35 Reasons to Avoid Australia

They have an “interesting” choice of landmarks

America has the statue of liberty, Golden Gate Bridge and Central Park. Our Australian friends couldn’t be bothered with going to all the trouble of designing and building a masterpiece, so instead they wandered into the hottest part of their country (the middle), pointed at a big red rock and named it their main landmark. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you “Uluru” (or Ayers Rock as it was formerly known).

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