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有关于澳大利亚的英文文章？

Answer 1

About Australia
Australia is the world's oldest continent, is the world's largest island and the mainland a single country, an area of about 7.7 million square kilometers, the population only 1,930 million.

Australia vast land and natural scenery unlimited, both bustling metropolis, but also present on the planet still maintain the original state of one of a handful of areas wilderness, it has its own unique cultural characteristics of the international community, the natural scenery and many Exotic, Yishou particular type of bag as wombat, kangaroo, and other unique in the world.

Travel to Australia are generally two kinds of ways: First, the lead tours by travel agents, travel to the mainland such major way for the self-help tourism, the Europe and other western countries for the majority of tourists.

The lead tours by travel agents, most arrangements to Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Queensland, and other big cities and the Gold Coast tourist attractions area, although short, Australia will also look at the main attractions a big expense.

Tourism is self-sufficient time to be driving, or riding a bike, in the countryside camping, forest walks, lake fishing and enjoy Australia's natural scenery and fresh air. Many European tourists even while tourism-wage, each for a few days to play, continue to tour. 译：澳大利亚简介
澳大利亚是地球上最古老的大陆，也是地球上最大的海岛及单一国家的大陆，它的面积约为770万平方公里，人口仅有1，930余万。

澳大利亚地大物博,自然风光无限,兼有大都会的繁华,同时也是目前地球上仍然保有原始状态的荒野少数地区之一,它拥有自己独特的文化特色的国际社会；天然的景色及许多珍禽异兽,特别是袋类异兽类如袋熊,袋鼠等为世界独一无二。

前往澳大利亚旅游一般有二种方式：一是由旅行社带领之旅行团，此类为大陆旅行之主要方式；二为自助旅游，此为欧洲等西方国家的旅游者居多。

由旅行社带领之旅行团，大多安排到悉尼，坎培拉，墨尔本，布里斯本等大城市及昆士兰的黄金海岸名胜地区观光，时间虽短，也可将澳大利亚的主要景点看个大慨。

自助旅游则有充分的时间，可以驾车，骑马或自行车，在郊野露营、林间散步、湖畔垂钓真正享受澳大利亚的清新空气和大自然风光。许多欧洲的旅游者甚至边旅游边打工，每到一地打几天工，再继续旅游行程。

Answer 2

关于澳大利亚的动物的Australian brush turkey

What do brush turkeys look like?

The brush turkey is easily recognised by its:

deep blue-black plumage
bright head colours
broad, flat tail
general turkey-like appearance.

The bird's wattle (a fleshy lobe hanging down from the base of its neck) varies in colour with its age, gender and location. In the southern parts of its range, the male brush turkey has a bright yellow wattle, while on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland its wattle is light blue. Females and younger birds have dull yellow wattles.
Brush turkey chicks look much like quails, with plain rich brown feathers over their entire bodies. As they mature they lose the feathers on their heads and necks, where the bare skin turns a deep pink colour.

Where do they live?

The Australian brush turkey can be found in NSW and Queensland. It lives in humid forests along the eastern seaboard and inland to the wetter ranges, though it is most often seen in rainforest and neighbouring eucalypt forest areas. It remains in a particular locality throughout the year, where it breeds and forages in the forest leaf litter for fruits, seeds and small animals.

This fascinating bird is abundant in favourable habitats. However, since European colonisation its numbers have declined – particularly near cities. In places where it shares its breeding and foraging grounds with humans, the survival of the species depends largely on the goodwill of householders.

Breeding

The Australian brush turkey belongs to the family of birds known as megapodes. Megapodes are found in the East Indies, Australasia and Polynesia. They construct mounds of vegetation to incubate their eggs in.

Using vegetation gathered from the forest floor around them, male brush turkeys build a large and distinctive incubation mound, which can be up to 4 m wide and up to 2 m high. A female will then lay between 18 and 24 white eggs in the mound, with intervals of two to three days between the laying of each egg.

As the vegetation in the mound decomposes, it gives off heat which warms the eggs. The optimum incubation temperature is between 33�0�2C and 35�0�2C, and the male brush turkey maintains this temperature by removing and adding layers to the mound. Temperature regulation is the only assistance the parents provide to their offspring.

The young brush turkeys hatch after about seven weeks, fully feathered and able to run. They dig their way through the layers of the mound and into the open air.

Brush turkeys in the garden

Brush turkeys are generally wary of humans. However, they can become very tame around picnic grounds and homes, particularly if they are fed. We don't recommend that you feed brush turkeys.

Many people consider brush turkeys to be destructive in carefully planned gardens, since they remove vegetation, earth and mulch to create their incubation mounds. In a few hours, the birds can strip away closely-planted natives and light, moist mulch, used frequently in landscaped gardens. Heavier ground coverings (such as river gravel) and tree guards can reduce the impact on valuable and vulnerable plants.

Once a male brush turkey has started to build its mound, it is extremely difficult to prevent it from continuing its efforts. No single method of deterrence has proved effective in all situations, but you can try:

spreading a heavy tarpaulin over the mound and weighing it down, to prevent the bird from working
diverting the bird's attention to a less attractive or valuable area of your garden, by building a household compost mound. Ideally, this compost mound should be sited next to at least one large tree providing 80 to 95 per cent shade. The brush turkey may be attracted towards the area, and may eventually take over the compost mound as its nesting mound.

If these methods fail and you cannot adapt to the situation, you can contact your nearest NPWS office for further detailed advice. Brush turkeys are part of Australia's natural heritage, and many householders now accept these birds as a fascinating part of their backyard environment.