The horizon is always always always always ALWAYS 90˚ above the zenith.
In a culture everyone need to think that there is a person spiritually bigger then them to help them with life. For example at funerals people pray to their god hoping the person makes it into the sanctuary, and because everyone wants to go to a sanctuary they follow as they believe there god will bring them to sanctuary if they comply to what their god says.
The most populated region of Australia is the southeastern coast because drops grow much better there and the vast majority of Australia is desert.