The virtual tour document summarizes key information about South Australia in 3 sentences or less per section. It provides an overview of the location of South Australia, popular beaches, top activities including shark cage diving, whale watching and visiting Cooper Pedy and Lake Eyre. It also briefly outlines the plants, animals, economy, climate and interesting facts about South Australia.

1. Virtual South
Australia Tour
Adelaide
City
By Karl, ErTian, Sami and Bartholomew
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2. Contents
Location Beach Shark Cage Diving
Whale Watching Cooper Pedy
Lake Eyre Plants Animals
Economy Climate Interesting Facts

3. Location
South Australia is located in the middle at the
bottom of Australia. The latitude is 30 degrees
south and the longitude is 105 degrees east.

4. South Australia
Beautiful
Beaches
Some of the beaches in South Australia are
wonderful and peaceful.
The most popular beaches are:
1) Glenelg Beach
2) Malsin Beach
3) Brighton Beach 4

5. Top 4 Activities To Do :
1.Shark Cage
Diving
2. Whale
Watching
3. Visiting Cooper Pedy 4. Lake Eyre Flight
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6. Shark Cage Diving
South Australian beaches are home to an
amazing variety of marine life, including the
Great White Shark.
Take a tour boat to Neptune Island. Pristine
waters makes it one of the best sites to view
sharks in their natural environment.
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7. Whale Watching
Whale watching is about patience and understanding. We are indeed
in the whale’s environment.When they grace us with their presence, it
is a gift. This gift cannot be controlled or timed. In their natural
environment, whales will be whales, mostly swimming, sounding and
occasionally displaying particular behaviours.
Occasionally, a Great White Shark lurks
in the area and the Southern Right
Whale mothers pull close to their calves
to protect them from danger.
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8. C
O
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B Opal capital of the world (Coober Pedy), where it is so
hot and treeless, most people live underground. It is
E home of the Kokatha and Arabana Peoples.
R Coober Pedy has a population of approximately 4000
people, most live in underground dwellings. There are
approximately 400 aboriginals living in Coober Pedy.
They originally named the town and the translated
P meaning is ‘‘White man’s burrow’’.
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There are many underground caravan parks, motels and
D hotels for travellers to stay in. It is an extremely unique
experience.
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9. Lake Eyre
Lake Eyre is the lowest point
in South Australia, at
approximately 15m below sea
level and on the rare
occasions it fills up. It is the
largest lake in Australia and
18th largest lake in the world.
Lake Eyre is the largest salt lake
in South Australia. Lake Eyre
was named after the explorer
Edward John Eyre, the first
European to see it in 1840.

10. Plants
Wattles have 600
different
species. Wattles Kangaroo Paws grow to 60.96
are the largest centimetres and the flowers on the stem
genus of grow up to 1 metre and 21.92
flowering plants centimetres. There are 11 species in
in South South Australia.
Australia. The Eucalypts tree: It is the most classic
individual Australian tree. It’s a huge genus that
flowers are consists of 700-900 species. Eucalypts are
always very
flowering trees and shrubs that spread
small and
massed together
from dry deserts to snowy mountains.
in pom-pom Some of the most distinctive features of
heads. Eucalypts are their flowers.
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11. Hairy Nosed Wombat adopted by the
Government as a very important animal of
A South Australia on 27 August 1970. It is a
marsupial mammal that is occurring naturally
in a particular place in Australia and totally
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protected in South Australia.
I Blue Tongue Lizard is one of the most loved
and iconic animals. It is popular in the
community because they are found in most
M backyards and can live for decades.
A Magpie The magpie is one of our most common
and easily recognisable birds. It gets by in family
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flocks of 5 or 6 individuals. These birds will sing
to each other known as carolling any time of the
day or night. In South Australia the other name
for the magpie is the Piping Shrike.
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12. Climate
The climate of South Australia
varies, from hot and dry in the
inside to the outside, wetter
climates of the Southern Mount
Lofty Ranges and the Southeast
coast of South Australia.
Warm moist air of tropical
origin occasionally moves into
the State from the north during
summer and thunderstorms may
then develop.
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13. Economy
What does South Australia export: wine, wool
and meat. South Australia are the biggest
wine producing state in Australia. That is why
they are so famous for their wine. They also
export cattle to the Indonesians because
South Australia has lots of cattle and sheep
farms that also produce wool as well.

14. Interesting Facts
State faunal emblem: Hairy-Nosed or Plains Wombat
State gemstone: Opal
Driest place: Mulka (near Lake Eyre)
Highest mountain: Mount Woodroffe, 1,435 metres
Oldest rocks: Eyre Peninsula, 2300 to 2400 million
years
Oldest building: Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace
Swimming - In 1838 it was declared illegal to swim at
public beaches during the day! This law was enforced
until 1902.

15. South Australia Flag
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