8Strange and wonderful
One of the most beautiful things you can see in Australia is Uluru, also called Ayers Rock.It is an enormous rock, alone I the middle of the desert south –west of Alice Springs. It is three kilometers long and 348 metres high, but there are another 2,100 metres under the ground. Uluru is 600 million years old, and it is the largest rock of its kind in the world. Thousands of tourists come each year to walk round it and look at it. The best time to see it is at the end of the day, when its colour changes from yellow to gold, red and then purple. Uluru is a specisl place for Aborigines, and it belongs to the Aboringinal Pitjantjartjara people. Then there is the world’s longest coral reef, the 2,000 kilometre long Great Barrier Reef. Parts of the reef are 15,000 years old, and 1,500 different kinds of fish live there. It is very popular with tourists, who come to visit the islands and beaches, swim in the clear warm water, and take boat rides to see the fish and the coral. Coober Pedy, which is about 960 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, is
8Strange and wonderful
One of the most beautiful things you can see in Australia is Uluru, also called Ayers Rock.It is an enormous rock, alone I the middle of the desert south –west of Alice Springs. It is three kilometers long and 348 metres high, but there are another 2,100 metres under the ground. Uluru is 600 million years old, and it is the largest rock of its kind in the world. Thousands of tourists come each year to walk round it and look at it. The best time to see it is at the end of the day, when its colour changes from yellow to gold, red and then purple. Uluru is a specisl place for Aborigines, and it belongs to the Aboringinal Pitjantjartjara people. Then there is the world’s longest coral reef, the 2,000 kilometre long Great Barrier Reef. Parts of the reef are 15,000 years old, and 1,500 different kinds of fish live there. It is very popular with tourists, who come to visit the islands and beaches, swim in the clear warm water, and take boat rides to see the fish and the coral. Coober Pedy, which is about 960 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, is
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