Blue Mountains National Park

By: Calvin Kwong

Fact File

• Official Name: Blue Mountains • Population: 73,675• Area: 1430km squared• Mayor: Adam Searle• Main Towns: Katoomba• Tallest Mountain: 1094 metre Mount

Piddington• Main Place to visit: Three Sisters• Location: Katoomba

Flora and Fauna

• Flora

• Acacias• Banksias• Orchids • Waratahs• Boronias• Lilies

• Fauna

• Galah• Golden Orb Spider• King Parrot• Gang Gang

Cockatoo• Currawong• Tree Frog

Geology

• The Three Sisters• 922 metres (first)• 918 metres (second)• 906 metres (third)• The rocks were formed by erosion . The soft

sandstone of the Blue Mountains is eroded easily over time by wind, rain and rivers, and the cliffs surrounding the Jamison Valley are being slowly broken up. Formations like the Three Sisters are created when water goes through into small cracks in the rock, gradually turning bigger over time to form large dents. That was how The Three Sisters were formed.

Significant Features• The Three Sisters Legend• One dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni',

'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo ' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe.

• These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, a law forbid them to marry.

• The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters.

• As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended to reverse the spell he killed himself . As only he could reverse the spell to  return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this legend for generations to come.

Climate

• The climate of the Blue Mountains is somewhat more temperate than the lower Sydney region. There is generally a 2°C drop in temperature every 300 metres increase in altitude.

• During the Winter months, the upper Blue Mountains, is about 5 Degrees Celsius and the Summer months it is 18 Degrees Celsius.

• The lower part of the mountains has a warmer temperature while in Winter it is 16 Degrees Celsius and Summer it is 29 Degrees Celsius

• • Cutting Trees=bad to environment

How is the National Park used??

• National Parks is to conserve the scenery and all the cultural, historic, and natural features within while providing for the enjoyment of visitors. Visitors may use the park in a number of ways: wildlife viewing, photography, hiking, mountain climbing, boating, camping, etc.

• Canoeing Rock Climbing Hiking

Quiz

• 1. What is the total population of the park?• 2. What is the total area of the park?• 3. Who is the mayor?• 4. What is the central town?• 5. What is the tallest Mountain?• 6. What 3 things to do in the park that I mentioned?• 7. What are the names of The Three Sisters?• 8. Name 3 Fauna.• 9. Name 3 Flora.• 10. Where did the 3 sisters live? (Most Specific) • 11. How tall are each of the 3 sisters?

Answers!!• 1. 73,675• 2. 1430km squared• 3. Adam Searle• 4. Katoomba• 5. Mount Piddington• 6. wildlife viewing, photography, hiking, mountain climbing,

boating, camping• 7. Meehni, Wimlah, Gunnedoo• 8. Galah , Golden Orb Spider, King Parrot ,Gang Gang

Cockatoo Currawong Tree Frog • 9. Acacias, Banksias, Orchids, Waratahs, Boronias, Lilies• 10. Jamison Valley• 11. 922 metres (first) 918 metres (second) 906 metres (third)

Thanks to all of you! =P• Thanks for watching!!!• Hope you enjoyed the fun!!