Backpack Bear - Quiz 4 answers

What is the next line ..... Australians all, let us rejoice ... ? For we are young and free
If you have won the Archibald Prize, what have you created? A portrait
If you were standing on the highest mountain in Victoria, where would you be? Mt Bogong. 1986 metres
If you were looking at a brolga what would you be looking at? A bird
Who was the first Australian to fly across the Pacific Ocean in 1928? Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

Why does the nation “stop” on the first Tuesday in November? The Melbourne Cup is run
Which is our largest currency note, both in size and value? $100
What is the name of the highway which connects Adelaide and Alice Springs? Stuart Highway

When would you need to be in Melbourne to see the Moomba Festival? March
What sort of creature was the hero of the television series Skippy? Kangaroo
What is the name of the long strip of islands and reefs just off the Queensland coast? Great Barrier Reef
Which music group for young children has members called Anthony, Simon, Lachy and Emma? The Wiggles
If it is 10.00am on July 1st in Sydney, what time is it in Perth? 8.00am
Which organisation was founded by Rev Dr Sir Alan Walker in 1963 using the slogan, "Help is as close as the telephone?" Lifeline
In which field of the arts is Garth Welch a significant name? Ballet
Which Australian film producer received Oscar nominations for the movies Witness (1985) and Dead Poets' Society (1989) Peter Weir
Which explorer later founded The Australian, the first independent newspaper in the country? William Charles Wentworth
Scientists know me as macropus rufus but what is my common name? red kangaroo
Which popular national dessert was created in the 1890s to honour an Australian soprano? Peche Melba
Who was Australia's first Labor Prime Minister? John Christian Watson (1904- 1907)

This week I am visiting a place that has been on my go-to list for a l-o-n-g time.

This place is part of a larger World Heritage site which has a number of national parks, marine reserves and interesting sites including the most westerly point on the Australian mainland. which was discovered by Dutch seafarer William de Vlamingh in 1697 .

The particular place I am visiting offers me a chance to see dugongs, sharks, turtles, rays and a lot of other fish species in its pristine waters but they are not the key attraction which brings so many visitors each year.

Sixty years ago in the 1960s fishers started to share their catch with the resident bottlenose dolphins, soon building up a trust and a unique attraction. But sadly, researchers found that young dolphins being fed in this way were not surviving as well as their wild counterparts . Eleven out of every twelve babies born to hand-fed females died because of a combination of overfeeding, indiscriminate feeding and mother dolphins spending too much time at the beach rather than caring for their calves. .

So since 1984, while the experience I have come here for is still available, it is carefully regulated by the rangers - they are now fed only at irregular times n the morning with fish they will find in the area and only get a third of what they need each day to survive. Only females are fed because the males get too aggressive and only a handful of carefully selected dolphins are in the program at any one time.

Nevertheless, this has been the most wonderful experience for me.

Where am I? Monkey Mia, Western Australia