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What is a national park?
A national park is a fairly large piece of natural or semi-natural land, that has been bought by the government and set aside as a place where the animals and plants that live there are protected.
A national park is open to the public so that people can enjoy exploring the land, looking at the plants and watching the animals. People can have picnics and camp out in some national parks, go rock climbing, catch fish and even ride horses. Visitors to the park should check with the people in charge as to which activities are allowed.
Warning signs help to keep visitors to national parks, safe
Visitors should remember that national parks are wild places and to stay safe should pay attention to warning signs and to the people who work in the park
National parks can be in rainforest, in deserts, in the mountains and even in the ocean.
In Australia each State looks after its own national parks. But there are 15 parks and reserves that are managed by the Federal Government.
This site http://www.australiannationalparks.com/ has links to information all the national parks in all States of Australia.
tropical fish swimming on the Great Barrier Reef
kidcyber has some information about the Queensland Simpson Desert National Park, and a little about the Kata Tjura National Park the includes Uluru. There is also information about the Great Barrier Reef
One of the great threats to National Parks is bushfire. You can read about bushfires on kidcyber
National Parks protect ecosystems (communities of plants and animals interacting with one another in a habitat). You can find out about endangered ecosystems in Australia on kidcyber
updated February 2010 (copyright kidcyber)