trip around the globe, we’re stopping in a rather revered country, one that many wished

世界剛繞了一圈，我們可能駐足在一個大家所嚮往的夢幻國度

to see. As we digitally travel to The Land Down Under, we're going to meet 300 jolly

透過鏡頭遊澳洲，我們可以一次目睹300位

surfers, we'll see what mum has got cookin' for all of your Wally siblings, we'll yabber

衝浪好手，還可以看看來自澳洲媽媽的道地家鄉菜，和澳洲朋友一起rap

about some Boomers, and we promise, there isn't a Buckley's chance you'll be disappointed.

一起潮，我保證，絕對讓你大開眼界

This video, as Australians would call it, is the Dinky-di.

這支影片，我們澳洲人會叫他「Dinky-di」

10. Australia’s Innovations Many people likely don’t associate Australia

第十個，澳式創意。很多人可能不會把澳洲

with inventions – or really anything outside of kangaroos – but the country has been

和創新聯想在一起，或是就想到野生袋鼠，其實在澳洲，出了好幾位

home to some great innovators. Some of the earliest inventors were Australia’s aboriginal

創意人才。有些早期的發明家是澳洲在地原住民

population, who invented the boomerang some ten thousand years ago. In the 20th century

他們1萬年前就發明了迴力鏢。單單在20世紀

alone, Australian inventors were churning out products that we still use on a regular

澳洲發明家所創造的產品，到現在人們都還常常使用

basis today, such as notepads, configured by stationer J. A. Birchall; Dr. David Warren’s

像是你手機裡的記事本，就是由文具發明家 J. A. Birchall所設計的，David Warren博士

black box flight recorder; and the power strip, originally developed by Peter Talbot. Other

則是發明飛行紀錄器，延長線最也也是由澳洲 Peter Talbot發想的

notable firsts include the first feature-length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, the first

其他發明先鋒包括世界上第一部劇情長片《凱利幫的故事》，還有第一台

refrigerator, and more locally used items like the didgeridoo, a wooden musical instrument.

冰箱，還有更多當地常見的樂器迪吉里杜管(澳洲原住民的樂器)，是一種木製樂器

For the girls watching this, you know those Ugg boots you love so much? Yep, that's right,

正在收看的女孩們，你知道你的愛鞋UGG雪靴來自哪裡嗎?是的，別懷疑

thank Australia the next time you slip them on!

下次穿它的時候，感謝一下澳洲的設計師吧!

9. Famous Australians Sure, we all know Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush,

澳洲名人，你知道的，演斷背山的希斯萊傑，鋼琴師傑佛瑞羅許

Cate Blanchett, Paul Hogan, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, and Mel Gibson as certified

凱特布蘭琪、保羅霍根、妮可基嫚、休傑克曼、還有梅爾吉勃遜都是

Australians, but there’s more that hails from Down Under than great Hollywood talent.

澳洲人，不過驚豔全世界的，絕對不只這些好萊塢明星的才華

2000 Sydney Olympic winner Cathy Freeman, who took gold in the 400m run, did her country

2000年雪梨奧運400公尺金牌得主Cathy Freeman，是澳洲人的驕傲

proud, as did 1973 Nobel Prize winner Patrick White. Radio's blast out tunes from the country’s

還有1973年的諾貝爾文學獎得主Patrick White。電台熱門點播的鄉村歌手

musical stars, Keith Urban, Kylie Minogue, and Olivia Newton John as our eyes are treated

齊斯艾本、凱莉米洛、奧莉維亞紐頓強，還有

to works of art by artists such as Brett Whitely, Pro Hart, and Normal Lindsay. Let’s also

not forget the stunning personality of Steve Irwin, who personified Australia for much

of the world. 8. Australian Cuisine

Don’t let Outback Steakhouse fool you. Australian cuisine is far more interesting than a blossoming

tray of onions and steaks. In fact, for a restaurant that prides itself on its Down

Under style, it’s missing a well-known Australian staple – Vegemite. Beyond the yeasty food

paste, indigenous and more traditional Australians are known to dine on the witchetty grub, a

wood-eating larvae. Should an almond-tasting insect not whet your appetite, maybe something

sweeter like lamington or smokier like barbecued snags will hit the spot. Those crazy Aussies

are also known for their love for meat pies, Macadamia nuts, Fantales, Tim Tams, Weet-Bix,

and Anzac biscuits. 7. Tourist Attractions in Australia

As you should and can expect with any country you’ve yet to travel to, Australia is home

to quite an array of attractions and sites worth making the trip for. One of its more

notable buildings is the Sydney Opera House, a venue for concerts, local theater, and so

much more. History buffs may enjoy visiting the Shrine of Remembrance, which was built

to commemorate and honor the 19,000 Victorians that perished during the First World War.

Thalassophobics are going to want to stray from the Great Barrier Reef, but anyone with

a keen interest in nature should get a kick out of this system of 2,900 reefs and 900

islands. Additional attractions include Port Jackson, Blue Mountain, Tasmania, and the

Great Ocean Road. 6. Australia's Wildlife

We may have seen some of Australia’s indigenous wildlife tucked safely within some cave, but

there’s nothing like seeing them in their natural habitat. Critters like the Tasmanian

Devil, a tiny creature Mel Blank turned into a whirlwind of a beast, or the equally as

cute wombat. We’d be doing a disservice to not name the expected animals, like the

kangaroo, koala, or baby-eating dingoe; but we also don’t want to leave out the tiny

kookaburra or the long-nosed fur seal, found on the southern coast of Australia. There

is, of course, the myriad of deadly creatures like the cone snail, cassowary, stone fish,

just to name a few. Oh, and how did we forget the platypus, the beaver's ugly cousin. Or

is the beaver the platypus' ugly cousin? Actually, according to experts, they aren't related

at all, as the platypus is only related to one other animal in the rare monotreme family,

the Echidna. So, yea.. that joke didn't go as expected.

5. Australian Gold Rush The United States of America isn’t the only

country to have experienced a gold rush. During the 19th century, specifically in 1851, Edward

Hargraves stumbled across a small speck of gold near Bathurst. Post-discovery, Hargraves

dubbed the gold site “Ophir,” was named Commissioner of the Land, received a life

pension, and inadvertently started a gold rush in Australia. By 1852, 370,000 immigrants

landed in Australia in hopes of cashing in on the boom in mining. As it usually is when

money is involved, tensions rose between the miners and authorities over goldfield licensing,

leading to 1,000 men proclaiming an oath at the Eureka stockade to defend their rights

and liberties. After intervention from Melbourne troops, 22 of the 1,000 were killed and Eureka

was reclaimed. 4. Australian Ballot

In 1856, the states of Victoria and South Australia introduced a new system of voting

that many countries still utilize today. Dubbed the “Australian ballot,” and later the

“secret ballot,” this voting method made it possible for voters to be able to cast

a ballot in privacy. As the protection of voters became a growing concern across the

globe, United States and parts of Europe adopted the Aussie means of voting. Traditionally,

the means of privacy is a ballot box or booth of a specific dimension. The voters are given

uniform cards and a uniform means of marking said card. More modern voting methods have

turned to electronic methods, which tend to be under constant scrutiny… in the United

States. 3. Australian Holidays

Despite being seemingly in its own world, the country of Australia and the people that

devote themselves to it have experienced loss during some of the world’s most trying times.

To commemorate those that gave their lives during the First World War, which is the first

major military action fought by both Australian and New Zealand forces, Aussie’s celebrate

ANZAC day. ANZAC Day specifically points towards the landing of Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915.

During the battle on the peninsula, Australia saw a loss of 8,000 soldiers against the Turkish

defenders, who wound up pushing allied forces into a defeat. For both Australia and New

Zealand, the battle molded a legendary image for the members of the Australian and New

Zealand Army Corps. 2. World Records

When it comes to World Records, Australia isn't exempt from these feats, even when it

comes to comedic value. In December of 2015, some 320 Australians took to the waves, breaking

the record for most "Surfing Santa's" at one location. In November of 2015, David Richards

broke a record for "Most bulbs on a Christmas Tree" by stringing 518,838 LED lights on 22-meter

or 72-foot tree in Canberra to raise money for families affected by sudden infant death

syndrome. On March 29th, 2008, daredevil Robbie Maddison broke the record for the longest

motorcycle ramp jump at 106.98 meters or roughly 351 feet at the Crusty Demons Night of World

Records at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1. The Island of Misfit Boys When you don’t want someone in your presence,

you find a way to banish them. In 1788, England did exactly that by deporting approximately

763 convicts to Australia, which was to act as a prison colony. Over 50,000 criminals

in 60 years were brought to the land Down Under, but it was about more than rehabilitation.

In fact, it was widely believed by England’s upper class that criminals were defective,

could not be rehabilitated, and simply needed to be separated from those that lacked such

defects. In this colony, prisoners were not kept behind bars, but conditions were grim.

Sadistic volunteers from Great Britain oversaw prisoners, kept strict rules and harsh punishments.