Round the World with Team Red. Stage 5 Quiz

Answer: Milford Sound

Milford Sound is one of New Zealand's many fiords and is one of the country's most visited places. It was formed by glacial erosion over millions of years and has two permanent waterfalls. However, after heavy rain numerous small waterfalls cascade down the walls. Marine life is abundant with dolphins, seals, penguins and even whales making an appearance.

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Answer: Rotorua

Rotorua, aka 'Sulphur City' or 'Rotten-rua' lies in the Rotorua caldera which is the source of the area's famous geo-thermal activity. Because the geysers, hot springs and mud pools are all due to the volcanic gas, the area is permeated by the 'rotten-egg' smell of the escaping sulphur. The high sides of the caldera also protects Rotorua from the winds which are prevalent in other parts of New Zealand, and so it has a mild temperate climate.

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Answer: John Batman

John Batman was born in New South Wales in 1801 of a convict father and free-born mother. He and his brother Henry moved to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) where John worked as a grazier. He amassed a fair sum of money and decided to travel north to what is now Victoria. Finding a good location with a river (the Yarra) he made his famous observation that this would be 'the place for a village'. He exchanged goods with the local Aboriginal nation thereby acquiring a 600,000 acre plot that became Melbourne, as well as large holding in what is now Geelong. He died in 1839. Melbourne was considered as a site for Australia's capital city, but after some arguing with the residents of Sydney, Canberra was agreed as a compromise.

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Answer: Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains are part of the Great Dividing Range and extend as far as Sydney's outer suburbs. Katoomba is a town in the Jamison Valley region of the Blue Mountains and it is here we see the Three Sisters, namely, Meenhi, Wimla and Gunnedoo. The sisters were formed when the outer covering of sandstone eroded away, leaving the central rock behind. The original owners of the sisters are the Gundungurra tribe, and the story of the sisters is an Indigenous Dreamtime Legend. Much more interesting than weathering and erosion.

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Answer: Kakadu National Park

Cairns is blessed by having the Great Barrier Reef and its section of the Great Dividing Range so close to the city. The Cairns through Barron Gorge to Kuranda is one of Australia's most spectacular railway trips and only takes an hour! The Daintree is just over an hour away by car then ferry and the Great Barrier Reef is less than an hour out to sea on a boat.

Kakadu National Park, one of Australia's most pristine and scenic national parks is east of Darwin in the Northern Territory.

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Answer: Doctor

Fremantle experiences a Mediterranean climate. During summer their high temperatures will hover around the 27 degree Celsius mark (81 F) but it is not unusual to see the temperatures rise to the low 40 degrees (103+ F) during the peak of summer, generally late January and early February. The breeze that is known as the Fremantle Doctor is created during this season because there is a great variance between the temperature on land and that of the Indian Ocean. The breeze will refresh, not just Fremantle, but the south west coastal region of the State. The Doctor arrives between noon and 3:00pm and may drop the temperature by several degrees.

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Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia has 17 508 islands with a total land area of 1.9 million sq. km. This makes it the largest archipelago state and island state in the world by area and its population of 230 million people ranks it as the seventh most populated nation in the world (2016).

The Philippines comprise 7207 islands with a total land size of 298 000 sq. km. ranking it 72 in area amongst the countries of the world. Ironically, Australia which many think as a single big island that is a continent plus Tasmania has more islands - 8222 of them.

However all three of these counties are overshadowed by Canada, Norway, Finland and Sweden all of which have over 50 000 islands each. Sweden has a whopping 221 000 islands!


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Answer: Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is a volcano located to the south-west of Tokyo. Its symmetrical cone with broad base is one of the most photographed and popular sites in Japan and has become the national symbol of Japan. Standing at over 3700 m high, hiking to its summit is a popular tourist and local event.

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Answer: Memorial Peace Park

The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion building was one of only a few left standing when the Atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. When the city was rebuilt, full of broad boulevards set in a grid pattern, this was the one building left standing albeit with props as a reminder of what had happened. Directly across the road at the confluence of two rivers the Memorial Peace Park was built. A museum full of artefacts such as twisted metal caused by the bomb is within the park. Until 2011 the city baseball park hosting the Hiroshima Toyo Carp was also across the road. It was disconcerting whilst viewing all the sombre exhibits in the park and museum when you hear cheering emanating from the ball park. In 2012 the ball park was relocated near the city Shinkensan station.

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Answer: Kyoto

Despite Kyoto's business district looking like a high-rise jungle, Kyoto still retains much of the traditional Japanese architecture and culture. It's a mix of cobbled streets, shrines and temples, tea houses, feasts and Zen gardens. If you are lucky enough to see a Geisha in full regalia and wish to take a photo, it is customary to ask her permission first.

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