Název školy Gymnázium, střední odborná škola, střední odborné učiliště a vyšší odborná škola, Hořice Číslo projektu CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0873 Název materiálu VY_22_INOVACE_03.01.29, Australia – Places of Interest Autor Mgr. Dušan Dovičovič Tematická oblast English Speaking Countries Ročník čtvrtý Datum tvorby Srpen 2013 Anotace Materiál je určen k získání základních informací o turisticky zajímavých místech v Austrálii. Metodický pokyn Prezentaci je možno využít k výkladu látky.

Australia – Places of Interest I am going to show you some places of interest in Australia in this presentation there are going to be following places: Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, Fraser Island, Kakadu NP, Blue Mountains and Shark Bay

Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system lies a short distance off the north-east cost and extends for over 2,000 kilometres 2,900 individual reefs temperature of water varies from 18 to 33⁰ C World Heritage Site since 1981

Great Barrier Reef II belongs among seven natural wonders of the world is a very popular destination for tourists supports a diversity of life – for example more than 1,500 fish species or 2,150 known plant species live or grow on the reef

Uluru

Uluru is also known as Ayers Rock is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory is a part of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a sacred to the Anangu – the Aboriginal people is listed as a World Heritage Site

Fraser Island

Fraser Island is biggest sand island in the world James Cook discovered this island in 1770 there are purest lakes in the world original residents lived there 5,000 years ago rare pure Dingo dogs live only on this island is listed as a World Heritage Site since 1992

Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory contains rocks, falls, rivers, lakes and forrests lots of species of animals and plants there is a uranium mine in the middle of this park is a popular tourist destination is listed as a World Heritage Site since 1981

Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains is a mountainious region in New South Wales there are lots of sandstone rocks and mountains Jenolan Caves – the oldest discovered open caves in the world Aboriginal paintings in caves is listed as a World Heritage Site

Shark Bay

Shark Bay is the westernmost point in Australia is divided by shallow banks and has many peninsulas and islands there are about 300 km of limestone cliffs has got its name after lots of sharks living there is listed as a World Heritage Site

Zdroje: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amazing_Great_Barrier_Reef_1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uluru_%28Helicopter_view%29-crop.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hammerstone_Sandblow_and_Lake_Wabby.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Sisters_Sunset.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zuytdorp_Cliffs.jpg