I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but Australia is far from depressed economically. I'm guessing by large portions, you mean the underpopulated areas of

I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but Australia is far from depressed economically. I'm guessing by large portions, you mean the underpopulated areas of Australia? Around 80% of our Australia's population is spread amongst less than 20% of the Land Mass, and most of this is centered around coastal areas. The underpopulated areas have economies that are far from depressed too as a direct result from our resources boom. For example, The following redirects to an Australian real estate site http://tinyurl.com/5e2vhl http://tinyurl.com/5e2vhl Karratha is pretty much a country town - but rent there is around $2000 per week ($1920 USD) for an average 4 bedroom home. A couple of years ago this simply would not have been the case. So if you were joking, fair enough - if you were serious... then you're pretty much wrong. Thanks :)