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South Pacific Flashcards

1
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The Twelve Apostles

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Limestone stack along Great Ocean Road

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2
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Fiji

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Melanesia

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3
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Maori

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Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand

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4
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Ancestors in Australia

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Aborigines

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5
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Kings Cross

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Sydney

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6
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Matamata

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Hobbiton, North Island

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7
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Franz Josef

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Glacier in Fjord National Park, South Island

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8
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Air Canada flies to

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Sydney (SYD)

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Zipling and Jet Boating Shot Over River

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Queenstown, South Island

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10
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Te Anau

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Whitewater rafting, South Island

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11
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Airline of Fiji

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Fiji Airways (FJ)

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12
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Overlander

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Railway in NZ: Wellington to Auckland

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13
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Circular Quay

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Sydney

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14
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High season of Australia

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Dec, Jan, Feb (Summer)

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15
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Fiji speaks

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English

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16
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Airline of Tahiti

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Air Tahiti Nui (TN)

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17
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Turtle Island

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Expensive resort at Fiji

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18
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Australia has ____ states and ________ territories

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6, 10 (3 in Australia mainland)

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19
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Australian Marsupials:

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Koala, kangaroo, quokka

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20
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Opal Mines

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Coober Pedy, South Australia

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21
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Indian Pacific Railway

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Sydney, Broken Hill, Adelaide to Perth (4 days)

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22
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Darling Harbour

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Sydney

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23
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Gateways of New Zealand

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North Island: Auckland (AKL)

South Island: Christchurch (CHC)

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24
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Bondi Beach

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Sydney

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25
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Kuranda Rail

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Cairns to Kuranda, Queensland

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26
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Bay of Islands

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North Island, NZ

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27
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The Rocks

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Sydney: Historical area

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28
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Airline of Cook Islands

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Air Rarotonga (GZ)

29
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Fiji’s Hello

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Bula

30
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Milford Sound

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Fjord National Park, helicopter from Queensland, South Island

31
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Tahiti’s hello

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La ora na

32
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Daintree

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Rain Forest in Cairns, Australia

33
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Food in Australia

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Vegemite (Yeast spread), Meat pie, Pavlova (meringue desert)

34
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New Zealand’s capital

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Wellington (WLG)

35
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What is ACT?

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Australian Capital Territory, Canberra (CBR)

36
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Fairy Penguins

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Philip Island, Melbourne

37
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Australia’s national carrier

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Qantas (QF)

38
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Tahiti

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Polynesia

39
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All Blacks

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New Zealand national rugby union team, Haka

40
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Zorbing

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Sport in NZ

41
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Kakadu National Park

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NT

42
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Te Puia

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Maori culture; Rotorua, NZ

43
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7 States, Territories and capitals (code?)

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Western Australia: Perth
Northern Territory: Darwin
Queensland: Brisbane (BNE)
New South Wales: Sydney (SYD)
Victoria: Melbourne (MEL)
South Australia: Adelaide
Tasmania: Hobart
44
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Ghan Railway

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Adelaide, Alice Springs to Darwin

45
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Tasmania used to be a _____ penal colony (where prisoners used to live!), its nickname?

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British; Devil’s Island

46
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Manly Beach

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Sydney

47
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American Samoa, Samoa

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Polynesia

48
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Three Sisters

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Blue Mountains, NSW

49
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Australia’s capital

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Canberra (CBR)

50
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Where do you fly to if you want to go to Great Barrier Reef?

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Brisbane

51
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What are bargain souvenirs in Australia?

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Wool, opals

52
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Taronga Zoo

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Sydney

53
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Uluru =

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Ayers Rock, Alice Springs, NT

54
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New Zealand’s national carrier

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Air New Zealand (NZ)

55
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Surfers Paradise

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Gold Coast, Queensland

56
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Tonga

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Polynesia

57
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Great Ocean Road

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Victoria

58
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Waitomo Glowworm Caves

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North Island, South of Auckland, NZ

59
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Barossa

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Wine country in Adelaide

60
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Guam

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Micronesia

61
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Scenic Mountain Resort popular for skiing in NZ

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Queenstown, South Island

62
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Drive on

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Left

63
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Where are the Blue Mountains? Why are they blue?

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West of Sydney; eucalyptus trees’ blue haze

64
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Cook Islands

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Polynesia

65
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Tahiti speaks

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French

66
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Mount Cook

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West of Christchurch, South Island

67
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What doe QANTAS stand for?

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Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services

68
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Geysers at Rotorua; smells of?

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East of Waitomo Caves, North Island, NZ; sulphur

69
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Cook Island’s hello

A

Kia orana

2nd year Geog (6 decks)

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