What Will You Find in South Australia? Quiz

Answer: Rice Bubbles

In Australia, Rice Krispies are called Rice Bubbles - I don't know why. We still have the characters Snap, Crackle and Pop, and the cereal tastes and sounds like Rice Krispies when milk is added to it.

Emma had a bowl of cereal and some fresh orange juice to drink.

Answer: A possum

Possums often will sit in a nearby tree, or even on a window-sill and make very loud noises (like a man breathing heavily). This can be quite worrying until you know what it is. In South Australia we have several kinds of possum; the brushtail and the ringtail are the most common in the Adelaide Hills. They are really cute looking little furry animals.

Answer: They thought I was driving on the wrong side of the road.

In most countries, traffic runs in the right-hand lanes, but in some countries including Australia, Britain, most of southern Africa, India and Japan, people still drive on the left side of the road.

Cars in those countries have the steering wheel on the right side of the car, so next time you see a British or Australian movie, take a look at where the driver is sitting. It's different from America.

Answer: Koala

Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia is one of many parks that keep native animals in large enclosures just like their homes in the bush country. There are wombats, kangaroos and koalas, native birds, dingoes, snakes and lizards (the snakes are in big glass rooms so visitors are safe).

There are butterflies too! If you want to see animals from other countries you will have to visit a zoo.

Answer: Eucalyptus tree leaves

Koalas only like to eat leaves from a few types of eucalyptus (gum) tree. The leaves are tough and most other animals cannot eat them because of their strong flavour. Koalas sleep for 18 to 22 hours every day, so they only have a few hours to find their food and eat it. No wonder they usually live high in the trees where the leaves grow!

Answer: Dingo

Dingoes are a type of dog that lives in the Australian Outback, and is also referred to as the native companion dog, because Australian Indigenous people were known to keep dingoes as hunting partners.

Dingoes are believed to have arrived in Australia only about 4000 years ago, so they came long after the first Indigenous people, who are known to have lived in Australia for at least 65,000 years.

Answer: Akubra

The Akubra hat is the most well known Australian hat, worn by jackaroos (Australian cowboys working on cattle and sheep stations), and film stars.

It is very hard-wearing, and the Akubra company has made the slouch hats for Australian soldiers for the past 100 years.

Answer: The Big Rocking Horse

Gumeracha is a small town with a very big Rocking Horse, with stairs that you can climb to the top for a great view of the lovely countryside. While you are there you can visit the working toyshop, which makes and sells lots of different wooden toys.

There is also a large animal enclosure, where you can feed and touch friendly kangaroos and wallabies, emus and other child-friendly animals.

Answer: Wallaby or kangaroo

Wallabies and kangaroos are closely related, but wallabies are smaller and have shorter legs than their big cousins. They are often hard to see in the bushes or under trees, so you can accidentally get close enough to startle them. They can move very quickly through even thick scrub, using their strong back legs like big springs to bounce along.

Answer: Between the red and yellow flags

Our best swimming beaches are patrolled by life savers, who look for signs of danger, and can rescue people if they get into trouble. Most people enjoy their swim and have a great time, but it's good to know that there is help close by if it should be needed.

If there are no flags or there is a red flag, the beach is closed - don't go in the water; a yellow flag warns to stay away from a small area, and the two red and yellow flags are where it is safe to swim, where the life savers can see you.