Download or read book Coastal guide to nature and history 2 Mornington Peninsula s ocean shore Western Port Phillip Island French Island written by Graham Patterson and published by Coastal Guide Books. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide for readers who are curious about what they see along the coast. What are the animals and plants that live along the shore? How were the rock layers in the cliffs formed? What was this place like 150 years ago? Who used this decrepit jetty? The core of the book takes a journey around the coast near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beginning on Mornington Peninsula’s ocean shore at Point Nepean then heading east towards Flinders. It covers all of the Western Port coast around to San Remo as well as the shores of Phillip Island and French Island. This 320 kilometre shoreline offers a variety of scenery, from the magnificent cliffs of Cape Schanck and Cape Woolamai to the quiet backwaters at the top of Western Port. Just seventy kilometres from Melbourne, French Island can feel almost as remote as the outback, while nearby Cowes on Phillip Island is abuzz in the summer. An introductory chapter gives a brief overview of early history relating to the coast. There are traces of thousands of years of Aboriginal occupation of the area. You can tread in the footsteps of explorers like George Bass and early French navigators, and see the site of Victoria’s second prison settlement at Corinella. You may be interested in remnants of early industries including salt making and granite quarrying, and tourism hot spots of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries like Sorrento and Flinders. Most of the rock outcrops around Western Port are geologically young, but Cape Woolamai is formed from Devonian granite around 370 million years old. The chapter on landforms will point out these granites, as well as the solidified lava of volcanoes and sedimentary rocks deposited by ancient rivers and seas. Western Port is renowned for its wildlife and there are wonderful places where nature thrives. Visitors come to Phillip Island especially to see little penguins, seals and thousands of nesting short-tailed shearwaters. Almost all of the waters of Western Port are protected for migratory wading birds which feed on its vast mud flats. Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary, and French Island, Yaringa, Churchill Island and Port Phillip Heads Marine National Parks protect many kinds of sea and shore creatures. Belts of mangroves and wide saltmarshes may seem unappealing at first, but they will reward any efforts you make to appreciate them. The pictures in the chapter on animals and plants will help you to identify the species you are most likely to see.
Download or read book Planning in an Uncanny World written by Nicholas A. Phelps and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places Australian conditions and urban planning centrally within comparative analysis of planning systems and cultures around the world to address issues including urban governance, climate change, transportation planning, regional development and migration planning. Australian urban conditions and their associated planning responses can and often have been seen as unique or exceptional. They are seldom discussed in the same breath as conditions and associated planning systems internationally. Yet, as well as being somewhat different from those elsewhere in the world, Australian urban conditions and planning responses are also somewhat similar. They are uncanny – strangely familiar yet unfamiliar. In this book, Australian urban conditions, and their planning policies and practices are informally compared and contrasted with those existing internationally. If Australian urban planning policy and practice have had limited influence internationally, the partial familiarity of challenges posed by its urban conditions ensure that Australia is a more important global reference point for scholarship and practice than commonly is appreciated. In this book the authors assert the potential and actual originality of urban planning scholarship arising from the Australian context. It will be useful for students and faculty, planners working in Australia, as well as anyone interested in international planning debates.
Download or read book Coastal guide to nature and history Port Phillip Bay written by Graham Patterson and published by Coastal Guide Books. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On holidays? Walking? Just visiting the coast for a short outing? This book will enrich your appreciation of what you see. Common coastal animals and plants - with lots of photos Landforms - how they are influenced by geology Local history How to get to lesser-known spots
Download or read book Beaches of the Victorian Coast Port Phillip Bay written by Andrew D. Short and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beaches of the Victorian Coast and Port Phillip Bay provides the first description of all Victorian ocean and Port Phillip Bay beaches. It is based on the results of the Victorian section of the Australian Beach Safety and Management Program. This book has two aims. First, to provide the public with general information on the origin and nature of all Victoria's beaches, including the contribution of geology, oceanography, climate and biota to the beaches, and information on beach hazards and safety. Second, to provide a description of each beach, including its name(s), location, access, facilities, dimensions and the character of the beach and surf zone. The book comments on the suitability of the beach for bathing, surfing and fishing, with special emphasis on the natural hazards. Based on the physical hazards, all beaches are rated in terms of public safety and scaled from 1 (least hazardous) to 10 (most hazardous).
Download or read book Victoria s Playground the Westernport Region written by Western Port Regional Planning Authority. Advisory Committee on Recreation and Tourism and published by . This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal guide to nature and history 3 western Victoria written by Graham Patterson and published by Coastal Guide Books. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide for readers who are curious about what they see along the coast. What are the animals and plants that live along the shore? How were the rock layers in the cliffs formed? What was this place like 150 years ago? Who used this decrepit jetty? The core of the book takes a journey along the coast, beginning at Point Lonsdale at the entrance to Port Phillip, then heading west towards Nelson on the South Australian border. This 420 km shoreline offers spectacular scenery, with the formations around the Twelve Apostles and Port Campbell topping the list. Other wave-battered cliffs such as Cape Otway, Cape Nelson and Cape Bridgewater are also monumental. There are many popular surf beaches along the Surf Coast, while further west you can have long sandy beaches to yourself. An introductory chapter gives a brief overview of early history relating to the coast. There are traces of thousands of years of Aboriginal occupation of the area. Hunters of seals and whales showed the way for the first European invaders in Victoria around Portland. There are remnants of early industries including fishing, timber-getting and tourism: Lorne was already a magnet for holiday-makers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, even though they had to get there by sea. Compared with much of the Victorian coast to the east, the rock outcrops on the west coast are young, but around Cape Otway they are old enough to contain dinosaur fossils from just over 100 million years ago. You will see sedimentary rocks deposited by ancient rivers and seas, and basalt from much more recent volcanoes. Like Phillip Island, western Victoria has penguin colonies and mutton-bird rookeries, and you have a good chance of seeing whales in season. There are distinctive plant communities in heathlands near Anglesea and Port Campbell, and from Portland westwards there are plants which are more common in South Australia. Four Marine National Parks and six smaller Marine Sanctuaries protect diverse animals and plants and their habitats. The pictures in the chapter on animals and plants will help you to identify the species you are most likely to see without diving.
Download or read book Restoration Guidelines for Shellfish Reefs written by Simon Branigan and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The restoration of habitat has become a priority for many citizens and governments as the ecological and societal benefits of these habitats have been become more widely recognised. This publication is intended to provide foundational information to serve as a useful starting pointfor shellfish reef restoration.
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Download or read book The Complete Guide to the Great Ocean Road written by Richard Everist and published by BestShot. This book was released on 2009 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Ocean Road region - the southwest coastline of Victoria - is simply extraordinary. This book unlocks the sights, activities and background context for visitors and locals - using maps, pictures and words. It is for everyone who is interested in exploring and learning about the region from Geelong to Portland. Sustainability depends first on knowledge, second on discerning customers and communities, and third on responsible businesses. This book features a number of businesses that are responding to the challenge, and: * details on hundreds of accessible sights * maps and information on over fify sustainable activities including beach and surf guides, walking track notes, national parks and reserves and over fifty cities, towns and villages with more than sixty heritage sites. * fascinating background context including environmental issues, Aboriginal and European heritage, geology, ecosystems, flora and fauna.
Download or read book A Voyage To Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: A Voyage To Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders
Download or read book International Trade Manual written by British Chambers of Commerce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Trade Manual is the definitive book about export, import and freightforwarding for business people and students of further and higher education. It is vital reading for anyone involved in international commerce and is the leading textbook for students taking International Trade and Services (ITAS) S/NVQ Levels 3 (supervisors) and 4 (managers) in international trade. This comprehensive guide details exactly what you need to know if you want your business to profit from foreign trade. Endorsed by the British Chambers of Commerce and The Institute of Export, its contents include everything from customs documentation to credit risk. Professionals working in international commerce will also find the reference sections invaluable. These contain checklists, forms, relevant legislation, regulations and a directory of further information sources. Trainers, lecturers, students, managers and supervisors will all benefit from using this highly effective training resource.
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