A RECORD BREAKING COUNTRY
Australia has the highest number of beaches in the world, more than 10 000! Water sports are very popular and the Great Coral Reef, the largest in the world, may have something to do with it. You can also find Mount Augustus, the world’s largest monolith.

A PECULIAR ECONOMY
Australia is also a leading producer of wool, as sheep are in abundance. In addition, it features the world’s longest fence, which was built to protect sheep from dingoes, the wild dogs native to Australia. The « Dingo Fence », which is 1.8 meters high and 5531 kilometres long, stretches across the state of Queensland.

Your English immersion in Australia will bring you into the country of gold mines and opal. Australia accounts for 95% of the world’s opal production and 99% of all black opal production.

SURPRISING FLORA AND FAUNA
More than just an English immersion, a study abroad trip to Australia will make you plunge into an exotic world full of koalas, kangaroos, wombats, emus, platypus, echidnas – discover its crazy and striking wildlife!

These animals are rare but surely not vulnerable: Australia counts more kangaroos today then at the end of the sixteenth century, when the country was colonized. The arid climate and perennial flora have always confined these animals to the Australian territory. This is why there are few of them in the world, but enough in Australia.

The abundant Australian flora, with its uniqueness and diversity, has often been under the loop. This country alone harbours more than 25 000 different plant species while the entire European continent harbours no more than 17 500.

• Brisbane
• Sydney
• Noosa