Opportunity knocks Down Under

Eager to show more than its stereotypical sandy beaches, cuddly koalas and wild outback, Australia will tell the world how it has forged ahead as a pioneer in the fields of education and healthy living at next year's Shanghai Expo.

"There's much more to us, and that's what we want to work on at the expo," said Peter Tesch, the country's commissioner-general and executive director for Expo 2010.

"We will celebrate things that are familiar and popular but we will also educate people," he said. "We want people to get a more developed sense of who we are."