Australia

Australia
The Australian federation consists of six States and two Territories. The largest state is Western Australia and its about the same size of Western Europe. The Capital Cities are: Sydney the city of New South Wales Melbourne the city of Victoria Adelaide the city of South Australia Brisbane the city of Queensland Perth the city of Western Australia Hobart the city of Tasmania The two territory cities are Darwin the city of Northern Territory & Canberra the city of Australian Capital Territory

Perth

Hobart

Brisbane

Melbourne

Sydney

Uluru
Uluru also known as Ayres Rock is a large sandstone rock in the Southern Part of the Northern Territory, in the middle of Australia. Uluru is a sacred landmark to the Aboriginal Australian culture. Its 348m high and has a total area circumference of 9.4km. It changes colour at different times of the day and year, with it glowing at both dawn and sunset.

Australia
Population of Australia : 22 million people Total area : Worlds 6th largest country with a total area of 7,612,930 km2 The Capital of Australia : Canberra is the capital, although Sydney is the main tourist attraction and has the largest population

Religion : Majority are Christian, 66 %. Other religions include Roman Catholic, Anglican and many are not religious main

Food
Australians have a small lunch and a big dinner at around 6 unlike Italians. There is no specific food that Australians eat as its a multicultural country we eat everything! We eat roast meat and vegetables, pasta, pizza, casseroles, barbecued meat ( lots of sausages), fish and seafood, vegetables, salad, soup, curries and stir-fries. Chicken Parmigiana is also one of the most popular meals originating from Italy. For breakfast we have eggs, pancakes, cereal, bacon, french toast and fruit. Popular Australian deserts and sweets include Timtams, Lamingtons, fairy bread and Pavlova

Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital and most populated city of the state, South Australia and is the fifth largest city in Australia. Adelaide has a population of more than 1.28 million and is situation on the shores of the St Gulf Vincent. Adelaide is known for its festivals, wine, beaches and sporting events. The main sports played in Adelaide are Australian Football, Tennis, Netball and Football. Australian Football is very big, with the city having two teams, The Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide. The whether is very hot in Adelaide, with temperatures during summer reaching 42 degrees. In winter the lowest temperature would be 4 degrees, with rain, and wind but no snow.

Adelaide

Adelaide Beaches

Brighton Secondary School

In Australia school is compulsory from the age of 5 . You attend primary school until you reach 13. You then start Secondary School where you attend until your 17, so I have only 1 and a half years of school left Brighton Secondary School, the school I attend is a secondary school in the coastal city of Adelaide and has approximately 1350 students.
I do 7 subjects, and attend school 5 days a week from 8:30 in the morning until 3:30 in the afternoon.

School in Australia finished on Friday of each week, so therefore Saturday, Sunday is the weekend and free time for us. Friday night is normally spent at home with the family, have dinner and then watch movies with your family or friends, but dont really do much. Saturday morning and afternoon, is called Saturday sport. Almost every sport competition is played on Saturday morning, Aussie football, netball, basketball, football, volleyball, cricket, tennis everything! No plans are made with friends or family, as most people have sport on. I have tennis on Saturday mornings in summer and volleyball on Saturday mornings and afternoon in winter. Saturday night I normally spend with friends. There are a lot of house parties and gatherings on so we might go to one of them, or we might go out to dinner, to the cinemas. On Sunday I normally work, study, see the family or friends again.

Summer
A lot of Italians seem to go away during the winter, almost all Australians dont. Kids and teenagers get a few months holidays but adults who work dont get any holidays except for maybe a week at Christmas time. The summer is mostly spent with friends, family and working a summer job. We spend a lot of days at the beach or at a friends house as many of them have pools. There are music festivals, parties, so there always is something to do.Christmas is spent with extended family. For me, my relatives normally come to my families house and we spend Christmas there, then we normally go down the beach in the afternoon. New Years Eve I spent with friends normally.