It's A Small World #6 - Australia
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This series was started by Foxx1090, he has encouraged others to add to it, so we are starting to use this series to place nano caches in nice places where other types of caches have been frequently muggled or just don't work out.
The point of the cache is to make nano caches about places around the world. We are trying to go from A to Z. The It's A Small World Series will go to 80 countries. Feel Free To Make Your Own, but make sure it is in alphabetical order!
The cache is a nano located on the border of Pelham and Mt. Vernon. Parking is available on both the Mt. Vernon and Pelham sides (if you park on the Pelham side there is a safe passage across the parkway to the cache), so you can approach from either way. Please bring a pen/pencil the cache is too small to fit one! Cache is a standard "black nano" container, with a touch of gray on it (do not remove the gray as the cache will not be replaceable from where found without it). .
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east.
For around 40,000 years before European settlement commenced in the late 18th century, the Australian mainland and Tasmania were inhabited by around 250 individual nations of indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the immediate north, and European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, founded on 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in the following years; the continent was explored, and during the 19th century another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since Federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth realm. The population is just over 21.7 million, with approximately 60% concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. The nation's capital city is Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Technologically advanced and industrialised, Australia is a prosperous multicultural country and has good results in many international comparisons of national performance such as health care, life expectancy, quality-of-life, human development, public education, economic freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights.
It's A Small World Countries (80):
Albania (X)
Angola (X)
Antigua & Barbuda (X)
Argentina (X)
Aruba (X)
Austraila (X)
Bahamas
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Cayman Islands
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia (Country)
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guam
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Kosovo
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Russia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkey
Turks & Caicos
UK
Ukraine
Uruguay
USA
Venezuela
Vietnam
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