Change: unaffected during global disease pandemics. Australia had no recorded infections of SARS, bird flu or Swine Flu, despite Asia being Australia's northern neighbour.Australia remains one of the only regions in the world to be completely rabies-free without a reported case in the nation's history.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 439)

Change: 7,617,930square7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300sqmi). It is also an island, meaning any 'viral' zombie infection would have to come from commercial air or boat charters.Unless the threat was internal, Australia's quarantine procedures and laws would help ward off the outbreak down under.The majority of central   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 268)

Change: living on the world's largest island? Go Bush: Australia has millions of square kilometres of bushland and desert - almost entirely devoid of human life. Would you go walkabout? And if so, how would you do it? See also: Going Bush In Australia.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 155)

Change: Moved by John_234 Jan 20 2009, 6:11 AM EST

Change: Australia is home to some of the strictest custom laws in the world - and our continent is isolated from the heavily populated continents of   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 111)