It is the only continent which contains just a single country.It is the only place where unique fauna such as platypuses, koalas, wombats and Tasmanian devils are found (just to name a few).It is the only country where two-thirds of the states (four out of six) started out as convict colonies.The accent of Australians has been scientifically proven to be the most difficult to imitate authentically.Australia contains the world's two largest monoliths: Mt Augustus and Uluru (Ayers Rock)