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AUSTRALIAC l a s s 8 G

A PUPIL MADE MAGAZINE ABOUT AUSTRALIA

The content:

• Life in a big city (Sidney, Canberra and

Melbourne)

• Life on a cattle station

• Ayers Rock and The Great Barrier Reef

• Geography and climate 

• Food, sports and culture

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CANBERRA

Canberra is in the south of Australia. 300 km southwest from Sidney. Around 360 000 people live in Canberra.

Most people who live in Canberra works within government. Many work in private companies and industries. Others workplaces are business, schools, tourism and medical treatment.

summer is warm and sometimes hot. winter is more chilly and sometimes cold. It rains 629 mm each year. Most rain coms in October and least rain in June. One to two times every years it can come snow, January is the warmest month with about 27°. It can be -2°.

Länkarhttp://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/canberra/climate.shtmlhttp://canberra.lookat.me.com.au/http://www.australienbloggen.se/canberra-annorlunda-huvudstad/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/28/2803502.htm?site=canberra

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CANBERRAAbout Canberra.

Australian footballThe most popular sport in Canberra is American football. A big American football club in Canberra is UC firebirds. ”University of Canberra Firebirds Gridiron club”. It was at the end of the 90‘s the club was formed.

Picture:Http://blogs.wickedlocal.com

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Events.A well known festival in Canberra is the ”Canberra festival”. The famous thing with the festival is the balloon spectacular. Canberra’s balloon event is in the four top of the world balloon festivals. The ballon flies over different types of big houses.

Also you can go to a symphony in the park. There you can watch and hear a choir sing below the sky of stars. The festival begins in the autumn. It’s like a celebration for Canberra’s birthday, on the date 2-18 march.

Picture::http://www.picturethis.com.au

Parliament houseThe big parliament house of Canberra is open for everyone. The parliament house has guided tours that takes you around the house. The house has big art collections. You can also go up to a bridge on the roof over the parliament house, that is a popular thing to do.

Picture: http://www.architecture.com.

***To live in CanberraCanberra has a good security. Many people who have moved to Canberra think that it is amazing. If they should compare with their dwelling house. ”Canberra its just so much better”- they said.

Canberra is famous for the good education they have there.

Canberra’s pubs and night clubs are open the whole week. You can go there after work, take some beers, go home, and sleep. Then you go to work next day.

Canberra is a tidy and clean city. The city has a healthy and easy bus system. It is much better for the population and the nature to have a healthy bus system.

Schools in CanberraReligion is an important thing in Australian schools. The students

wear uniforms. The girls have skirts, and the boys have shorts or trousers. The parents pay for the school for their children. The price different between schools.

***Interesting facts about canberra January 26’s is the national day of Canberra.

The biggest mountain in Canberra is Mount Majura. The mountain is 888 meters above the sea.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Canberra means meeting point in the aboriginal language.2

Picture: http://picasaweb.google.com (Majura mountain)

Facts from:http://www.canberra.nuhttp://www.colourfultrips.comhttp://www.canberrayourfuture.comhttp://www.infrastructure.gov.auhttp://canberrafestival.com.auhttp://sv.wikipedia.orghttp://stuganioz.blogspot.se

Reporter: Wilma Lindgren.

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CANBERRAAbout Canberra.

Australian footballThe most popular sport in Canberra is American football. A big American football club in Canberra is UC firebirds. ”University of Canberra Firebirds Gridiron club”. It was at the end of the 90‘s the club was formed.

***Events.A well known festival in Canberra is the ”Canberra festival”. The famous thing with the festival is the balloon spectacular. Canberra’s balloon event is in the four top of the world balloon festivals. The ballon flies over different types of big houses.

Also you can go to a symphony in the park. There you can watch and hear a choir sing below the sky of stars. The festival begins in the autumn. It’s like a celebration for Canberra’s birthday, on the date 2-18 march. Parliament houseThe big parliament house of Canberra is open for everyone. The parliament house has guided tours that takes you around the house. The house has big art collections. You can also go up to a bridge on the roof over the parliament house, that is a popular thing to do.

***To live in CanberraCanberra has a good security. Many people who have moved to Canberra think that it is amazing. If they should compare with their dwelling house. ”Canberra its just so much better”- they said.

Canberra is famous for the good education they have there.

Canberra’s pubs and night clubs are open the whole week. You can go there after work, take some beers, go home, and sleep. Then you go to work next day.

Canberra is a tidy and clean city. The city has a healthy and easy bus system. It is much better for the population and the nature to have a healthy bus system.

Schools in CanberraReligion is an important thing in Australian schools. The students wear uniforms. The girls have skirts, and the boys have shorts or trousers. The parents pay for the school for their children. The price different between schools.

***Interesting facts about canberra January 26’s is the national day of Canberra.

The biggest mountain in Canberra is Mount Majura. The mountain is 888 meters above the sea.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Canberra means meeting point in the aboriginal language.2

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You can visit and se a the cliff. The cliff

is 3,5 kilometres long and it is up to two

kilometres wide, and around 9 kilometres

range. The most people who visit the cliff

goes on the east said, because the Kata

Tjuta it is a collection of 36 variously-

sized rock domes.

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AYERS ROCK

Ayers Rock is a very famous place, it is

called Uluru on aborigine. The place is in

the middle of Australia. It is 3000 mils

from Sydney to Ayers Rock. It takes 50

hour to drive and 4,5 hour to take the

plane to get there.

In december and january, the

temperature can be up to 45°

degrees, and some times it can be

tipping over 50° degrees it is very

dangerous for the people thats

travelling so some times the need

to close because it is so hot.

It coasts to sleep $25 for tree nights

in the hotel, in the national park. And

its coasts $25 fore one night in the

powered sits in the camping. And a

shower coasts $2,50

There is a lot of water and it is clear thy don´t sell alcohol,

and thy have ask the visitors to not sell alcohol to the local

Aborigines.

Safely you need to stay on the sealed roads. And you need to

have water whit you if you are going to hiking, because you need

to drink often so you don´t pass out because it is so hot. It is

good if you stop and drink every hour. And you need a lot of

sunscreen. And you need to keep one eye on the terrain, you

maybe be travelling will it be steep and covered whit loose

stones. And you need to have good shoes because there can be

snakes.

Länkar: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru and

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru

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GREAT BARRIER REEF

Great Barrier Reef is the worlds biggest system of coral reefs. It’s in the northeastern coast of Australia. From the Australian mainland it’s about 15 to 200 kilometres.

Thinks to see and doGreat Barrier Reef is a popular place for tourists. Make a dream com true and swim with many beautiful fishes and other animals. Do different activities like Sailing, Scuba-Diving, Snorkelling and swimming. On the snorkelling tour they show you to come close the fishes on the best way.

How do you get there?You can go with different boats. A motorboat for a longer cruise or you can go with a sail for a day trip.

PricesA Sail-away trip cost 1.175 swedish crowns, for one person. But if you want to go for a longer time, like 3 days with Coral Princess Cruises it cost 13.085 swedish crowns for one person on Upper Deck. If you want a suit you have to pay more.

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Other Facts Great Barrier Reef is 2000 km long and have a lots of islands. It’s has a thousand coral reef. More than 1500 different fish in the rainbows all colours. The water temp is between 22 to 28 degrees year around.

Facts and pictures: http://www.australienresor.se/index.php/australien/bat-och-cruise/dagsturer/great-barrier-reef

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_barri%C3%A4rrevet

http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/great-barrier-reef/index.cfm

http://www.divetheworldliveaboards.com/map-great-barrier-reef.php

http://www.aussie-info.com/places/qld/barrierreef/

http://office.microsoft.com/sv-se/images/results.aspx?qu=great+barrier

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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=motorboat&ex=1#ai:MP900182437|

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CULTURE

There are four different types of art in Australia. Two of them are called Aboriginal art and City-based Aboriginal art.

Aboriginal art is created by Aboriginal artists that live a traditional life far away from the big cities.

City-based Aboriginal art is created by Aboriginal artists who are educated in western art schools and live in urban areas.

This is an Aboriginal rock painting near Hawker in South Australia

There’s a lot of celebrities in Australia, and here’s a list of the most famous ones:• Hugh Jackman• Mel Gibson• Nicole Kidman• Paul Hogan• Russell Crowe

Hugh Jackman is a good singer and dancer. He was born on October 12 1968. He and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness has adopted two children. His son Oscar who was born in 2000 and his daughter Ava who was born in 2005

Mel Gibson was born January 3 1956 in Peekskill. He is a American-Australian producer, director and actor.

Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian actress. She was born on June 20 1967. 2003 she was awarded an Oscar for best actress.

Paul Hogan is married since 1990 with Linda Kozlowski who is his co-star in the Crocodile Dundee movies. He was born on October 8 1939.

Russell Crowe was born in Wellington. When he was four years old his family moved to Australia. In Australia he started to act in Australian movies and TV series.

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CATTLE STATION

How many cattle stations are there in Australia?There is some cattle station that is bigger than some european countries.Anna Creek station, is the biggest station in the world

What is school like in the outback?Kids are not going to school in the outback.

How big are the cattle stations?The cattle stations are very large.

Why do they need to be so big?The most of the cattle stations in australia are located in the north and the central region of the Australia Outback.In the Australia continent is so dry and the vegetation is so sparse that a large amount of country need support enough cattle to make i living.

LIFE ON A CATTLE STATION

Cattle stations are placed in the northen of Australia. A normal day at a cattle station starts with a cooked breakfast in the main station kitchen. They pack lunch on the morning to withstand the day. The typical lunch for someone that work on a cattle station is sandwiches with corned beef, baked cakes that are fresh and biscuits and fruit. You take what you need for the day.

The horses are being mustered into a set of yards, the men that work on the cattle station choose a horse to ride on for the rest of the day. The horses that have been chosen are fed with nosebags. They are saddled up and loaded on horse-trucks.The journey is often silent.When they arrive, they drop of the horses.They get help from choppers and motorbikes to summon the mob.

When the mob has been yarded the calves and weaners are separated to get ear marked, dehonored, castrated, vaccinated and branded. The most important job in this process is the Tally Book.The Tally Book is important because the men that work need to know how many cattles there are in the paddocks.

The workers are hedding to camps if the drive is a few hours longThe camp chef is responsible for that the workers get food.

On a cattle station there is always work to do, shoeing horses, grading roads, fixing tyres and other mechanical problems, bore runs etc.

There’s much to do so you don’t get so many days of.People send mails and gifts through the mail plane.

They order supplies like vegetables, fruit and parts needed to repair things.

The workers like to go to a pub. It can take a few hours to go there.The highlight of the year is the rodeo. The crew of the station gather there and socialise with other workers.

When the mustering season ends and the wet season begins. Horse shoes are taken of and they are turned out to spell for the year to come.

Sources:http://www.musteringthekimberley.com/station-

life http://www.tibooburra-d.schools.nsw.edu.au/

www.wikipedia.org/

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FOOD & SPORT AV: MARKUS & ANDERS

AUSTRALIAN SPORTS

A common sport in australian is australian football.

Other sports Australian likes is cricket, speedway, and land hockey.

The olympic games has been in australia twice, once in melbourne 1956 and in sydney 2000.

Other big events is the Australian open, its a tennis tournament, and the Australian grand prix.

Australia most eaten food.

The most eaten food in Australia is fish, a common dish is grilled food ex. steak or kangaroo meat, other regular dishes to dinners is vegetables, soap, pizza, and focaccia.

REGULAR TO BREAKFAST,is ¨müsli¨, toast and fruits. But those who eat heavier breakfast often eat bacon, eggs, mushrooms, beans, sausage, tomatoes and toasts.

DRINKS TO BREAKFAST,is often tea, coffee, juice, or flavoured milk.

www.wikipedia.se& www.traveltoaustralia.org