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There is no Employment Agency in the Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands have no species of indigenous trees, although cultivated trees do relatively well in gardens.

The capital is Stanley, a tiny British outpost where the absence of traffic lights and abundance of pubs in comparison to its size makes it a unique place.

There are no cash point machines on the Falkland Islands.

The National Flower is the "Pale Maiden" (olysnium filifolium). For more informaion click here

During the occupation, the Falkland Islanders were commanded to drive on the right hand side of the road.  Following liberation, they immediately reverted to driving on the left, however the Argentines continued to drive on the right.  This led to occasional games of “chicken”.

There are around 700,000 sheep on the Falkland Islands producing 1.6 million kilos of clean white wool each year.

Up to 40,000 tourists from Cruise Ships en route to the Antarctic, visit the Falkland Islands each year.

Brown and Sea Trout are not indigenous species in the rivers and shores of the islands. A variety of trout species were introduced to the waters during the 1930's.  Only brown trout proved successful and flourished.  Fishing for sea and brown trout is a popular past time for islanders and visitors alike.

The local vet and a school teacher friend used the former’s gelding shears to cut Argentine military telephone lines.

On the night of the battle for Longdon, a local woman, led a caravan of medical vehicles, blacked out to avoid attracting Argentine attention, to the front line.  She wore white gloves to indicate to the drivers in the darkness, and carried a morphine needle so that she could inject herself in case she stepped on a mine.

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