiasm for 2012. Please Mr Blair, can we now finally build Crossrail?
