Your immediate answer is likely to be no, but are you sure? About 70% of Australia is classed as desert or semi-desert.

And that may well increase for southern Australia if climate change continues to reduce our rainfall.

Our average annual rainfall is 472mm – and it’s a lot less than that in many places, especially as you consider how much they get in the rainforest areas. Look at how southern Australia has been suffering from a severe drought while parts of Queensland and NSW are being flooded!

Have you ever thought of yourself as living in a largely desert country?