Famous Landmarks in

Australia

What is a landmark?

A landmark is a interesting or important

place.

Australia is a very big country!

Capital City

It has lots of famous places and buildings.

Sydney Opera House•The Sydney Opera House

is in Sydney, which is located in a pat of Australia called New South Wales.

•It is one of the most famous buildings in the

world.

•Parts of the building look like the sails on a boat.

Sydney Harbour Bridge•The Sydney Harbour

Bridge is also in Sydney.

•It is 134 metres tall!

• Both cars and pedestrians can travel

across the bridge.

•People can climb right to the top of the bridge!

Ayers Rock•Ayers Rock is also called

Uluru.

•It is located near to Alice Springs

•It is made from sandstone and lots of Uluru is hidden

underground!

•Uluru appears to change colour at different times of

the day.

The Great Barrier Reef•The Great Barrier Reef is

the largest coral reef in the world and it can even be

seen from space!

•It is home to lots of different species of

animals including whales, dolphins, turtles, fish, birds, crocodiles, sea snakes, stingrays and

sharks.

• Some of the plants and animals found here are

endangered.

Bondi BeachSituated within one of

the world's most intriguing cities, epitomising the

'Australian' lifestyle, broadcast

internationally,  Bondi Beach is one of the

most well known beaches in the world.

The kilometre long stretch of golden

beach, nestled in a sparkling bay, has long been celebrated for its iconic sun, surf, sand

and community.

Can you remember what we call interesting or important

places?

Landmarks

Lots of tourists go to visit these landmarks.

Which would you like to visit most? Why?

The Australian Climate

The climate of Australia can vary a great deal from place to place, although in summer it’s basically

hot everywhere in varying degrees. Australia is an essentially arid (dry) continent and has the least amount of rainfall out of all the continents except

Antarctica. Australia is in the southern hemisphere so the seasons are opposite from the northern hemisphere; this means that Christmas

in Australia is in summer when it’s hot, and summers can get quite a bit hotter than they do in

the Ireland!

Northern/Southern Hemisphere

Bushfires

• Australia has suffered from outbursts of bushfires over the last number of years. These bush fires have occurred because of the Australian climate and the heat that Australia is famous for.

• Bushfires have also been purposely started by people who have no consideration for the lives of others and for the wildlife in these bush areas.

Wildlife in Danger

Summer Bay Bushfire (Home and Away)

What can you remember about Australia?

• Think about:

1. Landmarks

2. Food

3. Music

4. Art

5. Climate

6. Aboriginal People

Debate

• Each team will have to try and convince me which country would be better to live in and why. (Ireland vs. Australia)

• Think about all that you know about Ireland and Australia.

• Landmarks, Music, Art, Food, Cities, Tourist Attractions.