The CD is both in English and in
German |
The introduction animation
'assembles' the elements of box of the Kookaburra game. If you've seen the
animation many times you may want to skip it by clicking 'skip intro' |
By moving the mouse on the
navigation icons (arrows etc..) it changes colour to green to show that you
can click on it |
This is the main menu. The CD-ROM
is split in these categories |
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Cities and Landscapes |
Takes you for a tour
of the most interesting cities and regions of Australia |
This the main map of Australia,
you can click on any of the cities or regions on the map to see dozens of
beautiful pictures of it. |
For example: Sydney and the Opera
House |
Uluru / Ayers Rock during sunset
takes beautiful colours |
Western Australia and the BIG ram
(sheep) in Wagin |
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Aboriginal art |
Shows how aboriginal
artists work and some stunning artworks |
Our aboriginal artist Darren
Ritchie showing his interpretation of our game |
Showing the tools |
used to make |
beautiful aboriginal artworks |
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Australian animals |
Shows you beautiful
pictures of Australian animals and gives you some interesting facts about them |
The croc |
The koala |
The kangaroo |
The emu - here a splendid specimen
of the Australian coat of arms ! |
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A bit
of History |
Tells you about the
important dates in the life of Australia. Starting 60 millions years ago ! |
60 millions years ago .. when the
continents broke off |
1770 - James Cook arrives in
Sydney. Not welcomed by everyone ! |
1851 - the gold rush. Many fortunes
were made, many were drunken |
2000 - Sydney hosts the Summer
Olympic games, 'the best games ever' ! |
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Miscellaneous |
Tells about
different things of Australia like flowers, flags, money, customs etc... |
The Australian flag, showing the
Southern Cross |
20 dollars bill on an Alice Springs
background |
Native flower: the Waratah |
Australia and the world map |
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Credits |
Tells you about who
and how the people helped put this CD-ROM together. Usually with a beautiful
picture in the background. |
Mouse with barramundi friend |
www.oceania.org |
John and baby camel |
Contrarily to what this picture may
suggest, Janet is not the one who broke the London
bridge on the Great Ocean Road |
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Learn about the
music instrument of the aboriginal the
didjeridoo,
with one of the best didjeridoo player in Australia: |
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Michael Tosetto (
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Of course this is only a few pictures taken off the educational CD-ROM of
Australia. There is MUCH more in it !