You can get your picture taken with a koala while he enjoys a snack from the leaves of a eucalyptus tree or even visit a rain forest. The Commonwealth of Australia comprises six states and two territories. Australia is the most sparsely populated of the inhabited continents. The climate ranges from tropical in the north to temperate in the south. The continent of Australia has a distinctive flora, which includes many plant species not found elsewhere.
Most native animals are marsupials the young of which are nourished in an external pouch.
Many animals native to Australia cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The egg laying monotremes are found abundantly in Australia. Some of these are the platypus and the spiny anteater. Pictured above is a kookaburra, a bird native to Australia. It's call sounds like loud laughter.