How well do you know Australia’s national parks?
The island continent boasts an astonishing variety of national parks, home to red rocks, reefs and ‘roos. But how well do you know Australia’s protected areas?
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Which was Australia’s first national park, created in 1879?
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Which flightless bird might you encounter in Daintree Rainforest National Park, Queensland?
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What’s the name of the iconic rust-red beehive rock formations in Western Australia’s Purnululu National Park?
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New South Wales’ largest national park is named after which military leader?
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Australia has many amazing outcrops – but in which park are the Remarkable Rocks?
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This famous swathe of white sand beach in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania curves around ______ Bay?
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An ongoing plan aims to create a new 315,000ha national park in New South Wales to protect which native species?
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It’s easy to see why Cradle Mountain, centrepiece of its namesake national park in Tasmania, got its moniker. But what’s the tarn in which it’s famously reflected?
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What species is the 61m-tall Gloucester Tree, climbed by intrepid visitors in its namesake national park in Western Australia?
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What gives New South Wales’ Blue Mountains their distinctive hue?
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In which national park can you admire incredible rock art at Ubirr and Nourlangie, with paintings perhaps 20,000 years old?
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Which national park in Tasmania hosts a famous colony of white wallabies?
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