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1. The El Nino plays a large part in determining the weather in Australia. What is the main ramification for a significant proportion of the country?
2. What is the first day of summer in Australia?
3. Only found in Western Australia, what is the Fremantle Doctor?
4. Australia is dry, flat and hot, so snow is unknown in most of the country. Which capital cities are most likely to see snow within only 50 kilometres of the city centre?
5. Which Australian capital city enjoys almost the same temperature, year round, and only has two seasons, Wet and Dry?
6. Much of the interior of the country is arid or semi-arid, and communities in the eastern and central areas cannot rely on rainfall for water. There are also very few viable rivers, so where does the water come from to operate farms and towns?
7. Which of these Australian towns would be most likely to get the highest annual rainfall?
8. Some parts of Australia are drier than others. The city of Alice Springs is almost in the geographical centre of the country, and is surrounded by desert. The locals have a boat race every September on the Todd River, but what happened in 1993 that caused the race to be cancelled?
9. In Australia, what is a willy-willy?
10. In 1924, the Western Australian town of Marble Bar set a world record. What was it?
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