The highest basket toss involved four bases tossing a flyer to a height of 5.40 m (17 ft 8 in) and was achieved by members of the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation (Australia) on the set of Australia Smashes Guinness World Records at the Warringah Mall in Sydney, Australia, on 31 January 2010. The base throwers were Derrick Turner, Cody Brown, Alex Kain and Anthony Hodge (all Australia). They tossed Anne-Marie Maguire (Australia). Her weight was 46 kg (101.41 lbs)
The country with the highest rate of pet ownership per household as of 2010 is Australia with over 60% of households having at least one animal as a companion (typically a cat or dog) and 83% of Australians having owned a pet at some point in their life.
The highest roller coaster is the Tower of Terror, a sit-down, steel rollercoaster standing 377 ft 4 in (115.01 m) tall at the Dreamworld amusement park in Queensland, Australia. The Tower of Terror is a reverse freefall coaster with a speed of 160.9 km/h (100.0 mph) and a ride duration of 27 seconds.
The record for the highest tandem bungee jump is 233 m (764 ft 5 in) and was achieved by Yoshio Goto (Japan) and AJ Hackett (New Zealand) at the Macau Tower, Macau, China, on 25 August 2007. The bungee cord stretched a total of 213 m (698 ft), leaving 20 m (65 ft) between them and the ground.
Alex Toms (Australia) successfully rode a unicycle off a 2.5 m (8 ft 2.4 in) platform in the studios of Guinness World Records, Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 June 2005. In accordance with the rules he landed on a solid floor surface and continued riding after landing.
The greatest distance on inline skates (rollerblades) by a team of four in 24 hours is 303.885 km (188.82 miles) by Nicole Gray, Daniel Kennedy, Simon Kennedy and Edwina Lumsden (all Australia) at Robb College, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, from 3-4 August 2007. They went round a 156.4m track 1,943 times. The event was organised by Skye Gabb to raise money for Armidale Youth Refuge.
The largest ballet class barres involved 1,525 ballet dancers and was achieved by Queensland Ballet (Australia) at the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, on 22 May 2011. The record attempt was held in association with The Ideas Festival 2011 (Australia). The barres class lasted for 38 minutes and 54 seconds in total. The class was led by Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Assistant, Nicole Galea. The class followed the following plan: 1) Warmup, 2) Plies, 3) Tendu, 4) Glisse, 5) Ronds de Jambe and Battements Fondus,
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The largest black opal weighs 11,340.95 carats (2,268.19 grams; 80 oz) and measures 2,450 x 1,460 x 527 mm (96.45 x 57.48 x 20.74 in). It is owned by Dallas, Judith, Shannon, Jeffery and Ken Westbrook (all Australia). The black opal was found in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia.
The largest bodhran ensemble involved 980 participants who played ‘The Mason’s Apron’ at Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for a St Patricks’s day lunch on 17 March 2006.
The largest burrowing mammal is the wombat (Vombatus ursinus) of Australia and Tasmania. These squat, bear-like creatures can measure up to 1.2 m (4 ft) and weigh up to 35 kg (77 lb). Their backwards-opening pouch, large paws and strong claws assist them in digging burrows, which can be up to 20 m (65 ft) long and 2 m (6 ft) below ground, with inter-connecting tunnels. http://www.pbs.org/edens/tasmania/featured.html http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/mammals/wombat.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/marsupial/Wombatcoloring.shtml