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/

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