About Australia and Oceania: Great Barrier Reef! The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth, over 2,300 km long. Kangaroos and koalas live in the wild nowhere else on Earth but here. Australia is the only continent that is also a single country. The Great Barrier Reef is so huge it can be seen from space

Location: In the Southern Hemisphere, surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean · Countries: 14 countries Australia is both a country and a continent · People: About 45 million people the fewest of any continent · Languages: Over 1,000 languages Papua New Guinea alone has 800+ · Size: 8.5 million km2 (3.3 million sq mi) the smallest · Highest Point: Puncak Jaya 4,884 m (16,024 ft) the highest peak · Lowest Point: Lake Eyre, Australia 15 m (49 ft) below sea level · Longest River: The Murray 2,500 km (1,553 mi), Australia's longest · Famous For: The Great Barrier Reef, kangaroos, and koalas