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Picture book page Narration
Title slide showing several images from the picture book

Why we love Australia

Written and illustrated by Parker, Layla, Emily, Phoebe, Asher, Charlotte, Nick, Henry, Amy and Jenna-Rose
Snow covered mountians

The snowy mountains have white, cold snow on them. They are full of snow.
Thick trees

The rainforest is green, blue and brown. The trees reach into the white clouds.
Trees with flames all around

The hot fire burns up the trees, turning them orange and yellow.

The grey smoke chokes the animals.

The bushland is left black.
A sunny river bank with green grass

The grass is green on the grasslands. Brown rocks sit in the middle of the grass.
Brown land around a blue water inlet

Water splashing and swaying in the deep gorge. Round trees stand at the top of the gateway.

Tiny saplings march like an army. Little, brown rocks crumble down on the face of the gorge as it grows older.
Swirling blue water and round green bushes

The rapids quickly jump down the river. The wind sways the grass from side to side.

Rocks tumble into the shimmering water as a goanna dashes up the bank.

The water splashes. Splat, splosh , splish!
A skyline with yellow stars

Lights are flashing in the massive city.

The silver stars shine in the sky all through the night.

The tall buildings rest on top of the sky.
Rolling waves onto a beach of a large island

Tall, blue waves rolling quickly to the shore of the beach.

Small scrub swaying slowly in the cool breeze. Swish, swish, swish.

Large islands floating gently in the deep, clear water.

Soft, white sand slowly burying footprints.
A dolphin and another red and white fish swimming in the ocean near a green shoreline.

The sea is as still as a statue until a whale breaches. It wriggles and waves.

A big, curvy wave tumbles up the shore ahead of the black and white whale.

Splish, splash, splosh. The tail of the whale hits the water as it dives again.
An brightly coloured underwater scene with coral, seaweed and fish swimming.

The swaying seaweed sings as the fish swim by.

The rainbow reef sinks into the sand.

The colourful coral is as beautiful as a butterfly.