Overall and despite the ethnic diversity the country is shockingly racist. Those who are the prime targets: the indigenous peoples. Australians love to portrait themselves like a beer ad: tough and resilient. In reality most are timid and sheepish. So they manage to be well represented in politics by some of the most stupid politicians, a bit like smaller versions of Trump.
Behind the fake facade of the rule of laws reigns the muck of corruption. Unfortunately affordable corruption has been eradicated. Some high ranking official was accused of corruption and as a punishment he was not allowed to turn up to work but the stream of money AU$ 540 000 pa wasn't cut. From the outside Australia looks like the 2nd driest continent, but step into it and you realise: it's a swamp.
Movie to watch: Welcome to WoopWoop.

Check "Palm Island where a cop killed an aboriginal man ... The cop: Chris Hurley ... The cost to the state $23 000 000. Without talking about the misery to the people involved.

Nauru and Manus Island in PNG ... Two places that house Australia's concentration camps But the fucking ANZAC myth is still alive.

Culture??? In Australia ... My daughter keep saying that a yogurt has more of it than the entire country.

I have family in Perth. I have lived on and off in Oz for the last 18 years, and traveled around country coast to coast. It is a beautiful place. Really like the people. Of course just like anywhere there are a share of prejudices etc. Will be back in country later this year to see friends and family. Am always happy when I get to come back. Was in Brisbane for a week or so last year again.

Oh how i envy u sir...

I was in Byron Bay about five years ago, I tell people it's like "Woodstock meets Big Sur." Also saw the film The Sapphires six months before it opened in the States. Also, very much aware of Aboriginal culture and history.

Invented wi-fi, black box flight recorders, Gardasil, Google maps, etc.
Fought a three year undeclared war with Indonesia in Borneo (Konfrontasi)
Liberated Timor Leste (only to exploit it later)
Invented Apartheid (we called it The White Australia Policy, since discontinued)
Make truly excellent coffee, although we also let Starbucks set up shop.
Even our conservative politics usually falls to the left of Obama.
Most of our states are literally bigger than Texas.
We're the third least densely populated country in the world (3.1 /kmsq) but nearly all of it is crammed into 4 cities and if you exclude Perth 90% is on the south east coast.
Watch Pricilla Queen of the Desert to see Elrond in drag. And because it's a very funny movie and a good entry point into the Australian view of the world.

Go to the Great Barrier Reef before it disappears. I was there in October. Quite lovely. Also, check out the Rainforest not far from the Reef.

Botany Bay was a penal colony.
Aboriginay people were the indigenous people.
Lots of marsupial life because Australia was the first land mass to break away from Pangea.

I love nature and just yesterday my sister told me that I should visit Australia. I think she forgot that that's been my dream since I was a kid.

P.S. I also love freshly toasted bread slathered with vegan butter, a thin layer of Vegemite, and cucumber slices. So dalashas!

Giant spiders. Lots of them. Some vague information regarding British penal colonization, I know slightly more about the indigenous people of your northerly neighbor, and I also know that people from Australia and people from New Zealand aren't fond of being mistaken for one another (but I mean who likes having their country of origin mixed up or misstated?) Very dangerous animals live in the Outback. The opera house in Sydney. And while you've asked for kangaroo exclusion, I feel like I've heard they're...very populous and almost regarded as pseudo-pests the same way we view squirrels, only much bigger and more destructive. Steve Erwin, Heath Ledger and by extension Perth. I'll refrain from mentioning that series of 80s movies, eucalyptus, the didgeridoo, dingos, crocodiles, the Great Barrier Reef.

Crocodile Dundee!

On FB, I follow Australian flying foxes, wombats and jumping spiders. My daughter and I were fans of Steve Irwin. Also, we used to make pinatas for my daughter's birthday parties and when the theme was animals, we'd always include one from Australia. Then, of course, there were the Crocodile Dundee and Finding Nemo movies. Another time, I'll talk about the Australian book collection at the library where I worked. Oh, and ATC trades with people in Australia and Australian stamps in our collection. Hmm ... I'm beginning to suspect we may have an obsession. My last word >> Jurgen Otto.

One story that comes to mind.... I was in Malaysia few years ago (South close to Singapore). At the hotel I ran into this motley Crew of elementary school group of kids (field trip or something I would guess) and I remember very vividly how a lot of them got so excited asking me if I was from Australia.... I thought it was cute... Anyhow, that's the closest I have been to your country and it is still in my bucket list !!!!

I love the Aboriginal art that comes from your area and the stories about the art. Did you know that the Kluge Ruhe Gallery in Charlottesville VA is totally dedicated to Aboriginal Art. Bruce Chatwin wrote "Songlines" about your country and doing a walk about but it isn't all accurate so that may not count