Shelley Floryd is a resident of Stockholm, Sweden. ^[2]She has over 11,000 followers on her Facebook Profile. ^[2]Shelly's Facebook bio says "looking like im broke, thinking like im rich." ^[2]

On March 21st, 2017, Floryd authored a Facebook post claiming that Australia is a hoax. In her posts, she says that the prisoners that were sent to Australia actually did not go anywhere at all and drowned in the middle of the ocean. Floryd goes into extreme detail and ends the post with #AustraliaisNOTreal.

The post recieved a massive response with over 21,000 shares and 34,000 reactions.

^[2]The story has been picked up by BuzzFeed, The Independent, and The LAD Bible. ^{[4] [3] [1]}People have accused her of trying to become "meme famous," while others have taken her post as a joke. ^[-1]