AUSTRALIA
Cape York Peninsula – Tropical Rainforest
Great Dividing Range Old Mountains that divide water flows Similar to anything in North America?
Mount Kosciusko – Tallest Mt in “Australian Alps”
Western Plateau – Contains oldest rocks on the Continent
Exotic Species New types of plants or animals that are brought to an area by humans Rabbits brought for sport, causing erosion
Cane Toads
Endemic Species – found nowhere else Marsupials - animals that have pouches for their young Australia = No hoofed animals, no cats
Outback Rugged low populated central desert area of Australia
Artesian Wells – Wells in which water flows naturally to the surface
Tourism – Fastest growing economic activity Even with LONG flights Why? Ayers Rock Sydney Opera House
3. Great Barrier Reef Largest Coral Reef in the World
Waters of the South Pacific
Narrator
Coral Polyps
Algae
Blue Cleaner Wrasse Fish
Sea Anemones
Clown Fish
Parrot Fish
Other Tropical Fish
Crown of Thorns Starfish
Triton Clams
People
All the Other Reef Animals
Human – Reef Interaction
Aborigines First people of Australia Artwork depicting the first contact that was made with the Gweagal Aborigines and Captain James Cook and his crew on the shores of the Kurnell Peninsula, New South Wales
Aborigines and a Didgeridoo
Aborigines in Modern Culture
Prison Colony Captain Phillips inspecting convict settlers, Botany Bay Prison Colony Captain Phillips inspecting convict settlers, Botany Bay. This penal colony was the foundation of Sydney
Traditions, Customs Foods Australian Rules Football
Australian Slang