outdoor ed Flashcards
relationship
The way in which two or more people or things are connected or the state being connected
perceptions
what we think about outdoor environemnts
interactions
what we do in and with the outdoor environments
impacts
what happens as a result of out relationship with the outdoors
outdoor as an adversary
this might be useful metaphor when looking at a human - nature relationship that sees the environment as something we are fighting again : something to beat or control
mega fauna
roamed the earth during the quaternary period, from 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago. otherwise known as large animals
characteristics of pre human Australia
each has shaped our geological history:
biological isolation
geological stability
climactic variation
geological stability aus
there are no major faults across the Australian mainland earthquakes are rare and usually low in intensity.
one consequence is Aus soil is very nutrient poor
biological isolation aus
The separation of Australia and Antarctica about 50 million years ago marked the time when Australian plants and animal species lost their ability to interact with other species
apart from bird migration
el nino
Extensive warming winds towards the western Pacific keep the central Pacific Ocean cool.
la nina
extensive of cooling from the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
climactic variation aus
the large areas of of desert and arid lands has been siginificant in the development of Australias flora and fauna
indigenous peoples perceptions
Mother- Spiritual connection with land, they looked after the land and the land
looked after them.
INTERACTIONS indigenous Australians
Hunting and gathering – shellfish, seals, abalone in Port Phillp Bay. Gathering
bird eggs (cape Barron Geese), yams etc
impacts indigenous Australian
Gathering shellfish- remnants (shell middens) remain on the coastline as a link to their past
Bark canoes- Stripping the bark from trees for canoes left a scar
