The GreAt BarriEr ReeF
AusTRALlia has got the wOrld's lArgest cOral rEEf sYstem of the wOrld, compOsed of Over 2,900 indiVIdual rEEfs and 900 IslAnds. The GreAt BArrier Reef cAn be sEEn frOm ouTer spAce and is the wOrld's biggEst singLe Structure mAde by liVing OrganisMS. This rEEf Structure is compOsed of and buiILt by Billions of tIny Organisms, knOwn as cOral polyps. It suppOrts a wide divErsity of life and was seLEcted as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN conSIdered it As one of the SEven NAtural WOnders of the WOrld.
DusT StOrms sWEEping AusTRALia
Melbourne, 1983
Queensland Outback Dust Storm
Griffith Dust Storm, Sydney
The BUnyiP
In Dreamtime the Bunyip was a spirit, which inhabited river, lakes, swamps, and billabongs (former parts of rivers that were left behind when the course of the river was altered). To the Aborigines the Bunyip was a beast of many different shapes and sizes: some were covered in feathers others had scales like crocodiles.
The Bunyip was malevolent towards humans, devouring those who invadad its watery home.
Aboriginal oral traditional stories about the Bunyip, may reflect the memories of encounters between the aborigines and the Diprotodon, passed down through the centuries. The Diprotodon was a herbivore and the largest marsupial ever to have existed. It became extinct between fifteen and twenty thousand years ago.
AusTRALlia has 30 impAct crAters out of 176 wOrldwide...!
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, in the North West.
It was formed 300,000 years ago.
AusTRALia´s GeoGRAphic.
AusTRALia´s MEgaFauna StAmpS
Australian Megafauna roamed the Australian continent many thousands and even millions of years ago and became extinct between 20,000 and 50,000 years ago (with the exception of the Tasmanian Tiger).
Many of these animals, including the marsupial lion and the large kangaroo, co-existed with humans.
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