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President’s Report       

The events over the past six weeks have resulted in this report being rather late for the newsletter and as always I am grateful to the editor for his forbearance and patience. I would like to share some of these events with you in my final report as President of GTAQ.

The weeks prior to the September holidays were particularly busy for me as I took on the role of Acting Head of Department, Social Science. Although I have acted in this role before, it always reminds me of the great variety and scope of the role which can extend from the mundane to the (almost) unbelievable. I find the challenges posed by this position to be not unlike those presented to myself as President of GTAQ i.e. searching for a worthwhile future direction without sacrificing the strengths of the past, and making sure that all members of the department work together as part of a cohesive team. It is this latter aspect, in terms of working with the Council of GTAQ, that I shall miss the most when I step down from my position as President in November.

During the September holidays my husband and I went to Bali for our first holiday without our sons and to a developing country not visited before. Writing this, two weeks later, it is unbelievable how things have changed. We experienced (apologies for the cliché) an island paradise, where standards (and security) were high and friendliness was a way of life. We came back with great feelings of happiness and relaxation and promises to return in the near future. Two weeks later those feelings have been replaced with ones of anger, sadness, and a great sense of loss. I feel it so much more personally as it so easily could have been us. What will our world, the one which is so much a focus for our teaching, be like in the future?

A week after my return from Bali, I jetted off to Melbourne to attend the Australian Geography Teachers’ meeting. Although feeling tired and overwhelmed after a busy week back at school, I soon changed my view as the AGTA meetings are always full of worthwhile professionally stimulating material which switches one back on to the joys of our subject and the camaraderie is great. A couple of  interesting developments are the proposal to publish a geography skills resource perhaps aimed at non-geography teachers and the setting up of a GIS group to follow up what each of the states are doing in order to tap into some federal funding for some specific geography/GIS developments down the track. This will follow the federal governments focus on technology, literacy, numeracy and numeracy.

This week takes me into previously unknown waters and provides me with yet another challenge. This time it is in the role of District Panel Chair for Brisbane Central. I am never ceased to be amazed at all the wonderful opportunities my fellow geography teachers make for their students whether it be through stimulating field studies, challenging response to stimulus tests or a wealth of different resources. I am sure that the experience will reassure me that the subject of geography is going from strength to strength in our schools and is a valuable and worthwhile component of the curriculum. A final plea on my behalf to please share some of these with your fellow geographers either through the newsletter or conference.

So the past few weeks have been busy, challenging, rewarding and painful. As I move towards the end of my Presidency, I hope that I have provided the direction and leadership required of me and that I leave a stronger professional association behind me. Thankyou to everyone for your support and advice and I hope it will continue into the future. I hope you will come along to our AGM in November and perhaps consider coming onto Council where your participation will be most welcome.

Sue Parkinson, President 1999 - 2002

Geog News August – September 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 ).

August 2002

The Japanese Government plans to release almost 2000 tonnes of whale meat for domestic consumption. The money raised would fund further ‘scientific’ research on whales in the Antarctic. Before whaling was banned in 1986, Japanese would consume around 200,000 tonnes of whale meat each year. ( Aug 1 )

The Brisbane City Council expanded tree clearing controls to a further 60,000 properties increasing the amount of bushland under protection from 12,000ha to 23,500ha. ( Aug 1 )

Around 130 local residents are likely to be forced out of their homes near South Pacific Petroleum's oil shale plant north of Gladstone. The moves may have to be made to settle the three year battle over the project’s development. ( Aug 2 )

Fossil collectors are damaging valuable sites such as Riversleigh in Queensland’s west according the Australian Museum director Mike Archer. ( Aug 3 )

Peter Whetton, leader of CSIRO’s Climate Impact Group, indicated that computer models predict Australia’s temperatures will rise by 0.5 to 2C by 2030. ( Aug 3 )

The Queensland Government may have to alter legislation banning people keeping pet rabbits. It has been suggested that the legislation is anti-competitive as ownership is not banned anywhere else in Australia. Wild or grey rabbits annually cause up to $600 million of damage to farm land.

The Earth’s diameter has expanded by 25mm in the past 4 years. The most probable explanation is a movement of water to the Equatorial areas. For the record, the Earth’s diameter at the Equator is 42km longer than the diameter through the Poles. ( Aug 3 )

A trial by the State Government in households in Brisbane has produced a favourable result. Residents in 450 homes were provided with information about alternative transport options. At the end of the six month trial, private car use had fallen by 10% while public transport usage rose by 33%.( Aug 4)

A rogue buffalo was destroyed in nitmuluk National park south of Darwin after it attacked a group of tourists. ( Aug 4 )

Industrial production in Gladstone is threatened by dwindling water supplies. The Council has threatened to close industries and will cut supplies to industriy by 25% by November. QAL which is the largest user of water in the region will soon be supplied with treated

effluent freom the city’s sewage plant. ( Aug 4 )

Humpback whale numbers are increasing at a rate of around 12% per year. The Queenwland Parks and Wildlife Service reports there are more than 4000 eastern Australian humpbac whales. This is far short of the totals of between 22,000 and 34,000 in the 1930’s. The Service also reports that whale watching is not affecting the animals. ( Aug 5 )

The Chinese Government has signed a deal to buy $25 billion worth of natural gas from Australia’s North-West Shelf gas fields. ( Aug 9 )

More than 15% of Queensland is now officially ‘dry’ with a string of shires from mackay south to the border drought-declared. A further 45% of the State has properties which are individually drought-declared. ( Aug 9 )

Redland Shire has been joined by the Koala Action Group in a trial to cut the death rate of koalas on the roads of the Shire. Koalas which have been killed are sprayed with red dye and left beside the road for 24 hours. ( Aug 9 )

A survey by Queensland Transport has found that 40% of the State’s boaties regularly discharge untreated effluent into the State’s waterways. The report said it would be preferable if boats had on-board sewage holding tanks but the problem is that there are not enough facilities on shore to pump them out. ( Aug 11 )

The green belts which ring suburban Brisbane are regarded as potential fire hazards during the coming dry season. ( Aug 11 )

The Asian Brown Cloud is now 3km thick and affecting the health of people in southern Asia. The cloud is expected to cut rainfall in NW Pakistan, Afgfhanistan, western China and western central Asia by up to 40%. The cloud is the result of forest fires, motor vehicle emissions and industrial emissions. ( Aug 13 )

The planned Paradise Dam on the Burnett River may not go ahead as economic returns are not expected to meet projections. ( Aug 14 )

Sixteen shires in Queensland have less than 1000 people living in them as the population drift from the west to the coast continues according to the latest State government figures. The drift hoiwever seems to be slowing with 26 shires experiencing a drift of less than 1% in the past 12 months. ( Aug 15 )

Dean the green turtle which captivated Queenslanders for the past two months was finally declared missing after a week had gone by without any data being received from the fast swimming turtle. ( Aug 15 )

Protesters took to the waters of Moreton Bay to protest against the location of a fish farm north of Tangalooma. ( Aug 15 )

Australia was expected to exceed Kyoto Protocol emission standards by 33% according to Environment Minister, David Kemp. Emissions were expected to rise by 11% rather than the 8% allowed under the Protocol. Dr Kemp claimed the new natural gas deal with China would raise Australia’s emissions by 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. This had to be balanced against the fact that current Chinese emission levels of 7 million tonnes per annum would be significantly lowered by the use of the gas. ( Aug 16 )

Supermarkets are locating in the Brisbane CBD area as more and more people are living in apartments close to the centre. ( Aug 16 )

North Queensland residents are concerned about crocodile sightings close to urban areas as crocodiles are seen in places they have not been seen in for 30 years. ( Aug 18 )

Almost 100,000 people have been evacuated as the worst floods in living memory hit central Europe. The Elbe River was expected to peak at 9.6m far above the previous 1845 record of 8.77m. ( Aug 18 )

Observations by the Hubble telescope of  comet fragments hitting Jupiter have raised concerns among scientists of the impact of a similar event on the much smaller planet – Earth. For the record about 20 million pieces of rock more than 10m wide may be hurtling across Earth’s path around the sun. Of these 100,000 are large enough to wipe out Sydney while somewhere between 500 and 1100 have the ability to plunge earth into a winter which would last for several years. There would be about 6 months warning of the impact. ( Aug 18 )

Water will start to flow again in the Snowy River on August 28 some 35 years after the Snowy mountains Scheme reduced its flow by 99%. ( Aug 19 )

The Federal Government planned to have a sanctuary in place for blue whales in Australian waters in time for their return migration this year. ( Aug 19 )

Tuscan-type houses will be banned from 16 perch allotments in Brisbane following new Council by-laws. The height, width and length of houses on small blocks will be restricted to protect neighbourhood ambience and streetscapes. ( Aug 19 )

Volcanic action which is creating new islands in Indonesia is creating a nightmare for Indonesian geographers. The Dutch claimed there were 13,000 islands in the archipelago but the Indonesian government claimed there were 17,508 in the 1980s. The United Nations wants each island labelled and proven to be a permanent island. For the fact boiok, only 3,000 of the islands are inhabited. ( Aug 20 )

A Nigerian woman is to be stoned to death after having a child out of wedlock. If world-wide appeals fail, she will be the first Nigerian to be stoned to death since 12 northern states reintroduced the strict sharia Islamic code in may 1999. ( Aug 21 )

Drought has played a major role in fires raging through rainforest in Kalimantan. The fires are the worst since 1998 which was also a drought year. The fires have been started by smallholders clearing land for planting. ( Aug 21 )

A new set of maps declaring restricted areas for fire ants was relkeased. ( Aug 21 )

An area of rainforest about one third larger than Victoria has been set aside as a national park in the northern part of the Amazon rainforest. The Tumucumaque Mountains National Park is virtually uninhabited with huge granite mountains rising above the forest. ( Aug 24 )

Flood waters in China’s Dongting lake were already 3m above danger levels. The lake acts as a natural reservoir on the Yangtse River. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated but if dykes break over 10 million people’s lives will be endangered. ( Aug 25 )

Emus, brolgas and corellas have been invading central Queensland towns seeking food as drought conditions continue. ( Aug 25 )

The flood threat to Dongting Lake appears to have passed but the flood crest is now moving down the Yangtse River towards Wuhan – a city of 7 million people. ( Aug 26 )

We don’t know where Dean the green turtle has gone but researchers found Kerry a goose they had been tracking in canada in an Eskimo’s fridge with his transponder still transmitting. ( Aug 26 )

The World Summit on Sustainable Development opend in Johannesburg with developing nations accusing rich nations of failing to keep a promise made in the 1970s to donate 0.7% of their income in aid. The United States claimed the money was wasted on grandiose projects or siphoned off by corrupt governments. For the fact file, an estimated 1.2 billion people live on less than $2 a day. The article didn’t say if that was US or Aus. It makes a big difference. ( Aug 26 )

Recycled water is planned to be used on Redcliffe’s parks and median strips in addition to the city’s golf course where it is used at present. ( R&BH Aug 28 )

Rescuers were unable to free a young humpback whale which became entangled in shark nets off Palm Beach on the Gold Coast. ( Aug 26 )

Ted a green turtle was released in Deception Bay as a successor to Dean who had been swimming 50km a day before disappearing off Fraser Island earlier in the month. ( Aug 26 )

The State Government rejected calls to lift shark nets during the whale migration season citing the fact that there had been no fatal shark attacks in the 40 years since the nets were introduced. The call was made following the entanglement of a humpback whale in the nets. ( Aug 27 )

CSIRO reserachers have discovered that acid sulphate soils release sulphur dioxide which causes acid rain. ( Aug 27 )

The Federal Governmnet is insisting on reform in the sugar industry before offering a rescue package to the industry. A consultant to the Governmnet, Clive Hildebrand, reported that poor yields and a depressed international market were issues facing the industry. He alsoo reported that cheap sugar from Brazil, high subsidies in Europe and lack of access to the US market were hurting the industry. The report stated that growers needed to form co-operatives and regional groupings to improve their competitiveness. ( Aug 27 )

More than 1070 people had died in floods and landslides in China since June. Officials were concerned again for the Dongting Dam as more rain fell in the catchment. ( Aug 27 )

Residents in the Coomera Valley are opposing moves by Powerlink to run high voltage powerlines across their properties. ( Aug 27 )

The success of the South-East busway has prompted the Brisbane City Council develop a network of bus priority and high occupancy transit lanes across the city. The plan will take 14 years to implement. ( Aug 30 )

Australian Magnesium Corporation has begun construction of the world’s largest magnesium plant west of Rockhampton. ( Aug 30 )

The DPI has imposed restrictions on the movement of bananas in an area around Tully following an outbreak of banana black Sigatoka disease. ( Aug 31 )

September 2002

The State Government has shocked the councils of Maryborough and hervey Bay with a $700,000 bill from the Environment Protection Agency for cleaning up rubbish on Fraser Island. The Councils were concerned that the island’s 70+ permanent residents could generate that amount of rubbish. ( Sept 1 )

Brisbane house values are rising so steeply that there is a concern that there will be no low cost accommodation for the people on low incomes. ( Sept 1 )

The humpback whale trapped in a shark net off the Gold Coast was finally released after it had dragged the net and its anchor almost 120km south. ( Sept 1 )

In an attempt to maintain fish stocks, the State Government is planning on major reductions in bag limits and fishing seasons. ( sept 2 )

Graziers in western Queensland have just completed their largest baiting program to reduce the number of wild dogs in the area. The problem of the dogs has increased as farmers are changing from sheep to cattle ( the dogs don’t attack cattle ) and a good season has increased do numbers. ( Sept 2 )

A new attack on fire ants is planned for next month when the ants will emerge to forage for food after winter hibernation. ( Sept 2 )

The Stuart shale oil project was again under fire for plans to plant 160,000ha of land with eucalypts if the third stage of the plant planned for 2010 went ahead. The company South pacific petroleum claimed the planting would balance the carbon dioxide emissions from the plant but Greenpeace claimed fires in the forests would further increase carbon dioxide levels. ( Sept 3 )

Isreal and Jordan released a plan to construct a pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea to maintain levels in the Dead Sea where water levels are sinking at a rate of 1m per year. Zthe pipeline will take 3 – 5 years to construct. ( Sept 3 )

Surfers Paradise beach is set to gain 60,000 cubic metres of sand excavated from the site of the world’s tallest residential tower. ( GCS Sept 4 )

Powerlink met further opposition to its plans to string a high voltage powerline through parts of the Gold Coast when it began soil tests on a property where the owners were opposed to the line passing over their property. ( GCS Sept 4 )

Uranium mining will not occur at the Jabiluka deposit in the Northern territory’s Kakadu National Park. Rio Tinto has agrred not to continue with the mine without the consent of the traditional owners, the Mirrar people, who want the area reclaimed immediately. ( Sept 6 )

Keiko the killer whale which starred in the movie Free Willy has turned up in a fjord nearly 1400km from where he was released in Iceland. The whale has been approaching boats and appears to miss human company. There are serious concerns for the whale’s future as winter approaches. ( sept 6 )

An unpiloted coal carrier ran aground in Torres Strait on its way to Singapore. The passage does not require a pilot although the Queensland Government believes ships travelling what is known as the Great north east Channel should be piloted. There did not appear to be any initial pollution and the boat was expected to be freed at high tide. ( Sept 7 )

A buyer at an auction in tasmania paid $270,000 for a rug made from the pelts of eight Tasmanian tigers.  The rug would be housed in museums in Tasmania.( Sept 8 )

The RSPCA called for the banning of recreational shooting of kangaroos claiming too many shooters had no qualifications to shoot humanely. The RSPCA had made a similar claim in 1985. Commercial shooters are required to shoot kangaroos in the head. ( Sept 8 )

Dugongs have been recorded ‘farming’ the seagrass beds of Moreton bay. The animals cut the seagrass beds to promote new growth. ( Sept 8 )

Upgrades at Luggage Point and Redcliffe sewerage treatment plants accounted for improvements in the health of Moreton Bay according to the annual survey by the Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership. ( Sept 9 )

Further fire ant restricted area maps were released. ( Sept 14 )

Prolonged human contact with Keiko the killer whale will prevent his return to the wild from a Norwegian fjord where he has been staying for some days according to wildlife experts. ( Sept 15 )

Former Geography teacher and now director of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, Jan Oliver believes Fraser Island dingo population should be preserved despite the risks to humans visiting the island. ( Sept 16 )

New Zealand scientists are planning to track Australia’s outback dust storms in the belief that the iron contained in the dust is fertilising phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean. This could be helping reduce global warming as phytoplankton takes up carbon dioxide which sinks to the bottom of the ocean when the phytoplankton died. ( Sept 17 )

CSIRO scientist Paul Fraser belives the ozone hole over Antarctica will close by 2050 as levels of fluro-carbons continue to decrease. ( Sept 18 )

Brisbane’s two major racetracks – Eagle Farm and Doomben – could be sold for residential development and a new racetrack complex developed. Will golf courses be next? Ed. ( Sept 23 )

A genetically modified cotton will be planted in almost half the national crop in the next three years. The new variety has two bacterial genes which produce proteins deadly to the heliothis caterpillar which ius a major pest in cotton areas. The variety will be restricted to areas below 22 degress south latitude or about 100km south of Mackay. ( Sept 25 )

Gold Coast City Council is asking people to save a litre of water a day as water levels in the Hinze Dam drop to below 50%. ( GCM Sept 26 )

Planned fishing limits on Barrier Reef fish will raise the price of fish in retail outlets as the Government moves to save fish on the reef. ( Sept 29 )

The planned inland rail link between Melbourne and Gladstone has received Major Project Facilitation status by the Federal Government. The project eventually aims to link Melbourne and Darwin. ( Sept 29 )

Shopper could soon be paying 25c for supermarket plastic bags. ( Sept 29 )

A car which runs on compressed air is about to be released in Britain. ( Sept 29 )

Planet Ark’s spokesperson, Oliviua Newton-John, accused the Tasmanian Government of  mass poisoning native wildlife in areas replanted after logging. ( Sept 30 )

Commercial fishermen are preparing to fight new bag limits and extended closures planned for reef fishing. The bag limits are reduced to a maximium of 20 with total bans on potato cod, humphead maori wrasse and barramundi cod. The reef may be closed for the fish spawning season from October to December. ( Sept 30 )

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.

Bushcare        www.erin.gov.au/land/bushcare/index.html

For those of us interested in doing fieldwork in local bush areas, this site provides a lot of useful information, contact addresses and links to other sites. It is a pity that it doesn’t have an ‘education’ area as such but information can be obtained by following the various areas such as About Australian Bush, What you can do, Latest News, Contacts and importantly Project Funding. Maybe your school might qualify for funding a project or maybe your school can assist with a project already underway.

Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Development      www.docm.mmu.acuk/aric/esd

This site has been prepared by the Atmosphere, Climate and Environment Education Program in the United Kingdom. It is not as comprehensive as I thought it might be but it will be a useful stepping-off place for studies in sustainable development. The site has 9 sections – Earth & Man, Principles, Environment, Resources, Society, Economy, Indicators, Action and Doing Our Bit. Each of these is linked to a basic definition and then a range of sub-topics. It is in the area of the sub-topics that the information and links become significant for Geography students.

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory   www.pmel.noaa.gov/home/

There seems to be so much talk of El Nino it seemed pertinent to find a site which examined this phenomenon. When I found the site I was waylaid by tsunamis and oceanic vents and almost forgot the purpose of visiting the site. El Nino is just one research area for the laboratory as you will find if you visit the site. The information on El Nino and La Nina is

extensive. It is mainly American oriented  but data exists right across the Pacific and Australia rates a mention among the many links at the end of each section. The site is particularly detailed when it comes to the impact of El Nino. And when you get tired of El Nino there is always the tsunami section.

World Summit for Sustainable Development   www.worldwatch.org/worldsummit/

Don’t know about you but I was disappointed with the press coverage of the recent summit in Johannesburg. The Worldwatch Institute were participants in the summit and their website provides more information on a daily basis about what happened. Check it out.

Fish farms in Moreton Bay?    www.qccqld.org.au/savethebay/index.html

This has to be one of the best sites developed for Senior Geography students examining an environmental issue. You are right. It only presents one side of the issue but it does it so well. The history of Moreton Bay is presented including information from the indigenous people who lived on Moreton Island. The background behind the Marine Park is presented. There are Fact Sheets, Frequently Asked Questions, Links and a major paper outlining the flaws in aquaculture. You can even sign the petition to the Queensland Parliament. If you have set an assignment on this issue, you need to be careful your students are not lifting large sections from this website.

Fish farms in Moreton Bay?     www.sunaqua.com

There are two sides to each environmental issue. This site presents the company’s response to issues raised in the media. There is a detailed examination of aquaculture around the world and then in Australia together with an analysis of the present project for Moreton Bay. The site is complemented by maps, photos and graphs. You can download a synopsis of the project or view a slide show similar to a PowerPoint presentation proclaiming the project’s ‘triple bottom line’ sense of responsibility to the environment, society and the economy.

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NEW RESOURCES ( Reviews by David Lergessner )

Asia at a Glance  CD -Rom

Author : Michael Hyde and Richard Laurie

Publisher : Curriculum Corporation   www.curriculum.edu.au

Produced in 2000, the CR-Rom is supported by two teacher resource books – Asia at a Glance Secondary SOSE Curriculum Units and Asia at a Glance Secondary English Curriculum Units.

The CD-Rom is aimed at upper Primary and lower Secondary students and provides information on two levels. Nine countries – China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia. The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam – are treated in much more detail than the other thirteen countries considered as part of Asia. Australia is one of the thirteen.

Information for the nine countries considered in detail includes Facts, Links, Reference, Maps, Stories, Tour, Timeline and Snapshots. The other thirteen countries have a more limited range of information available – Facts, Links, Reference, Maps.

You wouldn’t use the CD-Rom with any other than a Year 8 class. The most interesting parts were the Tour and Stories sections. Unfortunately the Tours were restricted to around a dozen photos and the Stories included local words which were not explained until the end of the story.

Cost : $44.95

Recommendation : Good for Year 8 only.

Brisbane Suburban Orthophoto Map Series

Author : Qld Govt Dept of Natural Resources and Mines

Publisher : Qld Govt Dept of Natural Resources and Mines

The Sandgate Orthophoto Map was available for review. This mapsheet was one of 169 maps produced at poster size ( A0 ) from photographs taken as part of the fire ant campaign. Each map shows a Brisbane suburb or part thereof.

The mapsheets are different from previous orthophoto maps in that there are no contour lines cluttering the image. It is simply an aerial photo of the suburb. The colour aerial photographs have been scale corrected and include street names and the names of major features. An interesting insert is a box in which the origin of the suburb’s name is included. It should be noted that the scales of the maps vary to fit the suburb on to the map.

The map provided for review was exceptionally clear and taken close to around 1pm as there were only small shadows. It must have been taken on a Sunday  as there few vehicles evident on the map on the roads or in the car parks.

Cost : $27.50 incl GST. An extra $17.50 for laminating.

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