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Australia
Australia is an island and a continent situated in the southern hemisphere . So the seasons are reversed. When it is day time in Europe it is night time in Australia. Most cities are on the coast and there are deserts in the centre. Australia is part of the Commonwealth. So the Queen of England is also the Queen of Australia .
Sydney is a big modern city with a lot of skyscrapers, an Opera house, a big bridge and fantastic beaches but it also has beautiful Victorian architecture.
The Sydney harbour bridge has 8 vehicle lanes, 2 train lines, a cycle lane and a
pedestrian lane.
The Sydney Opera house is a beautiful structure in the form of an oyster. It is
situated on Sydney harbour and is considered one of the wonders of the
modern world .
The Great Barrier Reef
Queensland has a population of 3,6 million.The Great Barrier Reef is in Queensland. There are
magnificent beaches, rainforests and the Outback region, which is bigger than Texas.
Queensland is called «The Sunshine State » because it is always sunny.
The Great Barrier Reef is composed over of 2,900 individual reefs and 900
islands stretching for over 3,300 kilometres over an area of
approximately 344,400 square kilometres.
BondiBeach
Bondi beach is located 7 kilometres east of Sydney.
Bondi beach is the most famous beach . Bondi
beach is very long: 1200 miles
KOALASKOALAS
Koalas are now Koalas are now protected. Females protected. Females
produce a baby each produce a baby each year. A baby weighs year. A baby weighs 0,5 g and lives in the 0,5 g and lives in the mother’s pouch for mother’s pouch for
about five or six about five or six months. Koalas months. Koalas
generally sleep 19 generally sleep 19 hours a day and spend hours a day and spend
the rest of the time the rest of the time eating eucalyptus.eating eucalyptus.
Grey kangaroosGrey kangaroos
Grey kangaroos are Grey kangaroos are the world’s largest the world’s largest living marsupialsliving marsupials
often standing often standing over two metres over two metres
tall. They live on a tall. They live on a vegeterian dietvegeterian diet..
The cockatooThe cockatoo
• The cockatoo The cockatoo raises its crest raises its crest when angrywhen angry
The kookaburraThe kookaburra
• Kookaburras often Kookaburras often live for 20 years live for 20 years and they form and they form couples for lifecouples for life
The rainbow lorikeerThe rainbow lorikeer
• The rainbow lorikeer The rainbow lorikeer has become a tourist has become a tourist
attraction in attraction in QueenslandQueensland
The galahThe galah
• The galah has The galah has beautiful pink and beautiful pink and grey feathersgrey feathers
• The emu is the world’s largest bird but it can’t fly. The female lays up to twenty eggs in the nest and then leaves.
• The male incubates them and looks after the chicks for eighteen months.
Références iconographiqueshttp://www.philippeblanchot.com/
http://www.maxisciences.com/
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/
http://photos.techxplorer.com/
http://www.voyagesphotosmanu.com/
farm4.static.flickr.com/