Maps :

• Australia and Europe compared
  (qajaqunderground.com)
  

  

  
  

• Perth Zoo - Western Australia - a video
  

  

• Australia (cartes)

• Australia : Cartes - Plans - Photos (lexilogos.com)

Information :

• See Lesson plans

• Passport Australia : Videos - Interactive features - Slideshow...
  (channelone.com)

• Five of the 130 baby bats "rescued from the Queensland floods being cared for at a clinic in Brisbane."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  

• Flooding in Australia's Queensland 'to last weeks' -  3 January 2011
  "More than 20 towns in Queensland have been cut off or flooded, with more than 200,000 people affected."
  + VIDEOS
  + In pictures: Floods from the air
  (BBC)

• Island Caretaker
  Tourism Queensland Seeks Applicants for "The Best Job in the World"
  (YouTube)
  See Lesson plans

  
  Island keeper
  Australia offers 'best job in world' on paradise island
  "The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island on
  the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland's state government said Tuesday.
  In return, the "island caretaker" will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of "a few minor tasks" - and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.
  The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English."
  (lankabusinessonline.com)
  
  How to land dream island job
  "It's being billed as "the best job in the world" - six months working as a "caretaker" on Hamilton Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
  But with competition for the post sure to be cut-throat, how can you make your application stand out?"
  - with a video
  (BBC)

• AUSTRALIA.com - Travel and Tourism
  (australia.com)
  

• Geography of Australia - PowerPoint Presentation (classroom.jc-schools.net)

• Trishan's Oz : History - People - Places - Things - Facts - Animals
  (panique.com.au)
  
  

• 'A View On Cities',
  a site dedicated to the sights and attractions in some of the world's greatest cities.
  
  

• Picture Australia - (from Australia's cultural institutions )
  "a gallery of people, places, events and objects"
  (pictureaustralia.org)

• Explorers of Australia and Nearby Islands -
  Textes courts illustrés avec "a Glossary of Exploration Terms" (enchantedlearning)
  
  

Glossary / Dictionary :

• The deserts of Asia and Australia: legendary! - Visual Dictionary (ikonet.com)

• Morphology of a kangaroo - with explanations
  (visual.merriam-webster.com)

  

• Glossary of Exploration Terms (enchantedlearning)

Photos :

• Notre périple en "Western Australia", un reportage-photos de Cathy C.
  (mousepotato.over-blog.com)

  

  Voir le sommaire de la rubrique "Fanny en Australie"
  
  

• Discover English-Speaking Countries : Beautiful photos (anglik.net)
  Britain - Ireland - the USA - Canada - Australia and NZ

• PHOTOS - AUSTRALIE (linternaute.com)

Listening :

• Road Trip through the Outback - TEXT + AUDIO
  "Writer Loretta Bunning shares the sights and sounds of 12,000 km through Australia’s red, hot and dusty backyard."
  (teatime-mag.com)

• Rebecca talks about what she likes best about Australia and her city, Sydney.
  + Slide Quiz + Text
  (elllo.org)

  

• Rebecca talks about what she likes about various cities in Australia.
  + Slide Quiz + Text
  (elllo.org)
  
  

• What cities does he mention ?
  + interactive exercise
  (elllo.org)

  

   

Activities :

• How Much Do You Know About Australia? (Josiane Behengaray - Ac. Rouen)

  EX1 > Australia Quiz

  EX2 > A Geography Quiz

  EX3> Australian Animals

   

• Directions - Photo prise sur Rottnest Island (Sud-Ouest de l'Australie), près de Perth
  Permet de travailler les chiffres

   

• Barnaby Down Under - an animated story WITH sound (BBC)
  
  
  
  
  

• Australia, animals and trees - to print -
  "Look at the ... map and match the number with either the animal or the tree." (activitice)

  
  
  
• Mots croisés à imprimer

Lesson plans :

• Koalas at risk in Australia (1st May, 2012) - a lesson plan with audio (newsenglishlessons.com)

• Queensland Facing Major Reconstruction (13th January, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  Brisbane floods: Queensland facing reconstruction 'of post-war proportions' + a VIDEO
  (telegraph.co.uk)
  
  
  
  See Information

• 50 candidates for ‘best job in the world’ - a lesson plan
  WARM UPS : Dreams / Dream jobs
  (breakingnewsenglish)
  See Information

• PM backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign
  "Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising campaign by Tourism Australia,
  which features a cheeky tag-line."
  - Watch the Related Video
  (abc.net.au)
  - British TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan with
  "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work,
  discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

Webquests:

• Australia Webquest , conçue par Nathalie VEZON - Niveau 4ème
  (Collège Gérard Philipe à Bagnols sur Cèze dans le Gard, Académie de Montpellier)
  
  

• (Mots croisés après cette recherche sur l'Australie.)

Stories :

• Barnaby Down Under
  - an animated story with SOUND using the preterit (BBC)

  

Videos :

• PM backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign
  "Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising campaign by Tourism Australia,
  which features a cheeky tag-line."
  - Watch the Related Video (abc.net.au)
  - British TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan with
  "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

Songs :

• A WORKSHEET to go with the video : Deadly Animals (Come to Australia)
  Sent by Virginie Henriet (Ac. Grenoble)
  
  Deadly Animals (Come to Australia) by "The Scared Weird Little Guys"
  + LYRICS (hotlyrics.net) :
  
  "Redback, Funnel-Web, Blue-ringed octopus
  Taipan, Tigersnake and a Box jellyfish
  Stonefish and the poison thing that lives in a shell
  That spikes you when you pick it up
  
  Come to Australia 
  You might accidentally get killed..."