03 Australia and New Zealand

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• originally Zealandia – sank – animals drowned, then started going up – whole = size of AUS

• started anew – birds flew there – only animals

• climate: oceanic

• mountains – high in the middle

• Mountain ranges

  • Southern Alps

• Highest peak – Mount Cook – 3724 m

• Longest river – Waikato – 425 km

• Lake Tuapo – largest in NZ, second largest in Oceania

FAUNA

• birds, fish, sea animal

• kiwi, kakapu (fat parrot), alpine parrot – predator

• penguins, seal, whales, dolphins, sharks

• tuatara lizard

TOURISM

• LOTR – greatest advertisement of the country side

  • with Hobbit shot in NZ

  • Southern Alps, mountains, forests – old trees, pristine beauty

  • top part of Earth – people visit occasionally only when they went to Australia

  • now very popular

  • villages built in Hobbiton style – for tourists

• offer oportunities to start your business and settle down, they offer to give you a farm

• 1 year work and travel – you work = help the economy, then you travel, no prolongation possible, only once in a life – unless you settle down

• location – disadvantage – in the vicinity of arctatica – ozon hole – you need to have sunscreen 24/7 – need to have it under your clothes

• mostly sea holidays, fishing, sailing (historical ships), hiking, top of hotspot

• earthquakes, hotsprings, tectonic activities