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Australia Is A Whole Different World, And These 50 Photos Are Here To Prove It
"This land is cursed; the animals hop not run, birds run, not fly and the swans are black not white. This land is cursed and I'll have nothing more to do with it," wrote William Dampier, one of the first Europeans to ever explore the continent of Australia, back in 1688.
In case you didn't know, 26 January is the national day of Australia. And what could be a more beautiful way to celebrate the occasion than by honoring all the little things that make this country the beautiful, interesting and absolutely bizarre place that it is. With that being said, Bored Panda invites you to look through some of our favorite photos shared by people on the interwebs proving that Australia isn't just another country, but a whole different world. As per usual, don't forget to leave a comment here and there and vote for your favorite pics!
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Saw This On My Local Facebook Page
This Interesting Plant Is Native To Australia
This Is How Much Food You Can Get For The Cost Of A Pack Of Cigarettes In Australia
A 6 Month Old Baby Kangaroo I Am Raising Is Very Impatient At Bottle Time....
Too Hot For Jesus In Queensland!
Rainbow Wrasse Caught Off Christmas Island
An Emu Egg I Found A Few Years Back In Australia
Camping In Australia
We have heaps of Rainbow Lorikeets on our street, so pretty. Except when they eat all the nectarines from my tree lol.
If that was really it I would love to go camping there, but then there are snakes and spiders and God knows what and they all want to kill you...
Yeah-thats not really the problem-those things typically stay away. Its the ants you have to watch for..
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Yeah they have very big attitude for a little bird! Bossy and noisy!
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They’re such characters. They hop instead of walk and are scared of nothing. They carry on making such a racket and this morning, you’d think they were all fighting with the noise (they often wrestle, as do some of our other parrots) but nope, each one was eating flower nectar (in a large tree where I work). Dunno what they were going off at. All quiet once they had finished their drink.
This makes me miss my 2 little misfits :'( We had 2 pet rainbow lorikeets until maybe 5 months ago. They were beautiful and loving (until they got over excited and started biting...). RIP Freddy and Lily <3 At least Freddy isn't lonely anymore. He was for a few months after Lily passed, but then he got out of his cage when the dogs were playing and they scared him :'(
Raiunbow Lorikeets - Agressive critters too. lovely to look at but they are the wilds hoolagans. If they could drive cars and wield baseball bats, no letterbox would be in one piece.
This description is insanely accurate. Thank you for this.
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They are a fascinating bird, I have never really paid them any mind until the last few years when at any given time they can turn up. They seem to like pairings, even if you end up with 6 or more on your balcony they will be in pairs, they are also bullies, definitely a pecking order when it comes to who decides who gets to eat first. They are easily trained too which is amazing, they used to land on our kitchen window wanting to be fed, and I through gestures retrained them to the other side of the building to the balcony, so bizarre how easy to do. Some are very trusting will eat from your hand, some won't at all. Definitely way cooler than pigeons but also very messy so not good to get them to know you will feed them, it was getting up to 16 at one time that I had to stop :( now they torture me with guilt.
Don't leave any food unsecured overnight, possums will devour it and spread the wrappers etc everywhere
When we traveled from NSW to WA, one place we stopped at there were several of these parrots around the tent, they would sit on the doorway and almost swing upside down to see what was going on inside. Curious and very friendly.
They're a lot prettier than the seagulls that steal food round here. Those ones appear to have a few more manners too. Our gulls are less like guests and more like ram raiders.
Not really actually. So long as you don't bother the wildlife, other than the occasional food stealing or guilting you into giving them food, most creatures will leave you alone.
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Ok...now I'm really jealous! I want to go so bad! (With my dad who was born there, all his fam is there and hasn't been back since he was 12)
Their little birdy expressions appear entirely displeased. I'm sure the opposite is true though!
"Just Pan Over To The Left Barry"
Lizards In Australia
This Accursed Land
Spencer Lake In Australia, Naturally Pink
He Came Down Through The Fireplace And Trashed The Place, Ate My Bananas And Jumped On Me At 2am
Wave Rock, Australia
Meanwhile In Australia
...You know Australia is going to be fun when it has drunk cockatoos
It’s So Bloody Hot Here In Australia At The Moment, And I Wondered Why Birds Weren’t Using Our Bird Bath
Still A Better Receptionist Than The One We Had On Check In
Finally, Something In Australia That Doesn't Want To Kill Me. Banana For Scale
You Know You're In Australia When Frogs Eat Snakes
Sexy Calendars In Australia
wow. it is clear that the kangaroo is THE most beautiful out of everyone. periodt.
Im Stuck In Europe Because Of Covid And Then My Family Took This Photo And Sent It From Their Camping Trip At Skenes Creek Victoria... Ok, Now I’m Really Homesick
Two Extremely Cute And Endangered Barking Geckos Waring Up On My Hand On A Cold Morning In Western Australia. These Are The Only 2 I've Ever Come Across So Was Pretty Awesome
Honey, There Is A Kid On Our Bug...
...I'm just going to move to the other side of the Earth. Dont mind me. \(""￣▽￣)/
Don't Expect Thanks From Loretta If You Find Her
As An American, You Guys Are Kinda Weird
This Tree In The Daintree Rainforest (Queensland, Australia)
Flushed All The Cane Toads Out Of My Brothers Dam. Some Of Them Took The Easy Way Out - Hitching A Ride On The Back Of A 3.5m Python
An Emu Just Cruising Around My Rural Towns Little Airport
Selling Point For Aussie School
This Roo In A River
My Daughter’s Boyfriend Has Been Helping At His Parents’ Farm In Kingaroy, Queensland. He Took This Shot When The Sheep Came Up To Say G’day
In Australia, This Is Why We Check Our Shoes
Summer In Australia
Typical Road-Side Ditch In Australia
Australia. Where Even The Hail Can Kill You
Rose-Breasted Cockatoo, Aka Pink And Grey Galah
March Of The Hairy Caterpillars
That’s A Blue Ring Octopus, Whose Venom Can Result In Death Within Minutes
Australian Moth
Shopping, Australian Style
A Seal Chilling Outside Sydney Opera House
Maybe I’ll Just Hold On
I See Your Possum Outside Your Window And Raise You Our Break And Enter Culprit Last Night
They Did Not Find The $1.47 A Litre Emusing
Kangaroos: F’ing Up Your Cars Since 1901
Lost count how many tourists I told not to drive after dark in the outback. Kangaroos love sitting on the warm bitumen at night. And are dumb as a thick plank.
What Ever Your View On Today Respect Your Neighbours
Jesus Sydney Take A Chill Pill
Oh god that must be a pain in the a** to figure out where ur going
Felt A Tickle On My Leg, Australia
40 Degrees Up North Vic Today. Had A Little Visitor Come And Smack The Door With His Tail Before Taking A Dip In Our Pond
New Coat Of Arms For Australia?
Eastern States Are A Bit Warm. My Motorbike Stand Was Sinking In The Asphalt
Picture Of A Termite Mound In The Northern Territory Of Australia, Termites Build The Tallest Structures Out Of Any Of The Creatures On Earth
y is she touching ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt i need a trip to mars can anyone carpool mabe?
A Massive Earthworm Found In Queensland, Australia
My Mate Named Him Swoop Dogg - What's Your Best Name For An Angry Magpie?
My BBQ Is Nearly 70°c. It's Not Turned On
Bizarre Scale-Less Blackfish With Fangs Found In Australia
The Two Standard Price Options To Ship Anything To Australia
Weird Critter From Australia. Hairy Backed Pie Beetle (Helia Perforata)
So Having My Lunch Break (Working From Home) When I See Something Moving Across The Living Room Floor. Looks Like I Have A Little Friend Trying To Get Out Of The Heat. Though I'm Damned As To How She Got In Here With All The Doors Shut
Man Imitating Nature Or Nature Imitating Man?
Only In Australia Can You Eat The Two National Animals As Pizza Toppings! This Would Be Like Eating A Bald Eagle Burger
Gives Me The Heebs Every Time I Walk Under These Guys
I’m Not Used To This. Should I Burn The House Down?
Where Even Beaches Have Spiders
This Very Specific Crossroads Sign In Mount Isa, Australia
One Way To Stop Door Knockers
They Call This "Fairy Bread"
A Classic Party Snack
Just Your Regular Morning Wake Up
This Is Called A “Shoey” In Australia. Something Done For Fun Apparently?
Australia- the land of everything beautiful.Wouldn't live anywhere else! 🐨🦘
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It's funny as an Australian seeing all these non-Australians freak out over all this stuff. For real, the chances of seeing the actual dangerous animals is pretty slim, I live on a property in rural Queensland and I rarely see any of the actual dangerous animals.
Most dangerous thing in Australia is the sun. Worst sunburn of my life... Bondi beach.
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These are terrifying but it doesn't really discourage me: I'd love to go to Australia someday
yeah! i would like to see all the un-noped animals!
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I feel like ireland is the polar opposite. It's cold, raining, and our spiders are tiny, also, no snakes.
No snakes in Ireland and it's cold, if I move I'll gladly come to live there. I don't support the high heat in summer and don't want to a have a snake in my toilet.
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The amount of people holding in their hands or taking pictures of giant posionus stuff is insane, Australians fear nothing holy s**t
Sooo... how many people are carpooling to Mars? And do you guys have room for one more?
I am so torn between " I want to go to Australia" and "I never want to go to Australia"
At this point i wouldn't be surprised if Uluru just turns out to be an egg sac for a few dozen Plane-sized Kissing Bugs.
Australia is actually fabulous as hell. I've visited many times and I love love love it there.
every time i think it will be cool to move to australia i see stuff like this
You all know the song that goes, oh no , oh no, oh no no no no no. Australia version. Oh. Noer oh noer oh noer noer noer noer noer
lots of stuff was really pretty but i dont wanna go there cuz of snakes and stuff
I think this may be Australia's subtle way of discouraging cowardly tourists. It worked, I ain't going. ( Well, that, money and a long, long plane ride.
Thanks for the PSA...I will now cross that continent off my bucket list
I'd go find me a big-ol python and i'd see how close i could get to it and if i could pick it up cuz im an idiot
Phew, got through the whole post and not a single spider picture. Thank god...
Australia: the land of "i'll be dead within a week due to allergic reaction"
I actually wanted to visit Australia. but now I have seen those photos that Australia I actually don't want to visit anymore. from snakes, hot weather, many bugs and even those green things. look. I will stay in Athens! I have made my decision
Someone should have showed a picture of that scary as hell funnel web spider! I couldn't go to sleep at night unless it was in a clear locked box!!!
I wonder is australian jails are full of criminal animals cause surely there not going to let them animals get away with the theft and the breaking and entering gotta show dem animals whose boss
Huntsman Spiders. The one reason why I refuse to go to Australia (also the massive orb weavers).
Prob would explain why all the creatures are creepy looking, not regular sized, etc. Some look like the bugs you encounter in Fallout lol
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To be hones, the show Border Patrol is a much bigger deterrent than the bugs / other scary wildlife. The show makes it seem as if they think that there are 100% good guys in A and 100% bad guys everywhere else, (You took LSD once fifteen years ago? We might want to hold you back for half a day to discuss if we risk the downfall of our nation by letting you stay for your holiday), I quite like snakes, so I would need somebody to follow me and say "NO, do NOT try to pet it idiot, it might kill you"
Australia- the land of everything beautiful.Wouldn't live anywhere else! 🐨🦘
Load More Replies... It's funny as an Australian seeing all these non-Australians freak out over all this stuff. For real, the chances of seeing the actual dangerous animals is pretty slim, I live on a property in rural Queensland and I rarely see any of the actual dangerous animals.
Most dangerous thing in Australia is the sun. Worst sunburn of my life... Bondi beach.
Load More Replies... These are terrifying but it doesn't really discourage me: I'd love to go to Australia someday
yeah! i would like to see all the un-noped animals!
Load More Replies... I feel like ireland is the polar opposite. It's cold, raining, and our spiders are tiny, also, no snakes.
No snakes in Ireland and it's cold, if I move I'll gladly come to live there. I don't support the high heat in summer and don't want to a have a snake in my toilet.
Load More Replies... The amount of people holding in their hands or taking pictures of giant posionus stuff is insane, Australians fear nothing holy s**t
Sooo... how many people are carpooling to Mars? And do you guys have room for one more?
I am so torn between " I want to go to Australia" and "I never want to go to Australia"
At this point i wouldn't be surprised if Uluru just turns out to be an egg sac for a few dozen Plane-sized Kissing Bugs.
Australia is actually fabulous as hell. I've visited many times and I love love love it there.
every time i think it will be cool to move to australia i see stuff like this
You all know the song that goes, oh no , oh no, oh no no no no no. Australia version. Oh. Noer oh noer oh noer noer noer noer noer
lots of stuff was really pretty but i dont wanna go there cuz of snakes and stuff
I think this may be Australia's subtle way of discouraging cowardly tourists. It worked, I ain't going. ( Well, that, money and a long, long plane ride.
Thanks for the PSA...I will now cross that continent off my bucket list
I'd go find me a big-ol python and i'd see how close i could get to it and if i could pick it up cuz im an idiot
Phew, got through the whole post and not a single spider picture. Thank god...
Australia: the land of "i'll be dead within a week due to allergic reaction"
I actually wanted to visit Australia. but now I have seen those photos that Australia I actually don't want to visit anymore. from snakes, hot weather, many bugs and even those green things. look. I will stay in Athens! I have made my decision
Someone should have showed a picture of that scary as hell funnel web spider! I couldn't go to sleep at night unless it was in a clear locked box!!!
I wonder is australian jails are full of criminal animals cause surely there not going to let them animals get away with the theft and the breaking and entering gotta show dem animals whose boss
Huntsman Spiders. The one reason why I refuse to go to Australia (also the massive orb weavers).
Prob would explain why all the creatures are creepy looking, not regular sized, etc. Some look like the bugs you encounter in Fallout lol
Load More Replies... To be hones, the show Border Patrol is a much bigger deterrent than the bugs / other scary wildlife. The show makes it seem as if they think that there are 100% good guys in A and 100% bad guys everywhere else, (You took LSD once fifteen years ago? We might want to hold you back for half a day to discuss if we risk the downfall of our nation by letting you stay for your holiday), I quite like snakes, so I would need somebody to follow me and say "NO, do NOT try to pet it idiot, it might kill you"
