"Facts About Australia", 1). This is quite a different look that the Italians have. It is quite obvious that the Australians are not as competitive in their water sports as the Italians are. However both countries agree that golf should be, and is, a good sport to do as a fun recreational game. The Australians also have some new and interesting activities like the bushwalking, and fitness programs. These are two other sports that the Italians never seemed to participate in. For the most part however, Italy’s and Australia’s views on recreational activities are quite the same. Australia is however, into swimming just as the Italians are. ("Facts About Australia", 1). Like the Italians, Australians start to learn how to swim when they are very young. This actually is a very important aspect due to the fact that there are many pools and beaches in Australia. The Australians, like the Italians, also usually win in swimming competitions in the Olympics. ("Facts About Australia", 1). They do not however have such an extensive list of sports that they do win at in the Olympics. Unlike Italy, Australia is usually only known to win in swimming and track events. ("Facts About Australia", 2). Whereas stated before, Italy wins in sports like track, swimming, judo, boxing, tennis, and many others. Despite the fact that Australia only usually wins in two areas of the games, they do seem to have more extensive programs that can help the athletes to better prepare for the competitions. In Australia they have an organization called the Australian Institute of Sports. This program has been established to help young athletes train for the Olympics. ("Facts About Australia, 2). As seen in the aspect of winning in the Olympic games, Italy appears to be the stronger country, however Australia is also a very talented country as well. The major differences in the two countries sports would have to be which sport is played the m...
