Natural Tourism Resources（自然旅游资源）
1）The Great Barrier Reef（大堡礁）
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344400 km2.The reef is located in the Coral Sea，off the coast of Queensland，Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms，known as coral polyps.It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981.CNN labeled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park，which helps to limit the impact of human use，such as fishing and tourism.Other environmental pressures on the reef and its ecosystem include runoff，climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching，and cyclic population outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish.According to a study published in October 2012 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，the reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985.
The Grea tBarrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people，and is an important part of local groups'cultures and spirituality.The reef is a very popular destination for tourists，especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions.Tourism is an important economic activity for the region，generating over$3 billion per year.
大堡礁位于澳大利亚昆士兰海岸附近的珊瑚海中，是世界上最大的珊瑚礁系统，由2900多个珊瑚礁和900多个岛屿组成，绵延2300多千米，面积约344400平方千米。
大堡礁是世界上最大的由数十亿的微小生物组成的单一结构的珊瑚礁，也被称为珊瑚虫。1981年它被列为世界遗产。美国有线电视新闻网将其列为世界七大自然奇观之一。
大堡礁海洋公园保护着大堡礁的很大一部分，这有助于限制人类的影响，如捕鱼和旅游业。
大堡礁很早就被澳大利亚的土著居民和托雷斯海峡岛民所熟知和利用，是当地群体文化和精神的重要组成部分。珊瑚礁是一个非常受欢迎的旅游目的地，旅游业是当地的一项重要经济活动，每年带来30多亿美元的收入。
2）The Blue Mountains（蓝山山脉）
The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales，Australia.It is a magical place any time of the year—glowing in autumn，cool in winter，colourful in spring and refreshing in summer.The Blue Mountains is densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees.The atmosphere is filled with finely dispersed droplets of oil，which，in combination with dust particles and water vapor，scatter short-wave length rays of light which are predominantly blue in color.The Greater Blue Mountains was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000 and was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.(https://www.daowen.com)
蓝山山脉是位于澳大利亚新南威尔士州的山脉。这里在任何季节都是一个神奇的地方，秋高气爽、冬凉、春艳、夏爽。蓝山上密布着众多油性桉树，大气中弥漫着很细的油滴，这些油滴与尘埃颗粒和水蒸气结合在一起，散射出以蓝色为主的短波光线。蓝山山脉于2000年被列入《世界遗产名录》，是2007年5月21日被列入《国家遗产名录》的15个世界遗产地之一。
3）Bondi Beach（邦迪海滩）
Bondi Beach is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding suburb in Sydney，New South Wales，Australia.Bondi Beach is located 7 km east of the Sydney central business district，in the loca lgovernment area of Waverley Council，in the Eastern Suburbs.Bondi，North Bondi and Bondi Junction are neighboring suburbs.Bondi is one of the most visited tourist sites in Australia.
邦迪海滩是一个受欢迎的海滩。邦迪海滩位于悉尼中央商务区以东7千米处，是澳大利亚游客最多的景点之一。
4）Phillip Island（菲利普岛）
Phillip Island is an Australian island about 140 km south-southeast of Melbourne，Victoria.Named after Arthur Phillip，the first Governor of New South Wales，Phillip Island forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of the Western Port.It is 26 km long and 9 km wide，with an area of about 100 km2.It has 97 km of coastline and is part of the Bass Coast Shire.
A 640 m concrete bridge（originally a wooden bridge）connects the mainland town San Remo with the island town Newhaven.In the 2011 census the island's permanent population was 9406，compared to 7071 in 2001.During the summer，the population swells to 40000.60％of the island is farmland devoted to grazing of sheep and cattle.
菲利普岛是澳大利亚的一个岛屿，位于维多利亚州墨尔本东南偏南约140千米处。菲利普岛以新南威尔士州首任总督阿瑟·菲利普的名字命名，形成了西港浅水区的天然防波堤。它长26千米，宽9千米，面积约100平方千米，有97千米的海岸线，是巴斯海岸郡的一部分。岛上60％的土地用于放牧。
5）Ayers Rock（艾尔斯岩）
Ayers Rock is also known by its Aboriginal name“Uluru”.It is a sacred part of Aboriginal creation mythology.Uluru is considered one of the great wonders of the world and one of Australia's most recognizable natural icons.Uluru is a large magnetic mound large not unlike Silbury Hill in England.It is located on a major planetary grid point much like the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
Ayers Rock is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia，in the Northern Territory.It is located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.It is the second largest monolith in the world（after Mount Augustus，also in Australia），more than 318 m high and 8 km around.It also extends 2.5 km into the ground.It was described by explorer Ernest Giles in 1872 as“the remarkable pebble”.
Uluru is an inselberg，literally“island mountain”，an isolated remnant left after the slow erosion of an original mountain range.Uluru is also often referred to as a monolith，although this is a somewhat ambiguous term because of its multiple meanings，and thus a word generally avoided by geologists.The remarkable feature of Uluru i sits homogeneity and lack of jointing and parting at bedding surfaces，leading to the lack of development of scree slopes and soil.These characteristics led to its survival，while the surrounding rocks were eroded.For the purpose of mapping and describing the geological history of the area，geologists refer to the rock strata making up Uluru as the Mutitjulu Arkose，and it is one of many sedimentary formations filling the Amadeus Basin.
艾尔斯岩以其土著名字“乌鲁鲁”而闻名。它是土著神话中的神圣之地，乌鲁鲁被认为是世界上伟大的奇迹之一，也是澳大利亚最著名的自然标志之一。乌鲁鲁是一个巨大的磁丘，与英国的锡尔伯里山类似，像埃及金字塔一样位于一个行星网格点上。
艾尔斯岩位于北领地的乌鲁鲁-卡塔丘塔国家公园，是澳大利亚中部的一种大型砂岩构造，是世界上第二大的巨石，高318米，周长8千米，还延伸到地下2.5千米。
艾尔斯岩是原始山脉缓慢侵蚀后留下的孤立遗迹，其显著特征是其均匀性和层理面缺乏接合和分离，导致碎石边坡和土壤缺乏发育。