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8 Geography CAT 2

Here is the link to the research task on deforestation.  Year 8 CAT2

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Geography Revision Guides Semester 1 2012

It is that time of the year again when our minds turn to examinations and the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding that we have acquired during the semester. There are a few things you can do to prepare … Continue reading

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Antarctica Climate and Weather – Web Task

Year 8 Geography Open the following worksheet, follow the instructions and prepare answers to the questions in a word document.  Antarctica’s Weather and Climate worksheet Good luck Mr F

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Borneo Tour 2013

We are pleased to announce an opportunity for students in Year 9 or 10 in 2013 to join a fourteen day tour to Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. Please come along to an obligation-free information session at the College on Thursday … Continue reading

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Geography Study Guides

It is that time of the year again when our minds turn to examinations and the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding that we have acquired during the last semester. There are a few things you can do to … Continue reading

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The Kimberley – Part 2

The Kimberley – Part 2 Our new bumper sticker says it – “we survived the Gibb River Road!”.   A better one would read “we made it across the Durack!”  The Durack  seemed to be the topic of conversation at every … Continue reading

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The Kimberley – Part 1

Overnighted in Broome before driving on the worst 90km of road we have seen yet up to Cape Leveque, about as remote as we can get on the coast of WA.  A definite highlight was spear-making with a Bardi elder … Continue reading

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Still Moving North

In the last two weeks we have continued northwards, well beyond Kalbarri.  First we visited Shark Bay and got almost as far west on the mainland as it is possible to get instead driving up onto Cape Peron after Ben … Continue reading

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Back on the Road

Trailer repaired, bit of a hole in the budget and a few days’ delayed but back in the game.  We drove through the Pinnacles Desert yesterday.  These calcite formations are spectacular, though somewhat eerie in such a barren, almost moonscape … Continue reading

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Timber and Heritage

Many place names in the region end in “up” from the local indigenous languages meaning “place of”.  We spent four days in a timber town called Manjimup. This place was good for collecting Manjim berries apparently.  There are fantastically ancient … Continue reading

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