13 weird facts about Australia

You’ve probably already guessed it, but The Aussie Hermit is, well, Aussie.

And so because I’m Aussie and because Australia is awesome (sans the government), I’m going to impart 13 weird facts about my beautiful country.

Enjoy!

Weird Fact 1:

Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a Guinness world record for sculling (chugging) 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.

(Yes, this is who we vote in to run the country)

Weird Fact 2:

Australia's first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts.

(Read that again)

Weird Fact 3:

In 1832, 300 female convicts ‘mooned’ the governor of Tasmania. It was said that in a "rare moment of collusion with the Convict women, the ladies in the Governor's party could not control their laughter."

(I also wonder if these convict women were part of the police force, too?)

Weird Fact 4:

Australia is home to the longest fence in the world. It is 5,614 km long (3,000+ mi), and was originally built to keep dingoes away from fertile land (and also stealing babies).

Weird Fact 5:

Before the arrival of humans, Australia was home to megafauna. These included 3 metre tall kangaroos, 7 metre long goannas, and horse-sized ducks.

Weird Fact 6:

Australia is one of the only countries where its people eat the animals who appear in their coat of arms.

(That would be like Americans cooking up bald-headed eagles)

Weird Fact 7:

The Australian Alps receive more snowfall than Switzerland (yes, it actually gets very cold in certain parts!)

Weird Fact 8:

European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per capita than any other society in history.

Weird Fact 9:

The average Aussie drinks 96 litres of beer per year.

Weird Fact 10:

The wine cask (AKA: ‘goon sack’) is an Australian invention (we’ve got a lot of history with alcohol it seems)

Weird Fact 11:

This "selfie" is an Aussie invention (not sure I’m too proud of this one)

Weird Fact 12:

An Australian man once tried to sell New Zealand on eBay (heh).

Weird Fact 13:

Captain James Cook first landed on Australia's east coast in 1770. In 1788, the British returned with eleven ships to establish a penal colony. Within days of the The First Fleet's arrival and the raising of the British flag, two French ships arrived, just too late to claim Australia for France.

Thank god.

BONUS Weird Conspiracy Theory Fact(?) 14:

Australia is no longer a sovereign nation or connected to the British crown. In the 1970’s we were turned into a corporation by the elites in order to control us/circumvent our constitution.

(P.S. This was done to the U.S. a long time ago as well. See “Act of 1871”)

So there you have it...

13 weird facts about Australia!

But how does this help you get clients, right?

And the answer is…

It doesn't!

At least not directly, anyway. But indirectly there is a valuable lesson here. And that is…

When you send out your marketing emails, know that they don't have to be 100% content. In fact, delivering straight content every day overwhelms and bores your prospects.

(This is why most Coaches' email open rates are abysmal. And why response dies just a couple of weeks after the prospect is on their list)

Instead, what you want to do is make your emails fun and entertaining.

This gets your list eagerly opening and looking forward to your emails each day.

And then when you’ve got their attention, you sell ‘em your stuff!

Of course, you also don’t want to send pure entertainment without value.

That would be silly.

After all, they are on your list to get help.

So you want to mix both entertainment and value together. That way, they get their entertainment fix, plus also learn something valuable in the process.

But how?

Well, the simplest way I know is to tell stories.

Personal stories.

Clients stories.

News stories.

Any type of story.

The reason being, stories are naturally entertaining. Moreover, stories are the how we communicate most of the time to friends, family and clients. So anyone (even children) can use this form of entertainment.

Then once you get good at stories you can try other things. But that’s where I recommend you start first.

Do that and watch how you’ll immediately increase the effectiveness of your emails.

With that being said…

I obviously go into a lot more detail on mixing entertaining stories with your content inside my 15 Minute Client daily email program.

In fact, I show you hundreds of different types of stories you can send so you always have something interesting to say.

Along with that, I show you how to turn each story into a super valuable email.

And the best part is, I show you how to do this *without* giving away your program material or overwhelming the prospect.

If you’d like to learn how to attract high-paying clients sending one entertaining email per day, put your name on the waitlist here:

https://The15MinuteClientWaitlist.com

-Luke Charlton
The Hermit Hole, Canberra