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= **NATIONAL PARKS** =

Welcome JUNIOR RANGERS!

You and your team have been appointed as Junior Rangers of an Australian National Park! Your job is to become experts in ONE National Park (NP) that your group choses to research.

In your groups will have to RESEARCH the following things about your NP:
 * Location (where is your NP found?)
 * Fauna (what animals are found in the NP?)
 * Flora (what plants are found in the national park?)
 * Environment (Desert? Tropical? Savanna?)
 * Climate (weather)
 * Things to see and do (why should people visit the park?)
 * Aboriginal Connections (What Aboriginal groups use/used the land)

With the information you research you will create a ‘mini-ranger station’ to present on Ranger Day.

You will get more information about your ranger-station SOON! Today your job is to choose a National Park to become experts on!

[[image:3_sisters.jpg width="417" height="263" caption="3 Sisters"]]
LOCATION: New South Wales CLIMATE: Cool, moderate ENVIRONMENT: Bush

CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO ||  || [|Eastern Rosella] [|Blue Tongued Lizard] [|Rainbow Lorikeet] [|Sugar Glider] [|Eastern Grey Kangaroo] || Waratahs Flannnel Flowers Euclyptus (Scribbly Gum) [|Golden Wattle] || Daruk - Sacred and Cultural connections || 3 Sisters Bridal Falls Victoria Falls Jenolan Caves Bushwalking ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:rosella.png width="191" height="144" caption="Eastern Rosella"]] || [[image:gumtree.png width="214" height="148" caption="Gum Tree"]] || [[image:redhandcave width="216" height="140" caption="Red Hand Cave"]] || [[image:blue-mountainstrain.jpg width="250" height="173" caption="Katoomba Train"]] ||
 * [|Hairy nosed wombat]

**[|KAKADU NP]**
LOCATION: Northern Territory CLIMATE: Hot and Wet ENVIRONMENT: Tropical

CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO ||  || [|Jabiru(bird)] [|Wallaby] [|Frilled Neck Lizard] || Paperbark Tree Freshwater Mangroves Water Lillies LOTS MORE || Rock Art Arnhem Land Aboriginal people still have very strong connections with Kakadu today. || Things to see: Twin Falls Jim Jim Falls Ubirr Rock Things to do: Hiking, camping, 4WD, swimming ||  ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2011-07-26_at_12.00.01_PM.png width="153" height="177" caption="Jabiru"]] || [[image:kakadu-fLORA.jpg width="192" height="136" caption="Water Lilly"]] || [[image:carvings.jpg width="225" height="201" caption="Rock Art"]] || [[image:waterfalls.jpg width="238" height="155" caption="Jim Jim Falls"]] ||  ||
 * [|Saltwater Crocodile]

[|**ULURU or KATA TJUTA** National Park]


LOCATION: Northern Territory CLIMATE: Hot, Extreem ENVIRONMENT: Desert

CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO || [|Dingoes,] [|Thorny Devil] [|Emu] [|Bilby] || Spinifex (scrubby bush) Desert Oaks Ghost Gum Bottlebrush || Pitjantatjara Anangu People Bush Food Dreamtime Stories Aboriginal Art || The Olgas Uluru ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:THORNY_DEVIL.png width="226" height="171" caption="Thorny Devil"]] || [[image:spinifex.png width="222" height="176" caption="Spinifex Grass"]] || [[image:indigULURU width="209" height="158" caption="Preparing Bush Food"]] || [[image:kata-tjuta width="260" height="199" caption="Kata Tjuta (Olgas)"]] ||
 * [|Wedgetail Eagle]

[|**PORT CAMPBELL**] National Park
LOCATION: Victoria CLIMATE: cool, mild ENVIRONMENT: coastal

CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO ||  || [|Sulphur Crested Cockatoo] [|Kookaburra] [|Little Penguins] [|Australian Fur Seal] [|Weedy Sea Dragon] || Swamp greenhood Clover Glycine Square Raspwort Lime Fern Metallic Sun-Orchid [|Banksia] || Kirrea Whurrong People Aboriginal people knew this shore well and had cut steps down the sheer cliffs to gain access to marine food sources || Twelve Apostles Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:kangaroo.png width="136" height="199" caption="Eastern Grey Kangaroo"]] || [[image:portcampbellflower.png width="141" height="198" caption="Clover Glycine"]] || [[image:kirrae_whurrong width="271" height="205" caption="Kirrrae Whurrong People"]] || [[image:the-great-ocean-rd.jpg width="296" height="201" caption="Great Ocean Road"]] ||
 * [|Eastern Grey Kangaroo]

== [|KOSCIUSKO] [|National Park]==

LOCATION: New South Wales CLIMATE: Extreme (Cold Winter, Hot Summer) ENVIRONMENT: Alpine CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO || [|Pygmy Possum] [|Wallaby] [|Echidna] [|Playtpus] [|Common Wombat] || Snowy Gums Eucalyptus trees || Wiradjuri People || Mt Kosciusko is the highest mountain in Australia Many tourists go to the park each winter to ski or snowboard In summer there are good fishing spots Hiking ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:corroboree_frog.png width="218" height="173" caption="Corroboree Frog"]] || [[image:snowygum.png width="158" height="236" caption="Snowy Gum"]] || [[image:indigKOS caption="Wiradjuri People" link="http://www.pleasetakemeto.com/australia/snowy-mountains/wiradjuri-wonders-aboriginal-discovery-tour-9115583"]] || [[image:skiing_KOS caption="Skiing is a popular activity in the perk"]] ||
 * [|Corroboree Frog]

== [|CRADLE MOUNTAIN-LAKE ST CLAIR] [|National Park]== LOCATION: Tasmania CLIMATE: Cool ENVIRONMENT: Temperate Forests CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO || [|Black Tiger Snake] [|Sugar Glider] [|Brushtail Possum] [|Tasmanian Tiger (extinct)] || Deciduous Beech Button Grass Waratah Pencil Pine || Aboriginal people have lived in the area for thousands of years. || Overland Track (Hiking from Cradle Mountain to Lake St. Claire ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:tigersnake.png width="291" height="213" caption="Tiger Snake"]] || [[image:tassietree width="190" height="276" caption="There are some Rainforests"]] || [[image:cradle_mount_ab width="402" height="235" caption="Aboriginal Bush Shelter"]] || [[image:S6300118.JPG width="269" height="205" caption="Miss Garsia hiking in the park"]] ||
 * [|Tasmanian Devil]

[|DAINTREE] [| National Park]
LOCATION: Queensland CLIMATE: Tropical ENVIRONMENT: Rainforest

CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO || Daintree Green Tree Frog [|Kingfisher] Quoll [|Tree Kangaroo] || Fan Palm Bunya Pine King Fern Tree Fern Bull Kauri || Kuku Yalanji people The rainforest in Australia is very important to the Aboriginal peoples who live there. They rely on the rainforest for all aspects of their lives, including food, shelter, medicine and religion. || Tour of the rain-forest (canopy walk, skyrail) Tour of the river ||
 * FAUNA || FLORA || ABORIGINAL
 * [[image:cassowary.jpg width="245" height="213" caption="Cassowary and baby"]] || [[image:daintreetree.jpeg.jpg width="207" height="273" caption="Rainforest Trees" link="http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-1_u-20_t-205_c-688/the-daintree-a-tropical-rainforest/nsw/hsie/global-environments-rainforests/flora-and-fauna"]] || [[image:INDI_danitree width="296" height="200" caption="Aboriginal Rock Art" link="http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-1_u-20_t-209_c-701/aboriginal-peoples-of-the-daintree/nsw/hsie/global-environments-rainforests/people-of-the-rainforest"]] || [[image:daintree_tourism width="308" height="232" caption="Tourists can go on a river cruise"]] ||
 * [|Cassowary]

GREAT BARRIER REEF Marine Park
LOCATION: Queensland CLIMATE: Tropical ENVIRONMENT: Marine

|| FLORA || ABORIGINAL CONNECTIONS || PLACES TO SEE & THINGS TO DO || [|Dugong] [|2] [|Flatback Sea Turtle] [|Crown of Thorns Starfish] [|Bottlenose Dolphin] || Coral (not a plant) Sea Grass Algae || [] [] || Scuba Diving, Snorkelling, Boat Trip ||
 * FAUNA
 * [|Clown Fish]
 * [|Clown Fish]