1995 School Magazine

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Recording information at AmitJ/ Point The gids observed regions of pristine wilderness and compared and contrasted these regions with areas altered by human land use. This was followed by a taik by a local resident of the island on land uses in the region and his role and employment lunctions and their effects on the environment.

our introduction to the field trip was given to us while sitting under the canopy on the buttress roots of one of the tallest emergent trees. It was during this talk that the concept of water catchments and their impofiance was further explained to us by Mr Peter Oliver, a consultant to the D.P.I. on the subject. The remainder of the field study was spent making stlldies of forest and water catchment areas where we investigated the concept of the changing environment related to human inter- ference. \ile visited a local dairy farm where the lengths we must go to to insure sustainability were explained to us. A11 aspects of our trip were of great importance to the unit we were studying. \fe spent the evening at the Memorial Outdoor Education Centre at Imbil which was most enjoyable.

Late in the afternoon, the exhausted girls embarked on the return trip back to the mainland. Al1 agreed that the day was a success resulting in an increased awareness of the issues of concern on North Stradbroke Island. MEGAN DE LEACY YEAR ELEVEN GEOGRAPI{Y CAMP AT IMBIL A" 28th August two classes of Year Eleven geography \-,,t students embarked on what proved to be a memorable two day field study. The trip involved visits to sites of geographi- cal significance in the Maleny and Imbil areas including the Mary Cairncross Rainforest Reselve, Mary River, Booloumba Creek and Imbil Forest Park. The learning experience began after arriving at Mary Cairncross Park, which we soon learnt was a ridge between two of the major catchment areas nofih of Brisbane; metaphorically speaking, we were "standing on the rim of a giant bathtub!" The Mary Cairncross Rainforest is one of the few remaining patches of natural vegetation in the Blackall Ranges and it was litting that

The trip's suc- cess can be at- tributedto ouren- thusiasmtowards geographical re- lated topics and our commitment to learning; how- ever, thanks must be given to Mrs Statham, Miss

Dare, Mr Lanham and Miss Hazel for organising the trip and ensuring it ran smoothly. \il/e hope that future years will enjoy it as much as we did.

CAITLIN MATTHEWS ET AL

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