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* At its widest point Australia is about 4,000km (2485 miles) across (about the same distance as from the South of Spain to the North of Sweden)
* The mainland (the world’s largest island) is surrounded by 35,877 km of spectacular coastline and 8222 smaller islands
* Australia is the driest continent in the world and home to about 22 million people, 90% of whom live in coastal towns and cities (there are also around 150 million sheep)
AUSTRALIA