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Quiz about Well Known Australian National Parks
Quiz about Well Known Australian National Parks

Well Known Australian National Parks Quiz


These questions ask you to identify some of the most famous of Australia's National Parks from each state and territory in Australia by a description I have provided. I hope it inspires you to visit one of them!

A multiple-choice quiz by natsim. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
natsim
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
100,811
Updated
Feb 11 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
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Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. This national park is in the state of Victoria and is near the town of Halls Gap. The park is famous for its rugged mountain range and distinctive wildflowers. This park is named after the mountain range within it, which itself was named after a mountain range in Scotland. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This park, in the state of New South Wales contains Australia's highest mountain and the Snowy River. Most of the major ski resorts of New South Wales are in this National Park. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This is the largest National Park in Australia, and is located in the Northern Territory, three hours drive east of Darwin. This area features cave paintings, rock carvings and archeological sites as well as unique flora and fauna. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Also in the Northern Territory, 450 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs, this National Park features the largest natural monolith in the world. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This park, in Queensland, at the top of the Great Dividing Range, is famous for its rainforests and spectacular coral reefs. It is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, but be careful where you swim because there are also crocodiles here!
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Question 6 of 10
6. South Australia has some great National Parks. This is one of the more famous, particularly for its spectacular wildflowers (in an area that is usually very dry), and the natural amphitheatre, Wilpena Pound. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Tasmania's most famous national park offers spectacular mountain scenery to many bushwalkers who walk along its trails. As well as containing Tasmania's highest peak, this park contains the deepest lake in Australia. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This is the only National Park in the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.). Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This National Park in the Top End of Western Australia is home to boab trees, enormous termite mounds and hundreds of orange and black striped, beehive-shaped sandstone formations that look like they belong on another planet. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This National Park is in the state of New South Wales and in the mountains west of Sydney. It's famous for three sandstone pinnacles called "The Three Sisters" and the peaceful serenity of Blue Gum Forest. Hint



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1. This national park is in the state of Victoria and is near the town of Halls Gap. The park is famous for its rugged mountain range and distinctive wildflowers. This park is named after the mountain range within it, which itself was named after a mountain range in Scotland.

Answer: Grampians National Park

Rock shelters in this park contain paintings by the Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung Aboriginal people, who called this place "Gariwerd".
2. This park, in the state of New South Wales contains Australia's highest mountain and the Snowy River. Most of the major ski resorts of New South Wales are in this National Park.

Answer: Kosciusko National Park

Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia. In this park you might see rare mountain pygmy possums, corroboree frogs and wild horses. There is also a gold-mining ghost town called Kiandra.
3. This is the largest National Park in Australia, and is located in the Northern Territory, three hours drive east of Darwin. This area features cave paintings, rock carvings and archeological sites as well as unique flora and fauna.

Answer: Kakadu National Park

Kakadu is listed as a World Heritage Area. Its name comes from the Gagudju people, one of the Aboriginal tribes that lives in this area.
4. Also in the Northern Territory, 450 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs, this National Park features the largest natural monolith in the world.

Answer: Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

The landmark is, of course, Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock). Another landmark in the park is Kata Tjuta, which is the Aboriginal name for the area and the name of 36 massive dome-like rocks (also known as The Olgas). Mt Augustus is larger, but is a monocline, not a monolith.
5. This park, in Queensland, at the top of the Great Dividing Range, is famous for its rainforests and spectacular coral reefs. It is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, but be careful where you swim because there are also crocodiles here!

Answer: Daintree National Park

The Daintree contains some of the most primitive forest in the world (110 million years old!), because there was no recent volcanic action in this area. It also has numerous natural microenvironments that contain a massive range of flora and fauna.
6. South Australia has some great National Parks. This is one of the more famous, particularly for its spectacular wildflowers (in an area that is usually very dry), and the natural amphitheatre, Wilpena Pound.

Answer: Flinders Ranges National Park

Wilpena Pound is an elevated basin, with sheer cliff faces surrounding a basin that covers 50 square kilometres. The highest point, St. Mary's Peak, offers spectacular views across the pound and beyond.
7. Tasmania's most famous national park offers spectacular mountain scenery to many bushwalkers who walk along its trails. As well as containing Tasmania's highest peak, this park contains the deepest lake in Australia.

Answer: Cradle Mountain National Park

This national park is also a World Heritage Area. Lake St Clair is Australia's deepest lake.
8. This is the only National Park in the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.).

Answer: Namadgi National Park

Namadgi is the Aboriginal name for the mountains south-west of Canberra. Namadgi National Park takes up almost half of the A.C.T. land area.
9. This National Park in the Top End of Western Australia is home to boab trees, enormous termite mounds and hundreds of orange and black striped, beehive-shaped sandstone formations that look like they belong on another planet.

Answer: Purnululu National Park

The Bungle Bungles are the sandstone formations in Purnululu National Park and were only noticed by Europeans in the mid-1980s even though the local Kija Aboriginal people have known about them for thousands of years. Purnululu is the Kija word for "sandstone".
10. This National Park is in the state of New South Wales and in the mountains west of Sydney. It's famous for three sandstone pinnacles called "The Three Sisters" and the peaceful serenity of Blue Gum Forest.

Answer: Blue Mountains National Park

Rock climbers are not allowed to climb on the side of The Three Sisters visible from the tourist viewing area at Echo Point. This way, it always looks pristine, and no-one will see a climbing accident!
Source: Author natsim

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