Magic Forest - Australia Years 1 - 3

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The Australian Bushwalk is full of wonderful sights, sounds and

smells. Go carefully so you don’t miss them. Have fun!

Who Am I?

I have a long sticky tongue That I use to eat

My favourite food is ants They make a tasty treat

I am an animal in the bushwalk That’s covered with lots of spines

I’m native to Australia So I’m not a porcupine

I’m a mammal that lays eggs But don’t get in a muddle

It’s because I am a monotreme And my baby is called a puggle!

Home, sweet home:

Where and how does it live?

Animal enCOUNTer:

How many can you

see?

Can you

Jump like a Kangaroo

Waddle like an Echidna

Coverings: Is it covered in fur,

feathers, skin or scales?

Use your senses:

How does it look, feel,

smell or sound?

Magic Forest - Australia Years 1 - 3

Knock, Knock, Who’s There?

Termite

Frog

Spider

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Knock, Knock, Who’s There?

Nest

Hollow log

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DID YOU KNOW? Female Shingleback Lizards give birth to live young, usually two at a time every summer.

Shingle-back Skink

Draw me: a home. some food. a bright shiny sun to keep me

warm.

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Draw me: some grass to eat. some more red kangaroos to live

with.

DID YOU KNOW? Females can have up to three young at a time. One on foot, one in the pouch and one on pause in her uterus.

Red Kangaroo

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DID YOU KNOW? A numbat is a marsupial that doesn’t have a pouch.

Draw me: some termite mounds to provide

me with my dinner. a long sticky tongue. some more hollow logs so that I

can hide from my predators.

Numbat