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Current Weather
in Australia:
General: Australia,
officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a
country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising
the world's smallest continent and a number of
islands in the Southern, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East
Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon
Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of
New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand
to the southeast.
Currency: The Australian
dollar (currency code AUD) has been, since 1966,
the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia,
including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent
Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu.
Language: English is
the official language,[20] and is spoken and written
in a distinct variety known as Australian English.
Country Code: AU - Tel:
+61
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