Author: Muriel Schmidt

Koalas are found in inland and coastal areas of eastern Australia, from north-east Queensland to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Victorian koalas have longer and thicker fur than koalas living in Queensland, which is an adaptation to Victoria’s colder climate. Where are koalas native to in Australia? The distribution of koalas covers much of […]

Across Victoria, there are three species of kangaroo: Red, Eastern Grey and Western Grey. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) oversees the management and protection of kangaroos across Victoria. Where do kangaroos live in Victoria? In Victoria, they are widespread in the southern and eastern regions. However, they are not found in […]

Victoria’s capital Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian community in Australia. The 2021 census showed that the following states had the largest numbers of people nominating Greek ancestry: Victoria (181,184), New South Wales (141,627), South Australia (40,704), Queensland (32,702), Western Australia (16,117). How many Greek Australians are in Melbourne? According to the 2016 Australian census, […]

You can sleep in most rest areas in Australia, but setting up camp is prohibited. The government of Australia created rest areas for truck drivers to take breaks, and they have limits on how long you can spend there. Normally, you can stay the night, but you have to leave once your time is up. […]

every 100 seconds. From May 2017, trains run every 100 seconds during peak periods, providing 36 trains per hour. How often are Victoria line trains? Trains run every two minutes during peak periods (when its the busiest). In normal service, all trains run from Brixton to Seven Sisters. How often are trains on the tube? […]

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada, and is located on southern Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island should not be confused with the city of Vancouver, situated on the BC mainland, nor with the diminutive Victoria Island in the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Is Victoria considered Vancouver Island? Victoria is a city […]

Victoria has two main areas of wild dog activity. In the east of the state, wild dogs are present in the heavily timbered areas of the eastern highlands from the NSW border in the north and to the Healesville and Gembrook areas in the south. Where is the best place to see wild dogs? The […]

In 2017-2018, 565 million passenger trips were made on Melbourne’s metropolitan public transport network. Mode share and patronage. Public transport 56% Other 2% What percentage of people in Melbourne use public transport? Analysis of the method of travel to work of the residents in Greater Melbourne in 2021, compared to Australia, shows that 5.3% used […]

the Canadian Dollar. In British Columbia (as in all of Canada) the currency is the Canadian Dollar ($). The dollar is divided into 100 cents – so when you see a price of $12.55 it means Twelve dollars and fifty-five cents. The denominations of bills are 5, 10, 20, 50, 100. Can you use US […]

The report. Witness sightings have been recorded, over at least 60 years, of cougars, panthers or pumas in a wide stretch of Victoria from Gippsland to the Otways, the Grampians, central Victoria and at Beechworth in the northeast. The Gympie area just north of Brisbane is a known big cat hotspot, as is Mareeba. Do […]