Explore Australia: A Geotourism Paradise

1. Australiathe perfect place for an impressive geotourism GROUP 4 PPTProduct：趙佳渝 Speaker：尹崇安 Information： 徐以倩黃奕 Word Product：余宗叡

2. Island Continent 7,617,930 square kilometres Australia the world‘s largest coral reef The Great Barrier Reef

3. Weatherand Climate • Weather & climate ： • Seasons are opposite to those in Europe and North America • Two climatic zones：the tropical zone and the temperate zone • The tropical zone (consisting of 40% of Australia) has two seasons, summer ('wet') and winter ('dry'), while the temperate zone has all four seasons. • Best time to visit： • Spring to summer (October to March):Warm or hot everywhere, tropical in the north, and warm to hot with mild nights in the south. This is the classic tourist season, with northern hemisphere visitors looking to escape winter temperatures and soak up some Antipodean sunshine, although Australia is essentially a year-round destination. • Autumn to winter (April to September):Northern and central Australia have clear warm days and cool nights; the south has cool days with occasional rain but still plenty of sun. Snow is totally confined to mountainous regions of the southeast. At certain times, the southern part of the mainland can become seriously chilly, so be prepared to wrap up.

4. The Great Barrier Reef • PROBLEMS • Climate change • －global warming • － La Niña(反聖嬰) • Overfishing • Predators • －Acanthasterplanci

5. National Biodiversity Hotspots 1. Einasleigh and Desert Uplands (Queensland) 2. Brigalow North and South (Queensland and New South Wales) 3. Border Ranges North and South (Queensland and New South Wales) 4. Midlands of Tasmania 5. Victorian Volcanic Plain 6. South Australia's South-East/ Victoria's South-West 7. Mt Lofty/Kangaroo Island (South Australia) 8. Fitzgerald River Ravensthorpe (Western Australia) 9. Busselton Augusta (Western Australia) 10. Central and Eastern Avon Wheatbelt (Western Australia) 11. Mount Lesueur-Eneabba (Western Australia) 12. Geraldton to Shark Bay sand plains (Western Australia) 13. Carnarvon Basin (Western Australia) 14. Hamersley-Pilbara (Western Australia) 15. North Kimberley (Western Australia) Pipewort Pink-lipped Spider-orchid • PROBLEMS • Agriculture • Grazing industry • high population growth • Tourism • Exotic species • soil salinization(土壤鹽鹼化) • －Result in habitat destruction • and threat the local species Buff-breasted Button-quail Paradise Riflebird

6. UNESCO World Heritage Site • Example： • Great Barrier Reef • Mungo National Park • Uluru • Darlington Probation Station, Maria Island • Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne • Sydney Opera House

7. Structure • Architecture • －Catholic cathedrals in every major city and Christian churches in most towns EX：St Patrick‘s Cathedral&St Mary's Cathedral • －The oldest Islamic structurein the Southern Hemisphere：Central Adelaide Mosque • －The Southern Hemisphere‘s largest Buddhist Temples：Wollongong's Nan Tien Temple • Conservation • －Significant concern was raised during the 1960s • －union-initiated green bans：helped to protect historic 18th-century buildings in The Rocksfrom being demolished to make way for office towers, and prevented the Royal Botanic Gardens from being turned into a car park for the Sydney Opera House St Mary's Cathedral St Patrick‘s Cathedral

8. Source of the materials • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Australia#Physical_geography • http://www.australia.com/en/articles/world-heritage-sites-australia.html • https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/conservation/hotspots/national-biodiversity-hotspots • http://www.worldtravelguide.net/australia/weather-climate-geography • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Australia • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Australia • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ban

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