Australian fact file

Most unopened different bottles of Victorian spirits in one room at one time

Most unopened different bottles of Victorian sp...

On the 4th of August, 2025, at the Spirits Victoria Conference, at RACV Cape Schanck Resort, Victoria, in the same room at one time, were 100 different bottles of unopened...

Most unopened different bottles of Victorian sp...

On the 4th of August, 2025, at the Spirits Victoria Conference, at RACV Cape Schanck Resort, Victoria, in the same room at one time, were 100 different bottles of unopened...

The world’s largest uranium deposit

The world’s largest uranium deposit

The Olympic Dam mine in South Australia is the world’s largesturanium deposit containing over 2 million tonnes of uranium oxide. Operations at the mine commenced in 1988. It is a...

The world’s largest uranium deposit

The Olympic Dam mine in South Australia is the world’s largesturanium deposit containing over 2 million tonnes of uranium oxide. Operations at the mine commenced in 1988. It is a...

Smallest drive in theatre in the Southern Hemisphere

Smallest drive in theatre in the Southern Hemis...

In Jericho, located in the Barcaldine region of Queensland, is the home to the smallest    Drive-in Theatre in the Southern Hemisphere with the capacity for 32 cars. When full...

Smallest drive in theatre in the Southern Hemis...

In Jericho, located in the Barcaldine region of Queensland, is the home to the smallest    Drive-in Theatre in the Southern Hemisphere with the capacity for 32 cars. When full...

Australia's oldest zoo

Australia's oldest zoo

Melbourne Zoo, modelled on the famous London zoo is Australia's oldest zoo. It was opened on 6 October 1862 at the Royal Park site of 55-acre (22 ha) on land...

Australia's oldest zoo

Melbourne Zoo, modelled on the famous London zoo is Australia's oldest zoo. It was opened on 6 October 1862 at the Royal Park site of 55-acre (22 ha) on land...

Largest bottle opener collection

Largest bottle opener collection

Dennis Harrison from Bigga, NSW, has taken his bottle opening collection up to 3,845 and still counting.

Largest bottle opener collection

Dennis Harrison from Bigga, NSW, has taken his bottle opening collection up to 3,845 and still counting.

Australia’s longest-serving brass band radio presenter

Australia’s longest-serving brass band radio pr...

October 2, 2024 Geoffrey McGregor was born in April 1960 and his association with brass bands commenced at the age of 7, some 57 years ago. The first programme Geoffrey...

Australia’s longest-serving brass band radio pr...

October 2, 2024 Geoffrey McGregor was born in April 1960 and his association with brass bands commenced at the age of 7, some 57 years ago. The first programme Geoffrey...