A Tour of Hidden Australia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Uranium

One third the size of Tasmania, Kakadu National Park is located in what is known as the Alligator Rivers Region of Northern Territory: the photograph shows the spectacular scenery along the East Alligator River. The rivers were actually misnamed, since those floating logs you see as you travel along the river are, in fact, crocodiles and not alligators.

Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, this region is not only one of the continents richest biological regions, but also contains more than 1500 sites where Australian Aboriginal art can be found.

About 130 miles east of Darwin, uranium was discovered here in 1969 and mining began in 1980. Although the original ore was mined out by 1995, work on an adjacent site began two years later. Uranium mined here is used in nuclear power stations around the world.

Answer: Byron

The Aboriginal name for this region is 'Cavvanbah' ("Meeting place"), but Cook named the headland after fellow sailor John Byron, the grandfather of the poet Lord Byron. The small town of Byron Bay and the headland (Cape Byron) on which it stands are just 100 miles south of Brisbane, but still in New South Wales, just.

Byron Bay Lighthouse (pictured) was built in 1901 on Australia's easternmost point. Meat-packing, sand mining and whaling supported the region in the first half of the 20th century, but surfers found out just how suitable conditions are in the 1960s and hippies arrived shortly thereafter, thus beginning Byron Bay's life as a popular tourist destination.

Answer: Western Australia

The photograph shows the expansive beach that stretches along the Ningaloo Coast, some 750 north of Perth on the Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia. Rich in coral and other marine life, the Ningaloo Coast is most famous for whale sharks, which feed here in large numbers from March until June. Tourists can also spot migrating dolphins, dugongs, manta rays and humpback whales during the winter months.

The beaches along the coast are also important breeding grounds for loggerhead, green and hawksbill turtles.

The world's only large reef positioned adjacent to a landmass, in places the reef itself lies only some 500m offshore.

Answer: Canberra

Located just 25 miles southwest of Canberra, Namadgi National Park covers 46% of the Australian Capital Territory. Bimberi Peak is the highest point in the ACT. Wildlife is abundant here, with eastern grey Kangaroos, wallabies and wombats as well as an array of bird species common sights.

The photograph shows the view from the top of Mount Gudgenby, on the southeastern slopes of the Brindabella Range. Far below is the source of the Gudgenby River, which flows 22 miles through the park before joining the Murrumbidgee River, a major contributor to the Murray-Darling catchment area.

Answer: Fraser

Sand has been accumulating here for 750,000 years, but Fraser Island is much more than sand dunes and coastal heaths: rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps can all be found on this island almost half the size of the US state of Rhode Island. James Cook passed by in 1770 and Matthew Flinders landed in 1802. It was named after a Scottish woman, Eliza Fraser, the lone survivor of a 1836 shipwreck here. Fraser Island was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.

The resident human population was less than 200 people in 2011 (according to the Census) but Fraser Island has become a popular tourist destination. Wildlife abounds here, with more than 25 mammal species (swamp wallabies, echidnas, possums, bandicoots, flying foxes and, of course, dingoes) and 75 reptile species including a half dozen very poisonous snakes. A wonderful destination for the ornithologist, more than 350 bird species can be spotted on the island.

Answer: Tasmania

Covering an area of 65 square miles, about the size of San Marino, Freycinet National Park is on the east coast of Tasmania, about 80 miles northeast of Hobart. Whether to walk through the bush where you might spot any one of a huge range of animals or whether to stroll along pristine beaches, the natural beauty of Freycinet draws tourists who are vital to the local economy.

The famous Tasmanian devil was once common here, but devil facial tumour disease has decimated the population. Various species of possum plus echidna, wombats and wallabies are regularly seen in the bush, whilst southern right whale, humpback whale and bottlenose dolphins are regular visitors along the coast and bays. The photograph shows the magnificent, secluded Wineglass Bay, regularly voted amongst the world's top beaches and a favourite feeding spot for visiting dolphins.

Answer: Flinders

Named for the English navigator who made three voyages to Australia between 1791 and 1810, the Flinders Range is the largest mountain range in South Australia, stretching 265 miles from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. Within the mountains is the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, founded in 1945.

'Ikara' is the Adnyamathanha word (meaning "meeting place") for the sickle-shaped amphitheatre Wilpena Pound. Development of the Wilpena Pond Resort on the eastern side of the area attracts international tourists not accustomed to condition in the outback. Trekking, rock climbing and scenic flights are all popular attractions.

Answer: Whitsunday

The Whitsunday Islands consist of 74 islands and islets (eight of them inhabited) with a total area of 109 square miles (slightly smaller than the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands). Popular tourist destinations for travellers to Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef, several of the islands are now home to large resorts.

The islands are split into four groups: Whitsunday, Lindemann, Molle and Northern groups. The photograph shows the beautifully-named Daydream Island in the Molle group, home to two tourist resorts even though it measures only 1lm by 400m.

Founded in 1944, Whitsunday Islands National Park encompasses more than half of the total area of the archipelago, 65 square miles.

Answer: Victoria

Covering an area of 195 square miles, about half the size of Barbados, Wilsons Promontory National Park can be found about 100 miles southeast of Melbourne in southern Victoria. Although indigenous Australians have lived here for more than six millennia, George Bass and Matthew Flinders were probably the first Europeans to sight the promontory, in 1798.

The lighthouse in the park's southeastern corner, erected in 1859 and still active, is the most southerly in mainland Australia. Kangaroos, possums, swamp wallabies, wombats, echidnas and emus are all abundant here, as are the numerous bird species attracted to the mouth of the Tidal River. Off the coast, killer whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions and penguins are all year-round residents, whilst southern right whales are seasonal visitors.

Answer: Litchfield

In 1864, the Finniss Expedition travelled north from South Australia and in doing so became the first Europeans to reach the northern coast of the continent by an overland route. Frederick Henry Litchfield, born in born in British India in 1832, was a member of the party, and his discovery of gold in 1865 sparked the Northern Territory Gold Rush of the early 1870s. Copper and tin were both subsequently discovered in the region and, in 1949, uranium was found just outside the boundary of what became Litchfield National Park in 1991.

Today, the Bamboo Creek Tin Mine is one of the sites at which visitors stop on their travels around the park. Litchfield National Park's most popular features, though, are its waterfalls, notably the easily-accessed, 276-foot high Wangi Falls which plunges into a favourite swimming spot. Swimming here is often closed by park rangers, though, due to the presence in the area of numerous crocodiles, who also enjoy swimming here.