AUSTRALIA

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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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