Natural wonders of Australia

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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is

the world's largest coralreef system composed of

over 2,900 individual reefs

and 900 islands stretching

for over 2,600 kilometres(1,600 mi) over an area of

approximately 344,400

square kilometres. The reef

is located in the Coral Sea,

off the coast of

Queensland, Australia.


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Uluru

Uluru also known as

Ayers Rock, is a largesandstone rock

formation in the

southern part of the

Northern Territory,

central Australia.

The area around the

formation is home to aplethora of springs,

waterholes, rock caves

and ancient paintings.


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Lake Eyre

Lake Eyre is the lowest

point in Australia, at

approximately 15 m

below sea level and, onthe rare occasions that

it fills, the largest lake in

Australia and 18th

largest in the world.


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Grampians National Park

The Grampians NationalPark is a national park inVictoria, Australia. ThePark was listed on the

Australian NationalHeritage List on 15December 2006 for itsoutstanding natural

beauty and being one ofthe richest indigenousrock art sites in south-eastern Australia


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The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles

is a collection of

limestone stacks off

the shore of the PortCampbell National

Park, by the Great

Ocean Road in

Victoria, Australia.


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Mackenzie Falls

Mackenzie Falls is a

waterfall located on a

tributary of the

Mackenzie River inwest Victoria.

Mackenzie Falls is

between 41m and

68m high


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Fraser Island

Fraser Island is an island

located along the

southern coast of

Queensland, Australia. Its

length is about 120

kilometres and its width is

24. The island is

considered to be thelargest sand island in the

world at 1840 km.


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Kakadu

Kakadu National Park is

located within the

Alligator Rivers Region

of the NorthernTerritory of Australia. It

covers an area of

19,804 km2. It is the

size of Slovenia ornearly half the size of

Switzerland.


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Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains is amountainous region inNew South Wales,Australia.

Consisting mainly of asandstone plateau, thearea is dissected bygorges up to 760 metres

deep. The highest point ofthe range is MountWerong at 1,215 metresabove sea level


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Purnululu National Park

PurnululuNational

Park is anationalpark in theKimberleyregion ofWesternAustralia.

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