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Conference presentation Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Sample And what about geography field work from the air? The journey from Adelaide to Sydney Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 The journey from Adelaide to Sydney (OR Sydney to Adelaide) There are numerous geogr aphic al featur es to see, study and analyze! Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 The jjyourney from Adelaide to Syyydney (OR Sydney to Adelaide) Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – aircraft usually fly in a north‐east or south‐west direction Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north‐west Where is the Adelaide airport located? What was the biophysical environment in this location before the airport was built? What is the blue building in the distance? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying south‐ west & lkilooking north over WtWest BhBeach Where is the marina located? How is the biophysical environment changing in this location? What aeare the white buildin gs closest to the shoreli ne? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying south‐ west & looking north Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying south‐ west & looking south over Glenelg How has the coastal environment changed in this location? Where is the HoldfastMark Manuel AGTAmarina 2008 located? Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north – Rankine Road, Thbhebarton Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north – Thbhebarton OlOval Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north‐west from Hidindmarsh Where is the River Torrens? How is the biophysical environment changing along the river? Where is the Education Centre,Mark Milner Manuel St, AGTA Hindmarsh? 2008 The Hindmarsh Cemetery corner of Adam Street & South Road Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north‐west from North Adel aid e Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north‐west from Municipal Golf Course (North) ‐ North Adelaide Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north from Adelaide Aquatic Centre ‐ North Adelaide Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lkilooking north‐west from itintersec tion of MiMain NthNorth Rd. & Fitzroy Tce. (left of intersection) & Robe Tce. (i(rig ht of itintersec ti)tion) Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐ east & on the right‐hand side of the aircraft What do you see when you are looking south? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking south over Adelaide’s west parklands Where is West Terrace located? How has the biophysical environment of the west parklands changed over the Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 last few decades? Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking south over Adelaide CBD Where is the Adelaide Festival Centre located? How has the built environment on the bank of the River Torrens changed over the last few decades? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking south over Adelaide Oval Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Adelaide Oval – at ground level Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking south over Adelaide CBD Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐ east & on the left‐hand side of the aircraft What do you see when you are looking north or north‐ west? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north‐west over Main North Road Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north‐west over North Road Cemetery Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north‐west over Broadview Oval & Nailsworth Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north‐west over Northfie ld Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north‐west over Hope Valley Note: O’Bahn Busway curving from left to right Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 In the Torrens Valley What does the O’Ba hn Busway lklook lklike on the ground? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north over MIMcIntyre RdRoad, MdbModbury Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lklooking north‐west over Tea Tree Plaza Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north‐west over Wynn VlVale & MdbModbury HihHeights Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north over Golden Grove & Little Para Reservoir Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lkilooking north over SthSouth Para RiReservoir & Mount Crawford Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking north over Mount Lofty Ranges Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 After leaving Adelaide airport – aircraft usually fly in a north‐easterly & easterly direction over eastern South Australia, north‐ west Victoria, western & central New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & lkilooking north over eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Leaving Adelaide airport – flying north‐east & looking nothorth oeover eas tern side of the Moun t Lofty Ranges –River Marne Gorge Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Marne Gorge Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Marne Gorge Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Marne Gorge Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Eastern South Australia & north‐west Victoria Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking south over Murray Bridge, River Murray & Lower Murray Lakes Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking north over River Murray (south of Swan Reach) Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking north over Mallee Region (dunes & remnant vegetation) of South Australia Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking over Barmera & the River Murray (Note: ttesehese iagesimages wer e taken from a gide)glider) Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 River Murray – South Australia Recreation & tourism Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking nootrth ooever Mall ee Region (dunes & remnant vegetation) of the South Australia‐Victoria border Murray‐Sunset National Park on right of image Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 South Australia‐Victoria border Murray‐Sunset National Park in the Mallee Region of Victoria Go to: http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.auMark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking north over Mallee Region (remnant vegetation) of Victoria Hattah‐Kulkyne National Park Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Hattah‐Kulkyne National Park in the Mallee Region of Victoria Go to: http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.auMark Manuel AGTA 2008 The Murray‐Darling Basin Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking over the River Murray Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Murray Valley salinity What does the salinity look like on the ground? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flying east & looking north over Murray Valley of Victoria – RbiRobinval e iiirriga tion area Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 North‐west Victoria & western N.S.W. Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Confluence of the Rivers Murray & Murrumbidgee near Boundary Bend Victoria Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 The Murrumbidgee River part of the Murray‐DliDarling Basin What does this irrigation landscape look like on the ground? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 The Murrumbidgee River –the water source for all iiirrigat ion on the Hay Plains ‐ central New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 The Murrumbidgee River – the water source for all irrigation on the Hay Plains ‐ central New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Flood irrigation on the Hay Plains ‐ central New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 An open drain with high levels of evaporation taking water from the Murrumbidgee River ‐ Hay Plains ‐ central New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Laser‐levelled land – flood irrigated with water from the MbidMurrumbidgee River – Hay Plains – central New South Wales Rice production: Is this a sustainable use of water in arid & semi‐arid areas of inlandMark Australia? Manuel AGTA 2008 Laser‐levelled land – flood irrigated with water from the MbidMurrumbidgee River – Hay Plains – central New South Wales Is this a sustainable use of water in arid & semi‐arid areas of inland Australia? What are the environmental costs of this type of grain production? What are the economic returns from the use of water in this way compared to its use on other agricultural products? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Under‐tree irrigation of a fruit crop with water from the MbidMurrumbidgee River – Hay Plains – central New South Wales What are the environmental costs of this type of horticultural production? What are the economic returns from the use of water in this way compared to its use on other agricultural products? Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 The Murrumbidgee River – SALINITY – a major environmental problem in the irrigation & dry‐farming areas of the Hay Plains ‐ central New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 And what about the other river in the Murray‐Darling Basin? The Darling River Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 And what about the Murray‐Darling Basin in 2003‐2004? Go to: MurrayDarlingBasin_2003‐2004 Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 And what about the Murray‐Darling Basin in 2006? Go to: MurrayDarlingBasin_2006 Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 And what about a case‐ study and activities on the Murray‐Darling Basin? Go to: MurrayDarlingBasin_casestudy Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Western & central N.S.W. Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Western New South Wales Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Warragamba Dam (Lake Burragorang) – Blue Mountains National Park Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 Blue Mountains National Park New South Wales Go to: http: // www.nationa lpar ks.nsw.gov.au/ park s Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 And what about the flfinal destination? The city of Sydney Mark Manuel AGTA 2008 For more information and other powerpoints in the seriiities visit www.ausgeography.com Mark Manuel AGTA 2008.