2002

October

10

Council Meeting

November

7

Council Meeting

21

AGM – Greening Australia, Bennetts Rd, Norman Park

December

5

Council Meeting

President’s Report       

GTAQ has been very busy over the past few months preparing two big events – the Year 10 Career Day and the GeoSOSE day.

I think something that has concerned GTAQ  for some time is the way that subjects like Geography have to end up trying to “sell” themselves to students as more subjects come on line and more “trendy” options tend to steer students away from what some would consider traditional areas of study. I know that it isn’t only Geography which is faced with this dilemma but I sometimes wonder how well informed people like guidance officers are when it comes to helping students make their subject choices for Senior? Perhaps we should be encouraging the GOs to come along on our career day with the students instead of the geography teachers!

The Year 10 Career day was organised by Council member, David Jaunay. It presented interested Year 10 students with a snapshot of what Geography has to offer in terms of future careers. From the accounts of some of my students who attended, I heard that the day provided a good insight into the value of studying Geography in years 11 and 12. More details are in this newsletter. Thanks to David for a job well done.

GeoSOSE day has also been and gone. Beryl McLaughlin and Alison Larking have  worked very hard to provide an interesting and worthwhile program to help fellow teachers with the difficult area of implementing SOSE with a geographical flavour in their schools. GTAQ tries very hard to provide different and worthwhile sessions but if you know of someone who is doing something worth sharing with others and who hasn’t been included please let us know so that we can approach them for next year. Well done Beryl and Alison.

A final request. We are all working long and hard to provide the best possible outcomes for our students. There are a lot of people out there who would love to have the benefit of some of your shared experiences whether it be a unit to demonstrate a key outcome, a fieldstudy d for the Senior syllabus, an assessment item which the panel thought was great, or a newspaper article which you developed some comprehension questions for – let’s share them. By helping others it is amazing how we can also benefit and reap the rewards and ensure that all students of geography are receiving best practice in their classrooms. GTAQ newsletter is the best vehicle to do this and, who knows, you could pick up a major accolade by doing so!

All the best

Sue Parkinson

FEATURE SECTION        

Creating good designs and sustainable futures

by the Ellise Barkley and David Tickle, the Sustainable Living Project, UNSW

Article available in the print edition of The Queensland Geographer only.

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GTAQ meets the movers and shakers to discuss future ventures.

Don’t miss the AGM

Nov 21 – 4-8pm

Greening Australia, 333 Bennetts Rd Norman Park

FEATURE SECTION  

Lava Action

by David Lergessner, HOD Social Science, Performing Arts and LOTE, Deception Bay SHS.

Available in the print edition of the Queensland Geographer only.

But I have left the photos.

Fig. 1 The bitumen was a path leading to the toilet block at the end of the Chain of Craters Road. The block stood on a small rise now surrounded by lava.

Fig. 2 the road I drove on in June was under this flow.

Fig. 3 Third lava flow entering the ocean

Fig. 4 Three active lava flows separated me from my car. It was an interesting walk.

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Don’t miss the AGM

Nov 21 – 4-8pm

Greening Australia, 333 Bennetts Rd Norman Park

Geog News June – July 2002

Prepared by David Lergessner, Deception Bay High

This page will from time to time include relevant web sites. To assist teachers to access these web sites, this section will be made available on the GTAQ web site for a short period of time after the newsletter has been published.

Dates refer to when the event was reported in Queensland’s major daily newspaper – the Courier Mail. Other newspapers cited include the Sun ( S ) and Gold Coast Mail ( GCM ) from the Gold Coast, the Port Douglas and Mossman Gazette ( PD&MG ), the Sunday Mail ( SM ), Cairns Post ( CP ), The Redcliffe and Bayside Herald ( R&BH ).

Junee 2002

The Department of State Development and fish farming company – Sunaqua – are facing considerable opposition from conservationists and Brisbane mayor – Jim Soorley in their plans to place fish farm cages in Moreton Bay. The opposition groups claim nutrient levels are already too high in the Bay and the fish farms would only increase the levels. ( June 1 )

The Greens leader Bob brown indicated the party might support the government’s moves for the full sell-off of Telstra provided the government agreed to end old-growth forest logging and imposed strict controls on land clearing. ( June 1 )

Remains of Tasmania’s last full-blood aborigine, Truganini, kept in a British Museum for over 100 years will be returned for a traditional burial. ( June 1 )

Brisbane City Council is to investigate the establishment of a centre for sub-tropical planning and design to improve the city’s character. ( June 1 )

Richard Pratt, billionaire busionessamn, called on the federal govrernment to fund the enclosing of thousands of kilometres of open irrigation channels in an attempt to increase the amount of water available for irrigation in the Murray – Darling basin and SW Western Australia. The plan would also guarantee drinking water for Adelaide. (SM June 2 )

It was predicted that if the fire ant invasion wasn’t checked up to 3000 people would be hospitalised annually from stings. The ants had already killed 80 people in the United States. ( June 3 )

Plans to dam rivers in the Gulf Country for sugar and cotton farms have brought both praise and condemnation. ( June 3 )

The Brisbane City Council plans to introduce a new free bus loop in the inner Brisbane area. This should encourage greater use of public transport and therefore reduce the number of cars in the city area. ( June 4 )

Despite recent rains, SE queensland still faced drought conditions. ( June 4 )

Aboriginal elders aree concerned about falls of up to two metres in the water levels of lakes on the northern part of Stradbroke Island. ( June 4 )

Coastcare members blamed local gardeners for outbreaks of weeds on coastal dunes. Members believed the seeds came from urban gardens. ( June 5 )

New Zealand leader, Helen Clark, formally apologised to Samoan leader, Leota Leuluaialiin Ituau Ale, for injustices committed against Samoans during the time of colonial rule more than 70 years ago. ( June 5 )

The PNG-Nth Qld gas pipeline was dealt a major blow when the Queensland Government awarded a contract to develop a gas fired powerstation  in Townsville to a company which would use gas from central Queensland coalfields. ( June 5 )

Brisbane City Council is planning on re-introducing the rainwater tank to Brisbane backyards in an attempt to reduce water use by up to 30%. ( June 6 )

The Federal Government will seek to have the patagonian toothfish and the antarctic toothfish nominated for inclusion in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species at the meeting in Cile in November. ( June 6 )

Gold Coast residents are concerned about plans by Queensland’s National Trust to allow overnight camping in the Currumbin Sanctuary. ( June 6 )

Dr Col Limpus said the current examination of turtle numbers in Moreton Bay showed fewer turtles were suffering boat strikes but numbers would not begin to increase in the bay until around 2020. ( June 7 )

Australia’s population should exceed the 20 million mark by Junee 2003 according to ABS estimates. ( June 7 )

Calls to stop whaling by the Japanese have fallen on deaf ears despite reports whales being caught have up to 900 times the accepted safe limits of mercury in their livers. The livers are not available for public consumption so there was no risk to the public.

The Federal Government has removed hundreds of islands across Australia’s north including the Torres Strait islands from Australia’s migration boundary. This prompted the Opposition leader to query whether Tasmania was to be removed also. ( June 8 )

Public liability insurance problems face Queensland wildlife parks where wild animals roam freely with the public. ( June 8 )

Australian livestock emit around 63 million tonnes of methane gas per annum. This could be reduced if microbes found in the gut of eastern grey kangaroos could be introduced to the stock. ( June 8 )

Immigration Minister, Phillip Ruddock, refused to rule out including Tasmania or even parts of the Australian mainland in areas where boatpeople would be excluded from applying for visas to enter Australia. ( June 11 )

Three Spanish fishermen were fined $100,000 for poaching $1,000,000 of patagonian toothfish from Australian waters. ( June 11 )

Leaf fossils show a massive increase in greenhouse gas in the earth’s atmosphere some 65 million years ago. ( June 12 )

An EIS claiming the Paradise Dam planned for the Burnett River would boost agriculture by $1 billion were regarded as optomistic especially following the current decline in the sugar industry. Plans are to use the water to increwase vegetable production in the area.

( June 20 )

Tully residents are planning to return to the past and use candles for electricity in protest against plans to build high voltage power lines along  coastal route. The cost of this route was around $25 million while an underground route would cost approximately $114 million.

The Federal Government is planning to return the Maralinga atomic testing site to the traditional owners. There will however be problems with using the site as ionising radiation levels are 29 times accepted limits in some areas. ( June 25 )

The East Narangba Community Action Group was not accepting defeat in its opposition to Steritech’s proposed irradiation plant. They claim local residents would be at risk from accidents or even terrorist attacks if the plant goes ahead. The palnt would be used to sterilise medical implements and irradiate some foodstuffs. ( June 25 )

Naturelink Ltd which planned the 11km cablelink between the Gold coast and Springbrook has folded two years after the Government rejected the project. ( June 26 )

Brisbane will have a new cruise ship terminal by mid-2004. The terminal will be built at Hamilton. Concerns have been raised that this would place nuclear-powered ships within 5km of the centre of the city. ( June 27 )

A food irradiation plant has been approved for the Atherton Tablelands. The plant would irradiate tropical fruits to remove exotic pests beofre the fruit is exported to New Zealand.

( June 27 )

July 2002

In a surprise move, the North Queensland Conservation Council has called for the logging of 14,000 ha of governmnet-owned forest near Cardwell. The plantation was planted 30 years ago but has been undeveloped since an initial trial harvest and sale. The council believes the area should be logged and replanted. The Council also promoted the idea of sustainable logging being introduced on uneconomic sugar cane farms in north Queensland. ( July 2 )

Leaked documents revealed the Queensland Department of Natural Resources planned to buy Cubbie Station near Dirranbandie. The station is the largest irrigated cotton farm in Australia. The water saved would be returned to the Murray river. The farm’s dam would fill Sydney Harbour but about 40% of the stored water evaporates or seeps into the rgound each year. ( July 4 )

Toxic algal blooms appeared to occur in Queensland’s freshwater dams when they were overstocked with recreational fish. This appears to be the result of a study of Lake Moogerah and Lake Maroon by the CSIRO. ( July 6 )

The State government released a draft water resource plan designed to ensure 90% of river flows would be maintained in the Warrego and Nebine Rivers and 60% of flow in the other border rivers. Water extraction permits would only be granted for tourism, domestic use or watering stock. ( July 9 )

The Federal Government revealed it would not support current Queensland Government plans on tree clearing and irrigation in western Queensland if the plan failed to include three key elements – a socio-economic impact study, public consultation and agreed science. ( July 10 )

Australia’s failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol will affect Australian industries as Australian landholders will not be able to trade carbon sinks with companies in countries which have signed the Protocol. ( July 10 )

Fire ants were spreading with new sites in the south Ipswich area. Baiting had not worked during the winter months as the ants did little foraging at that time. ( July 11 )

A Queensland Government study shows almost 26 million ha of southern and southwestern Queensland would be affected by salinity within 30 to 50 years. This information was used by the Government to support the buyout of Cubbie Station. AgForce vegetation spokesman, Gus McGown, claimed the buyout would not solve other problkems and any management plane needed to examine tree clearing, salinity risks and water flows. ( July 11 )

Up to 58% of women in sub-Saharan Africa have AIDS or HIV. Young women are six times more likely to be affected than young men. The UN Population Fund is concerned that a population imbalance in the area will take generations to recover. ( July 11 )

Yucca Mountain, a volcanic formation in the Nevada Desert, will be the resting place for spent nuclear fuel rods in the United States. The decision had been debated for over two decades. ( July 11 )

No study has been done to see if Moreton Bay’s protected fish habitat areas have actually resulted in an increase in fish stock. The protected areas were set up in 1997. ( July 11 )

Although tree clearing in the Murray basin was down 30% on 1999-2000, there was a concern that panic tree clearing might take place before the Queensland Government has  a chance to declare a moratorium on tree clearing in the area. ( July 12 )

The CM Editorial painted a bleak picture for the future of water resources in western Queensland and urged the federal government to stop playing politics and work to solve ‘Australia’s gravest environmental challenge’. ( July 13 )

The Queensland Government was accused of seeking a quick fix to water resource issues in western Queensland. The government needed to increase water flows into NSW or it would lose $128 million in payments from the National Competition Council. The purchase and closure of the Cubbie cotton station would provide the water flow needed. The Government has indicated it never intended closing the station immediately. The main issue was improving water efficiency. General manager of the station, John Grabbe, said the station was not for sale. ( July 13 )

The World Food Program once ran a grain purchasing office in Zimbabwe. Today that office is a food distribution centre as drought, poverty and the AIDS crisis see more than 12 million people in southern Africa at risk from starvation. ( July 13 )

The world is under greater threat from an Ice Age than global warming according to Andrew kenny but global warming attracts better press and more funding so more is heard about it.

 ( SM July 14 )

More information about the development of Cubbie Station showed the development had huge spin-offs in employment and business in the neighbouring towns of Dirranbandi and St George.That the development occurred without an environmental impact assessment and water rights were allocated at fees fifty times lower than appropriate is something now being openly questioned. ( July 15 )

Drinking three cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by up to 50%. I thought I would put that in but I forget why. ( July 15 ) and for those of you who are going to complain about my having a cheap shot, you might like to know that my mother asked me 10 times during my 40 minute video of lava flows in Hawaii how many people lived in the area. The sooner we find a cure the better because many of us are all headed down this road. I have long maintained we are living longer only to die of something more horrible.

Mexican farmers outside Mexico City refused to release hostages taken in an attempt to stop plans for an international airport on their land. ( July 15 )

Chemical Warfare Agents ( read Mustard Gas containers ) may be leaking in coastal waters around Australia. The containers were dumped after WW11. The gas apparently poses no threat to sea life but could cause a problem if brought abouard a trawler. The location of the CWAs are shown in the blackline masters section. ( July 16 )

A large group of organised jet skiers were warned about harassing humpback whales on their annual migration past Stradbroke Island. ( July 16 )

Houses built by mining company, Consolidated Rutile, at Dunwich on Stardbroke Island are to go on sale. The houses were built to house workers in the sixties when transport to and from the island was time-consuming. Regular ferry and water taxi services now make transport to and from the island much easier and the house are no longer required by the company. ( July 17 )

Families who lost members on September 11, 2001 have rejected redevelopment proposals for the area as being too cluttered with office buildings. ( July 18 )

Ground Zero Aug 2002.

The Brisbane City Council is planning on banning electric hot water systems in new houses claiming gas and solar heaters are more energy efficient. ( July 18 )

Environment Minister, Dean Wells, has instructed Park Rangers on Fraser Island to warn parents that children under 14 should not wander freely on Fraser Island because of the threat of attacks from dingoes. ( SM July 21 )

An Argentinian icebreaker has reached a German ship trapped in the Antarctic ice for more than a month. While the rescuer delivered food and oil, there was no guarantee that either vessel would be released from the ice before September or October. ( SM July 21 )

A southern green turtle named Dean was tracked by scientists over a three week period travelling off the coast of Queensland at speeds which exceeded world record holder Ian Thorpe. Dean’s travels can be followed on www.epa.qld.gov.au ( July 27 )

New fire ant infestations are being found up to 5km outside the known infested zone. About 39,000ha of land is known to be infested. Baiting teams will operate again in September when the ants become more active. ( SM July 28 )

Brisbane Lord Mayor, Jim Soorley, again attacked plans for fish farms in Moreton Bay as ‘stupid’ at a meeting opposing the development. ( July 28 )

Australia’s sugar industry is fighting growers in Brazil for its economic survival. Cane growers are seeking State and Federal assistance as world sugar prices plummet. Brazil’s currency has plunged against the $US providing cheap sugar for the world market. Additionally, low wages, a crushing season of 210 days ( twice that in Australia ) and the use of 50% of the sugar in ethanol production are making Brazil’s sugar exports far more competitive thatn Australia’s. ( July 29 )

The Queensland Government released maps of present and future salinity hazard areas prior to a major meeting of stakeholders. ( July 29 )

The Doric Chariot, a coal carrier,  ran aground on a sand bank off Pipers Reef  raising concerns about pollution on the Great Barrier Reef. The carrier was undamaged. ( July 30 )

Australia’s second largest abattoir at Rockhampton will close down on September 4 placing 700 people out of work. The closure comes just two months after re-opening. ( July 30 )

DPI released maps showing new areas declared as restricted areas in relation to fire ants. The maps can be viewed on www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants. ( July 31 )

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Technology in the classroom

UNLOCK THE INTERNET WITH DAVID LERGESSNER

The following are websites considered useful by the editor. For the convenience of GTAQ members, this section will be included in the web version of this edition of the Queensland Geographer.

Rainforest Action Network  www.ran.org

I came across this site while searching for an activity for my year 8 students. The SOSE course is linked with LOTE-Indonesian at Dbay. The Indonesian teacher has developed an activity which has students using Microsoft Publisher to prepare a booklet about themselves using basic Indonesian. In the parallel SOSE course, we are looking at life and landscapes in the Pacific region with a focus on Indonesia. This website has information useful for all levels of geography teaching. It is US-based and focuses on central and South American rainforests. It is presented by an ACTION group so there is a focus on one side of the debate. I believe the information presented is good for engaging students in debate and have included a small activity based on the Kids Corner of the site. I think Kids Corner is a misnomer as the information presented is at a relatively high level in terms of the language used.

I should warn you the navigation bar is quite intense. You will only find Kids Corner is you are in the RAN Home page.

Classroom Antarctica  www.classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/

I found this site when I was seeking information for a chapter in the Longman’s SOSE- Geography series. The chapter won’t come to light as I missed the deadlines. ( One day I’ll realise there are limits to what you can fit in a day.) The site is worth sharing. The site is maintained by the Australian Antarctic Division and is a scattershot at nearly all the key learning areas. It’s not too hard to separate out the parts you need though. Like the Rainforest site, the aim is at upper Primary but that aim is well off target and the information again is aimed more at secondary students.

There are 8 units – The Big White, Exploration, Community, On Thin Ice, Southern life, deep freeze, International and Environment + a classroom resources section.

Taking the Big White as an example, this unit has 13 activities ranging from geology and weather to snowflakes, auroras and sounds. The unit has support materials including a gallery of images, climate information, a contour map, cross-sections  and profiles of people who have been there. SOSE teachers should find this a very useful website.

Fire Ants   www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants/

A hot topic as the website says. This site offers the latest information in the fight against this pest described as the ‘greatest ecological threat to Australia since the introduction of the rabbit’. There is, of course, a difference. The rabbit was intentionally imported.

The website is aimed at the Junior school but it is interesting to hear Senior students using the site ask a question I haven’t seen an answer to – ‘If the fire ant has natural predators in South America, why aren’t they being used in the USA and Queensland?’

Rewarding student projects on the Environment

While many of us feel overwhelmed by this almost endless list of environmental problems, it is also important to remember that we live in a time of great innovation and opportunity. The students of today have access to more information and resources than ever before, enabling them to explore new ways of approaching environmental issues.

The Sustainable Living Project provides students with this very opportunity. Facilitated by Faculty of the Built Environment’s Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE) at the University of NSW, the Project’s aim is to encourage students and teachers to incorporate sustainable living concepts into their studies. On offer are a range of free resources, including school visits, teacher training, educational materials and an expert referral service.

The centrepiece of the Project is the AGL Sustainable Living Competition, which encourages students to come up with an original solution to an environmental problem. The Competition is open to students from years 7-12 and entry is free. More than $40,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs, including a photovoltaic system and education kits from Pacific Solar, Dell computer equipment, environmental technologies from Interbath, Sky Dome skylights and book vouchers and cash from the UNSW Bookshop.

Students across Australia are currently working on their projects for the 2002 AGL Sustainable Living Competition and it’s not too late to get involved! This is a great opportunity for Geography students to get rewarded for their work on environmental issues.

Award Categories lay emphasis on key learning outcomes such as group work, problem solving, design, innovation, research and investigation, and communication. All key learning areas are relevant- and any environmental issue can be studied and entered. School efforts can also be entered in our new Sustainable Schools category. All students receive certificates and usually generate lots of interest from local media for their school

Early Bird Entry: If you register before the 30^th of September, you enter into a draw to win one of 15 preloved computers from the Faculty of the Built Environment at UNSW! Physical entries need to be submitted in order to be eligible to win a computer by Friday October 25^th.

The deadline for entries is October 25, so please contact Veronica Broden on (02) 9385 4979/slp@fbe.unsw.edu.au for an entry pack and CD, or check out our website www.sustainableliving.com.au.

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Are you LOOKING AT

“sustaining urban and rural communities?”

So is SEQ2021!  If you are developing core units on Planning Places or Sustaining Urban and Rural Communities don’t forget to go on-line and visit www.seq2021.qld.gov.au 

Find out more about regional initiatives in the past decade for managing the impacts of growth - SEQ’s Integrated Regional Transport Plan, the Regional Landscape Strategy, Regional Air and Water Quality Strategies, the Regional Economic Development Strategy, Institutional support for Key Centres.

Or find out more about the current three-year project initiative in Southeast Queensland – SEQ2021 A Sustainable Future.  The State and Local Governments in consultation with the Commonwealth Government and the community are currently tackling the challenging question of how, with the anticipated growth of 1000 people per week, residents’  and visitors’ lifestyles can be sustained into 2021 while achieving sustainable social, economic and environmental outcomes.

SEQ 2021 A Sustainable Future will explore new and recently emerging issues such as indigenous and social justice issues, options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and further strategies for sustaining our rural communities and economies.  It will undertake a comprehensive review of issues in the region, such as  - Where people will live and work?  How people can best move around and access needed services and facilities?  What development pattern/s best allows for this?  What environmental and community assets need to be protected or enhanced?  What information infrastructure is needed to help promote economic development and employment opportunities?  What strategies and actions will result in good water quality?

If you are interested in finding out more about the SEQ 2021 project and educational resources being developed for classroom use contact the Education Officer for SEQ 2021 on 3836 0594.   SEQ 2021 is also currently reviewing its project competition and resources on-line for educational use.  Please contact the Education Officer with your suggestions for how SEQ2021 resources could be redeveloped to better suit your curriculum planning and classroom needs.

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Feedback on Planning for Sustainability: A Transport Example

Teaching Module for Core Unit 6: Planning Places – Geography Senior Syllabus

In December 2001, the School of Environmental Planning at Griffith University announced it had developed a module for Senior Geography teachers which was available for downloading on its website (www.gu.edu.au/school/evp). The material was designed to fit with the Queensland Geography Senior Syllabus, Theme 3: Social Environments, Core Unit 6: Planning Places.  One school in the Gold Coast region used the information gained from using the resource to justify the need for a school bus to convey students to and from school.

The team would like to obtain feedback from teachers regarding the relevance and usefulness of the material provided, as another module (on a different topic) is planned for the near future.  If you and your students have used the module or just looked at it and would like to make any comments, the team would appreciate your comments. 

Any suggestions regarding improvements that could be made in the new module or suggested topics would be most welcome.  At this stage the issue of sustainable waste management is the most likely topic to be developed. 

GTAQ is keen to promote this type of assistance to teachers so please take a few seconds to contact the team leader ( Narelle ) and convey your thoughts. Please provide feedback to:

Dr Narelle Beaumont,

School of Environmental Planning,

Griffith University.  Qld.  4111.

Telephone:  3875 5295     E-mail:  N.Beaumont@mailbox.gu.edu.au.

NEW RESOURCES

MANAGING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT – COASTS BROADSHEET

Author: David Lergessner

Publisher:  Stereo Aids  www.stereoaids.com.au

This broadsheet comprehensively covers both the physical aspects and a wide range of cultural impacts that impact on the Australian coastline.

Students are challenged to research data on the internet, debate, interpret maps and photographs, hypothetical situations and to report their findings either individually or as part of a group.  Thankfully, the author has included answers to each of the questions so that teachers who are unfamiliar with specific aspects can guide their students to relevant conclusions.

Page 1 of the broadsheet is divided into two sections - the TYPES OF COASTS (sandy, rocky, coral and mangrove) and the FORMATION OF OUR COASTS.  This section considers the physical processes that help shape and form the different types of coastlines and the cultural impacts that have modified these processes.  In all, there are 24 colourful maps and photographs on this page.  Most of these have been taken by the author and so are very relevant to the topics. 

Students are encouraged to think about processes, both past and present and how people interaction has affected natural processes such as long shore drift.  A sharp teacher could encourage further inquiries from some of the photographs.  It is evident on Fig.1.5 that apart from the potential “whoosh” of the blowhole illustrated affecting nearby residents with continuing noise, the vegetation about the mouth of the blowhole has been trampled.

Section 3 on page 2 is devoted to COASTAL MANAGEMENT issues.  The author has selected sites from Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and Byron Bay, Port Kembla and mineral sand mining from south-west Western Australia.  There are 30 colourful illustrations including map extracts, aerial photographs showing change over time, satellite image of sand mining at Bunbury and other relevant photographs   Again, students are challenged to think by participating in management issues as well as revisiting mapping skills.

The internet exercises could be enhanced by providing a couple of addresses for the almost computer illiterate teacher.  No doubt students could find suitable sites.  A couple of hic-cups were evident.  The area grid reference in question 19 re map reading activity (Figure 1.10) should read 5413.  While the notch in Fig. 1.2 is larger than the one illustrated in Fig.1.3, it is difficult to tell from the photographs.  In Riddle 2, may should read many.

These are just minor considerations and in no way detract from an excellent teaching resource that can only enhance the productive engagement of students.  This broadsheet retails for $3.30 each with accompanying worksheets which represents very good value.

Doug Hoare

HOD Social Science, Dakabin SHS

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