Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is in the South Pacific ocean, north of Australia.








This is the flag of Papua New Guinea
The red and black are colours used by many tribes in Papua New Guinea, and red, white and black were the colours of the German Empire, who colonized
Papua New Guinea before 1918. The bird of paradise is also found on the coat of arms. The flag was designed by a 15 year old school girl who won a nationwide competition for a new flag.


It is the fifty-fourth largest country in the world.
Papua New Guinea is one tenth larger than California. It has a mountainous interior covered in rainforest and wetlands surrounding the two main rivers, the Sepik and the Fly. Papua New Guinea is on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The population of Papua New Guinea is just under 6million.Its capital is Port Moresby. Only 18% of the population live in the urban centres.
Papua New Guinea has some active volcanoes which erupt frequently, causing severe earthquakes, mud slides and tsunamis.

Papua New Guinea is bordered by Indonesia. The coastline is 5,125 km long.
The highest point is Mount Wilhelm, at 4,509 m high.
Papua New Guinea's natural resources are gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil and fisheries.

Flamingoes are in the same family as storks, herons, and ibises.

They are found in Chile, France, Peru, Argentina, Uraguay, Paraguay, Southern Brazil, Bolivia, Africa, Yucatan, West Indies, Bahamas and the Galapagos Islands.

They live mainly in salt or alkaline lakes.

Flamingos generally don't migrate, but if they do, they migrate at night.

Male flamingos are bigger than female, although it is hard to tell which is which.

New-born chicks are grey or white. Baby flamingos have grey eyes and adults have yellow eyes.

Flamingos can live for up to 44 years. They are hunted by lions, leopards, cheetahs, and jackals.

Flamingos eat blue-green and red algae, diatoms, small insects, crustaceans, molluscs, and small fish. They get the pink colouring from the algae and the various insects. They drink fresh water.

This is a map of a part of the Dingle Peninsula.
The area is renowned for watersports, especially surfing and windsurfing.
The Dingle Peninsula is situated on the south west coast of Ireland, beside the atlantic sea.
The swell is caused by storms out in the atlantic which then make their way in and hit the west-facing beach between Castlegregory and Fahamore. The local winds cause the waves to take a certain height and timing.
The beach on the other side of the peninsula is sheltered from the atlantic waves, and is perfect for sailing, flat-water windsurfing, pedalos etc.
This ideal area for watersports has developed in recent years to a holiday haven.
it is in close proximity to golf course, scenic walks, mountains and towns.
There is a beach at Cloghane that produces rock crystals in the sand. Locals often go there as a family outing to collect crystals. The crystals are clear and colourless, but can be cloudy. They are also known as Quartz.