Australia and Nature
Feb 26, 2016
Australia and Nature
How does nature and climate influence Australia and Australian culture?
• What is your image of Australian nature and climate?
• What kind of climate/s and nature does Australia have?
• How does it influence life in Australia? • How is it represented in Australian culture?
How does nature & climate influence Japan and Japanese culture?
What images do you have of nature and climate in Japan?Is your image the same as the reality for all 52 prefectures?How does climate and nature influence life in Japan? How is it represented in Japanese culture?
Rainfall
http://www.peter.unmack.net/biogeog/figures/fig4bw.gif
Rainfall
Elevation map – metres above sea level
http://www.ga.gov.au/image_cache/GA11759.gif
Climate zones
Nature: climate zones
• .AustraliaEquatorial Scenery Cape York
Australia Tropical Zone - Mareeba
Australian desert
Nature:climate zones
[6]Figure 9 Australia subtropical zone
[6]Figure 9 Australia subtropical zone
Natural disasters: floodsDalby, Queensland 2011
http://www.wdrc.qld.gov.au/flood-management
Natural disasters: Drought
http://www.davidmoorephotography.com.au/media/images/colourAustralia/1to10/2.jpg
Natural disasters: Bushfires
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/bushfires_in_victoria_australi.html
Volunteer organizations
Volunteer organizations: history
My Country Dorathea McKellarI love a sunburnt country,A land of sweeping plains,Of ragged mountain ranges,Of droughts and flooding rains.I love her far horizons,I love her jewel-sea,Her beauty and her terror -The wide brown land for me!
• Climate zone photos• [1] http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/other/kpn_group.shtml• [2]
http://www.cairns.com.au/visitor-information/destinations/cape-york-&-cooktown-guide.html
• [3] http://www.realestate.com.au/property-residential+land-qld-mareeba-200248393• [4]http://travellingboard.net/countries/land-of-kangaroos-australia/• [5] http://espace.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:138647• [6] http://goaustralia.about.com/od/discoveraustralia/tp/worldheritage.htm• [7] http://www.realestate.com.au/property-farmlet-nsw-merriwa-7430413• [8] http://www.cazr.csiro.au/connect/resources.htm• [9] http://blogs.victas.uca.org.au/mediaroom/?p=3• [10] http://www.sauer-thompson.com/archives/opinion/003212.php• [1] http://www.faorap-apcas.org/australia.html