Australia

Top destinations when moving to Australia

The name Australia has a double etymology. It comes from the Latin Australis, ‘of the South’, and ‘unknown land of the South” (earth australis incognita).

Useful information about your move to Australia

Australia is one of the 14 independent countries of Oceania, and is the world’s sixth largest country. It is surrounded by the Indian and Pacific ocean and the Glacial Antarctic, and is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas. It has a coastline of 25,760 km, making it a huge tourist attraction with its stunning beaches, perfect for surfing and other water sports.

The Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world, is located by the northeast coast and covers over 2000 kilometers. There are a large number of independent islands, between 100 and 300 km.Pacífico, y separada de Asia por los mares de Arafura y Timor. Tiene una línea costera de 25.760 km, lo que la hace uno de los lugares del mundo que llaman la atención de turistas por sus impactantes playas, perfectas para practicar surf y otros deportes acuáticos.

Climate

Much of Australia is desert or semi-arid. It is the driest, flattest inhabited country and has very little fertile soil. There is a mild climate in the Southeast and southwest. The northern areas of the country have a tropical climate with environments such as forests, grasslands, swamps and deserts.

Australian gastronomy

There are a small number of popular desserts and sweets in Australia:

• Pavlova: The most well-known. It is a cake made with cream, meringue and fresh fruit (kiwi, peach etc.)

• Anzac biscuits

• Lamingtons

• Vanilla slice

Australian cuisine is characterised by foods that reflect its multicultural historic past: the local Aborigine food, called bush tucker or bush-food, the British and Irish cuisine from the first European settles, and influences from Asian and Mediterranean cooking brought over by immigrants arriving after the First World War.

Due to the dominance of British cuisine, there are plenty of pastries, steaks, grilled steaks, chicken and other forms of meat, generally accompanied by vegetables (known on the continent as meat and three veg).

The typical Australian dish par excellence is meatloaf. There are also popular dishes, though not as popular as meatloaf, that are widely consumed. Cabanossi, a type of sausage similar to salami, for example.

Other common dishes within Australian cuisine are those made using exotic animal meat like crocodile, kangaroo or buffalo. Crustaceans are also used, like mud crabs, prawns and yabbies.

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