Big Things Man Made All Over Australia Quiz

Answer: Darwin

Located in Australia's Top End, Darwin is closer to Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, 2,700Km away, than it is to Canberra, Australia's capital, about a 4,000Km drive. Darwin is surrounded by parks and wildlife reserves, including the home to the famous Salties-salt water crocodiles-which can grow up to 7 metres in length and weigh one ton.

Answer: Kingston SA

Kingston SA is located along the coast about 295Km, 3 hours, south east of Adelaide, on the Princes Highway, Kingston SE was given the SE (south east) to distinguish it from Kingston-on-Murray. The town is close to the world recognised Coorong National Park.

Answer: Rocking Horse

Gumeracha is a small town (pop 700) about 40Km, a short one-hour drive, north-east of Adelaide in the Torrens Valley, South Australia. Set in hill country, the town is surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, orchards and farmland. Many residents are connected to farming but there is a growing number of commuters, working in Adelaide.

Answer: Berri SA

Only 235Km, 3 and 1/2 hours for the Kingswood, north east from Adelaide on the Sturt Highway, Berri is located on the banks of the mighty Murray River in the lovely Riverland of South Australia. Once used as a mooring place for paddle steamers, the town of Berri takes its name from the Aboriginal word 'bery bery' meaning 'bend in the river'.

Answer: Swan Hill

About 340 Km north west of Melbourne is Swan Hill. In the early 1850s, a wharf was built on the Murray River and Swan Hill became a major inland river trading port. The river trade declined with the expansion of the railway. Fortunately agriculture helped the town to prosper, with the clearing of surrounding land and the use of the river for irrigation. Around Swan Hill and particularly to the north are vast citrus farms and vineyards.

Answer: Koala

Only 3 hours north west from Melbourne, the town of Stawell is known internationally for its famous foot race, the Stawell Gift. Run at Easter each year since 1878 (except 1942-45), "The Gift" a handicap event run over 120 meters with the final on Easter Monday. It is Australia's richest foot race.
Horsham, just 67Km from Stawell, is a town located in the Wimmera district of Victoria. With well kept streets, parks and river, Horsham was Australia's 'Tidiest Town' in 2001, and has been runner up more than once.

Answer: Ballarat

Just a quick 1 and 1/2 hours drive (115Km) from Melbourne, Ballarat is the largest provincial city in Victoria, and you can't say Ballarat without saying gold and Sovereign Hill is the place in town to experience the gold fever of the 1850's. Sovereign Hill (Ballarat) has become an Australian tourism icon, winning many major awards. It attracts some 450,000 visitors each year and is known world wide as a living museum with a strong emphasis on working machinery and exhibits, and with plenty of visitor participation, everyone has a great day there.

Answer: Penguin

Only a 33Km drive in the Kingswood along the coast west of Devonport is the town of Penguin, Tasmania. With a population of 3,000 Penguin is 280Km north-west of Hobart. The town's folk of Penguin rejoice in all things 'penguin' - from the Big Penguin and the penguin-shaped rubbish bins to the countless penguin souvenirs available in the local shops and market.

Answer: Rolling Pin

Wodonga is a growing town, located 320Km north of Melbourne along the Hume Highway on the southern bank of the mighty Murray River just across from Albury NSW, Wodonga is a great place for water activities at Lake Hume, or one can take advantage of the proximity of Wodonga to the winter snowfields.

Answer: Goulburn

Goulburn is located in the Southern Tablelands of NSW about 200Km south west of Sydney on the Hume Highway. Goulburn is the centre of a rich farming district, famous for its wool, wheat, stud cattle and horses.

Answer: Guitar

Around 390Km north west of Sydney, which would take the Kingwood about 3 and 1/4 hours on the New England Highway, Tamworth is Australia's country music capital. In January each year Tamworth comes alive with one of the world's biggest country music festivals.

Answer: Bull

Wauchope, with a population of around 4300, is a small town located in a timber and dairy farming area. Just 3km from town is Timbertown, a recreation of an 1880s timber village. Even years after it was torn down, the Big Bull is still remembered.

Answer: Banana

535km north of Sydney on the Pacific Highway, Coffs Harbour with its sub-tropical climate is the home to 90km of unspoiled beaches.

Answer: Woolgoolga

A short 23Km, half hour drive north from Coffs Harbour on the Pacific Highway, known to the locals as "Woopi", Woolgoola is a quiet seaside holiday location with great surf beaches. Woolgoolga is famed for its large Indian population (25% of the people) and hence its Sikh temples and Indian restaurants.

Unfortunately, the elephants were removed in 2013 after significant vandalism and damage.

Answer: Ballina

A great place to stay, Ballina is a long 11 hour drive north of Sydney and is situated on the Pacific Highway. Positioned at the mouth of the Richmond River, Ballina is only 28Km from Australia's most easterly point, Cape Byron, and about 90Km from the Queensland boarder.

Answer: Pineapple

A 100Km drive up the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane, Nambour is known as the 'Hub of the Hinterland'. From Nambour it's an easy drive to the beautiful beaches of the Sunshine Coast.

Answer: Bull

Rockhampton is the unofficial capital of Central Queensland. For the Kingswood it's an 8 and 1/2 hours drive from Brisbane, and only a few kilometres north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Rockhampton has been sustained by mining in the Bowen Basin where towns like Blackwater, Dysart and Moura produce big quantities of coal which is then transported to the coast by rail and shipped overseas to China, Japan and other countries.

Answer: Tully

Tully is located on the Bruce Highway between Townsville and Cairns, some 1540Km or just 20 hours in the Kingswood, driving north of Brisbane. With its annual rainfall of around 4,400mm Tully is the wettest town in Australia. Situated in a banana and sugarcane growing district, the Tully Sugar Mill is one of the town's major attractions.

Answer: Apple

Only a 3 hour drive south from Perth along the old Coast Road, Donnybrook is known for its orchards but the town also has a history of gold mining. Starting unsuccessfully around 1874, gold was discovered in 1897 at Nonnycup Creek. By 1901 over 100 men were employed at the gold mine, and gold was later mined in the 1930's and again in the 1980's.

Answer: Darwin NT

The city of Darwin has a young population of only 125,000 people. (2010 figures). The weather is always warm with a year round average of 32 degrees C, never cold, only wet or dry.
Named Palmerston in 1869 and renamed Darwin in 1911, by far the biggest event to hit Darwin in its history was Cyclone Tracy. Tracy, which devastated the city in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974, was rated a category 4 cyclone. Tracy caused the deaths of 71 people and injured another 650, 40,000 people were left homeless and at least 10,000 homes were either destroyed or damaged. There was massive damage on a broad scale, power, water, sanitation and communications were all lost.
Darwin Airport's anemometer recorded a wind gust of 217 km/hour before failing, the wind most likely exceeding 250 km/hour. Destructive winds battered the city for about six hours. The cyclone caused the evacuation of over 35,000 people to southern cities for several months. After the cyclone the largest ever reconstruction operations in peacetime ever in Australia took place. Today Darwin is a modern vibrant city.