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AUSTRALIA
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  • Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere
    between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
    Australia is the sixth biggest country in the
    world and at the same time the smallest worlds
    continent. The continent of Australia, including
    the island of Tasmania, was separated from the
    other continents of the world many millions of
    years ago. Because of this, many animals and
    plants live in Australia that are not found
    anywhere else for example the kangaroo, the
    koala, the emu, the kookaburra, and the platypus.

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Bungle Bungles Hills
  • The Bungle Bungles in northeastern Western
    Australia features spectacular rounded rock
    towers striped in orange and black. In 2003, the
    Bungle Bungles range were declared a World
    Heritage Site.

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Great Barrier Reef
  • The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest
    reef system composed of over 2,900 individual
    reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600
    kilometres.The reef is located in the Coral Sea
    in northeast Australia. The Great Barrier Reef
    can be seen from outer space and is the world's
    biggest single structure made by living organisms.

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Devils Marbles
  • The Devils Marbles are a collection of huge,
    round, red-colored rocks found in the Tennant
    Creek region of Australia's Northern Territory.
    In the Aboriginal mythology the Devils Marbles
    are the eggs of the rainbow snake so they are
    sacred to them.

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Nambung National Park
  • Nambung is a national park in Western Australia.
    Situated approximately 245km north of Perth is
    home to one of Australia's most unique and
    captivating landscapes - the Pinnacles Desert.
    The Pinnacles are spectacular limestone rock
    structures that have formed over thousands of
    years and appear to rise from the desert sand.

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Sydney
  • Sydney is a wide open city, and you're never far
    from the water. Aborigines have lived in the
    Sydney area for thousands of years, apparent from
    rock art sites and archeological findings. On his
    sea voyage of exploration, Captain Cook dropped
    anchor in 1770, naming his landing spot Botany
    Bay. In 1788, the city was founded with the
    arrival of English convicts.

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Australias animals
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The emu is the largest bird in Australia, and the
second largest in the world after the ostrich.
Emus have long necks, sharp beaks and small
ears. They have two sets of eyelids, one for
blinking and one to keep out the dust. Their feet
are long, with three toes.
  • Kangaroos have big back legs with long feet.They
    move by hopping on their back legs.They eat
    grass.Some kinds of kangaroo live in hot, dry
    places.Some kinds live in grasslands.
  • The Tasmanian devil is not scary. It's no bigger
    than a small dog, and young devils can be very
    cute. On the other hand, devils have sharp teeth
    and powerful jaws, and they can bite hard. So,
    if you ever meet a devil, be careful and keep
    your distance.

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Platypuses are covered with three layers of thick
brown fur. Platypuses live near streams and lakes
in eastern parts of Australia. They eat worms and
other small animals that live in the water. The
females lay eggs like a snake's and feed their
young milk.
  • The koala is known as the Australian bear, but is
    much closer to being a relative of the kangaroo.
    They are only found wild in the woods of
    Australia. Koalas are arboreal marsupials living
    in Queensland and Victoria. They eat the leaves
    on the eucalyptus trees.
  • The Australian Pelican is found all around
    Australia and is the biggest of the 8 species of
    Pelicans found worldwide. Pelicans as a whole
    are big birds with a very large wingspan, large
    beaks and are very well known One of the reason
    such a big bird can fly is that its skeleton is
    very light.

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