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QUEENSLAND

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

INDONESIA

AUSTRALIA

Uluru (Ayers Rock)2845ft (867m)

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Top SpringsRoadhouse

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Townsville

The venom of the box jellyfish (also knownas the sea wasp or marine stinger) cankill a person in between 30 secondsand four minutes.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is theworld’s largest area of coral islandsand reefs, running for about 1,240miles (2,000 km) along the coastof Queensland.

Koalas feed only on nutrient-pooreucalypt leaves and consequentlyhave evolved a low energy lifestylebased around sleeping for20 hours each day.

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Eastern Australia

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