1. Famous Landmarks in Australia

2. What is a landmark? A landmark is a interesting or important place.

3. Australia is a very big country!

4. Capital City

5. It has lots of famous places and buildings.

6. Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is in Sydney, which is located in a pat of Australia called New South Wales. It is one of the most famous buildings in the world. Parts of the building look like the sails on a boat.

8. Sydney Harbour Bridge The Sydney Harbour Bridge is also in Sydney. It is 134 metres tall! Both cars and pedestrians can travel across the bridge. People can climb right to the top of the bridge!

10. Ayers Rock Ayers Rock is also called Uluru. It is located near to Alice Springs It is made from sandstone and lots of Uluru is hidden underground! Uluru appears to change colour at different times of the day.

12. The Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world and it can even be seen from space! It is home to lots of different species of animals including whales, dolphins, turtles, fish, birds, crocodiles, sea snakes, stingrays and sharks. Some of the plants and animals found here are endangered.

14. Bondi Beach Situated within one of the world's most intriguing cities, epitomising the 'Australian' lifestyle, broadcast internationally, Bondi Beach is one of the most well known beaches in the world. The kilometre long stretch of golden beach, nestled in a sparkling bay, has long been celebrated for its iconic sun, surf, sand and community.

16. Can you remember what we call interesting or important places? Landmarks

17. Lots of tourists go to visit these landmarks. Which would you like to visit most? Why?

18. The Australian Climate The climate of Australia can vary a great deal from place to place, although in summer it’s basically hot everywhere in varying degrees. Australia is an essentially arid (dry) continent and has the least amount of rainfall out of all the continents except Antarctica. Australia is in the southern hemisphere so the seasons are opposite from the northern hemisphere; this means that Christmas in Australia is in summer when it’s hot, and summers can get quite a bit hotter than they do in the Ireland!

19. Northern/Southern Hemisphere

21. Bushfires Australia has suffered from outbursts of bushfires over the last number of years. These bush fires have occurred because of the Australian climate and the heat that Australia is famous for. Bushfires have also been purposely started by people who have no consideration for the lives of others and for the wildlife in these bush areas.

22. Wildlife in Danger

23. Summer Bay Bushfire (Home and Away)

24. What can you remember about Australia? Think about: 1.Landmarks 2.Food 3.Music 4.Art 5.Climate 6.Aboriginal People

25. Debate Each team will have to try and convince me which country would be better to live in and why. (Ireland vs. Australia) Think about all that you know about Ireland and Australia. Landmarks, Music, Art, Food, Cities, Tourist Attractions.