Selects • November 2025
Australian Geography
Get in to the campervan, we’re doing a tour down under!
Way Back When
Let’s turn back the (geological) clock.
The land of Australia was once part of which supercontinent that began breaking into northern and southern segments around 200 million years ago?
Uluru is made up of what type of rock: limestone, sandstone or mudstone?
Formed by tectonic uplift, what runs more than 3500km from the tip of Cape York in Queensland to the Grampians region in Victoria?
After standing for millions of years, two of the Twelve Apostles stacks collapsed within five years of one another during which decade?
In 1968 and 1974, which Australian lake was the site of discovery of approximately 40,000-year-old human remains?
Way Back When
Where The Bloody Hell Are You?
We’ll give you an excerpt from the website for a popular tourist destination. You fill in the blank.
“Explore World Heritage-listed ___, home of the famous Three Sisters in Katoomba.”
“Famous for its laid back atmosphere and beautiful beaches, ___ lies just 19 kilometres offshore from Perth surrounded by the sparkling Indian Ocean.”
“The white-sand curve of ___ is a big, bold smile on the face of Tasmania. It takes a little effort to see this photogenic landmark, turning a trip to this famous beach into a pilgrimage of sorts.”
“The creeping vines and emerald canopy of the ___ have been growing for more than 180 million years. That’s right – it’s the world’s oldest tropical rainforest by an impressive 10 million years.”
“Covering nearly 20,000 square kilometres, in ___ you’ll find ancient landscapes with thundering waterfalls, lush rainforests, wandering wetlands, exotic wildlife and ancient rock art.”
Where The Bloody Hell Are You?
Know Your Traditional Names
We'll give you the First Nations place names, you tell us the Australian capital city located there.
Naarm
Meanjin
Boorloo
Nipaluna
Tarndanya
Know Your Traditional Names
All Aussie Assortment
Grab a mixed bag of lollies for this road trip.
Both are named for zodiac signs but which of the two tropics runs through northern Australia?
How many states and territories in total does South Australia share a border with?
The Australian Outback gets its distinctive red colouring from a high concentrate of what chemical compound?
Which of the following would you not find in Canberra: a NASA base, the Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters or the National Rock Garden?
As the crow flies, what distance is longer: Brisbane to Cairns or Brisbane to Melbourne?
All Aussie Assortment
Pop Culture Pinpoints
Can you name these Aussie locations that had a moment in the spotlight?
A Ryan Gosling movie shut down this landmark to film a stunt in 2023, causing traffic disruptions across the entire city.
In the first season of the Australian version of Alone, contestants were dropped off in a remote area in this state.
The cast of Netflix’s Queer Eye filmed a special episode in this positive-sounding country town north of Canberra.
What title location of a 1967 novel has also hosted concerts by Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel & Bruce Springsteen?
Miranda Tapsell co-wrote and starred in Top End Wedding, set and filmed in Adelaide, Darwin and on these islands to the north.
Pop Culture Pinpoints
Big Things
Tell us which iconic ‘big thing’ you’d find in the following Aussie towns.
Penguin, Tasmania
Glenrowan, Victoria
Woombye, Queensland
Goulburn, New South Wales
Gumeracha, South Australia
Big Things
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