"Are we there yet?“ is written by Australian Author Alison Lester.

It is a story that documents the travels of a family on their driving holiday around Australia. The family take a whole term to explore our vast country experiencing many different climates, learning about historical events and meeting new people.

Natural features are visited in “Are we there yet?” What is a natural feature?

There are lots of things around Australia that make us special and unique. There are wonderful natural features, amazing built features and special heritage features.

What are natural features? A natural feature is something that was not created by people. It is something that happened naturally in the environment.

Natural features are things like Uluru (Ayres Rock) or the Daintree rainforest. People did not make these. We call these natural features because they are amazing things or places that occurred naturally. There are many more natural features in Australia.

Natural features can be things like national parks, mountains, rainforests, islands, waterways and interesting rocks

Natural features visited in “Are we there yet”?

Following are some of the natural features visited in the story. Choose a natural feature that interests you, using the recommended websites and research information on your topic by answering at least three of the following questions:

What is it? Where is it? What does it do? How was it formed? Is there any specific meaning attached to it? Some interesting facts to share?

Natural features visited in “Are we there yet”?

Bungle Bungles Uluru Kata Tjuta Katherine Gorge Kakadu Daintree Rainforest Great Barrier Reef Mulligan Falls Blue Mountains Three Sisters Cradle Mountains

Wilsons Promontory Phillip Island Twelve ApostlesFlinders Ranges Murphy's Haystacks Nullarbor Plain Great Australian Bight Wave Rock Pinnacles Staircase to the Moon Windjana George

Natural features visited in “Are we there yet”?

Let’s do one together. Click on the links

below.

Bungle Bungles

Google-mapType in “Bungle Bungle

National Park, Purnululu, Western Australia, Australia“

After viewing the video tell a partner ..

Approximately how old are they?

What colour/s are used to describe the rock formations?

Recommended websites

http://goaustralia.about.com/od/discoveraustralia/a/bigisland.htm

http://maps.google.com.au http://www.skwirk.com http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

How and When to Publish

Once your report is self and peer evaluated and approved by your teacher, save it using the name of the location as the file name, upload your file to our classroom blog.

References

Lester, A. (2004). Are we there yet?: A journey around Australia. Camberwell, Victoria, Australia: Penguin Group.

Pictures by permission of: http://www.penguin.com.au/products/97

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