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YEAR 10
Environmental Change and Management
YARRA FIELDWORK
NAME: _______________________________
Emergency contact: 0438 920 461
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YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY EXCURSION ITINERARY
8:20 Meet at South Road Gates
9:30 – 10:30
Eaglemont Tennis Club
10:30
Depart Eaglemont Tennis Club
11 – 12
Studley Park
12:00
Depart Studley Park
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch – Do not travel further north than Mc Donald’s in Swanston Street. Remember, you must be with at least one other person.
1:15 – 2:30
Southbank
2:30
Depart Southbank
2:50 – 3:00
Arrive South Road
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ASSESSMENT
Throughout the duration of the excursion you will be required to complete a number of tasks. You will need to:
• Take photographic/video evidence which will then be used to assist you in completing your fieldwork report
• Add sketches to your booklet • Complete the questions and activities in your booklet
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EAGLEMONT TENNIS CLUB
Yarra Flats Park features 85 hectares of pastoral and heritage landscapes, natural bushland, wetlands, abundant birdlife and a number of informal picnic areas. Along the Main Yarra Trail is the Heidelberg School Artists Trail, which illustrates how artists a century ago (such as Condor, McCubbin and Streeton) interpreted the landscape.
The Yarra Flats area was a popular site for Aboriginal gatherings of the Wurundjeri people up until the 1950’s. From the 1830s the land was claimed by the state and sold as prime agricultural land. The fertile soils provided excellent conditions for growing wheat and barley.
Droughts and floods in the 1860s forced many farmers off the land and dairy farms were then established. Chinese market gardeners built bluestone walls to divert river water into their gardens. In 1934, floods wiped out the gardens, but the walls remain as reminders of this land practice.
Yarra Flats Park was officially opened in 1984 and is now a significant part of the open space network of interconnecting linear parks, trails, wetlands and waterways throughout the metropolitan area
http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/bays-rivers-and-ports/yarra
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Does the water flow at this site?(if yes to this question, continue below) YES NO
Natural Modified Description Spring Stormwater drain (concrete)
Stream Stormwater channel (earth)
Creek Constructed wetland
River Drainage channel Other Other
Water clarity and colour Clear Turbid Description Red
Brown Green Grey White Other
Surface film/scum Film/scum Colour Description
Oil Algae Grey White Soap suds
Sewage Brown
Black Foam Other Green
Other
Water odours Organic Inorganic Description None None
Earthy Cleaning products Musty Petroleum products Rotten egg gas Chemical products Sewage Other Other
Litter & Debris Organic Inorganic Description Lawn clippings Plastic wrappers
Leaves Bottles Bark Cans Sticks Styrofoam Logs Cigarette butts Other Other
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Draw a field sketch of the creek you are testing in landscape format. Include a small map showing where you drew the picture and noting the direction you faced.
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Using the following table make observations about the state of the river channel.
Width
Flow height High Medium Low Very Low
Gradient of bank Steep Medium Gentle Undercut
Coverage of bank
Modification of Bank
Evidence of erosion
Flow rate
Vegetation
Use the table below to outline the pollution that can enter the river system through the storm water drains. Pick any storm water drains that you see along the river and near the street. Take a photo of each.
Storm water entrance (location)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
All kinds of litter
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Leaves
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Loose soil and dirt
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Dog droppings
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Oil from dripping cars
Light
Moderate
Heavy
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Describe the geographic characteristics of the park in the table below
HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS
List all the ways in which the area is being used. Take photos of these activities. Are these activities active or passive? How often would they occur? Is it a high or low frequency activity? Are they private or commercially run?
Activity Active/Passive Organized/Casual Numbers
What are the impacts of the above activities on the river? Will they be long or short term? Are they positive or negative? Use the table below to assist you.
Activity Positive/Negative Long / Short term Local or Region Describe the impact
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List some of the management strategies that you observe in this area. Determine if you think they are successful or not and give reasons for your answers.
Management Strategy Thoughts on strategy
What new strategies do you think could be implemented in the future to sustain and revitalise this area?
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Show the differences in the environments by placing a tick in the correct location on the scale.
Criteria Value Criteria
1 2 3 4 5
The area is clean There is rubbish in the streets
There are lots of trees There is little vegetation
There are barriers along the river The bank runs straight to the river
The area has been altered a lot The area looks like it has not changed over time
There is a mix of recreational uses There is only one or two main uses
Mono - cultural Multicultural
There is provision for open space Everything is on top of everything else
People are relaxed People are running around nutty
Quiet Noisy
Old Modern
Impersonal Friendly
Interesting Boring
Organized Disorganized
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STUDLEY PARK
The park's location at the joining of the Yarra River and Merri Creek has been an important site for the Wurundjeri Aboriginal people for a long time prior to the arrival of Europeans in Melbourne, which is commemorated by the Koori Garden on the western edge of the park, near Dights Falls. Yarra Bend Park was officially reserved in 1877, and in 1929 it joined with Studley Park to the south to cover the whole of the area today. From 1848 until 1925 the park was home to Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, which took up most of the area of the park with buildings, vegetable gardens and a cemetery.
Historic Studley Park Boathouse, Kew, is only 10 minutes from the city centre and offers visitors the opportunity to dine in the restaurant, relax over a lighter meal in the indoor/outdoor café, or have a light snack from the kiosk while enjoying sweeping views of the Yarra River and natural bushland. You can also hire row boats, canoes and kayaks from the oldest operating boathouse in Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_Bend_Park
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Draw a field sketch of the creek you are testing in landscape format. Include a small map showing where you drew the picture and noting the direction you faced.
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Does the water flow at this site?(if yes to this question, continue below) YES NO
Natural Modified Description Spring Stormwater drain (concrete)
Stream Stormwater channel (earth)
Creek Constructed wetland
River Drainage channel Other Other
Water clarity and colour Clear Turbid Description Red
Brown Green Grey White Other
Surface film/scum Film/scum Colour Description
Oil Algae Grey White Soap suds
Sewage Brown
Black Foam Other Green
Other
Water odours Organic Inorganic Description None None
Earthy Cleaning products Musty Petroleum products Rotten egg gas Chemical products Sewage Other Other
Litter & Debris Organic Inorganic Description Lawn clippings Plastic wrappers
Leaves Bottles Bark Cans Sticks Styrofoam Logs Cigarette butts Other Other
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Using the following table make observations about the state of the river channel.
Width
Flow height High Medium Low Very Low
Gradient of bank Steep Medium Gentle Undercut
Coverage of bank
Modification of Bank
Evidence of erosion
Flow rate
Vegetation
Use the table below to outline the pollution that can enter the river system through the storm water drains. Pick any storm water drains that you see along the river and near the street. Take a photo of each.
Storm water entrance (location)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
All kinds of litter
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Leaves
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Loose soil and dirt
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Dog droppings
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Oil from dripping cars
Light
Moderate
Heavy
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Describe the geographic characteristics of the park in the table below
HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS
List all the ways in which the area is being used. Take photos of these activities. Are these activities active or passive? How often would they occur? Is it a high or low frequency activity? Are they private or commercially run?
Activity Active/Passive Organized/Casual Numbers
What are the impacts of the above activities on the river? Will they be long or short term? Are they positive or negative? Use the table below to assist you.
Activity Positive/Negative Long / Short term Local or Region Describe the impact
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List some of the management strategies that you observe in this area. Determine if you think they are successful or not and give reasons for your answers.
Management Strategy Thoughts on strategy
What new strategies do you think could be implemented in the future to sustain and revitalise this area?
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Show the differences in the environments by placing a tick in the correct location on the scale.
Criteria Value Criteria
1 2 3 4 5
The area is clean There is rubbish in the streets
There are lots of trees There is little vegetation
There are barriers along the river The bank runs straight to the river
The area has been altered a lot The area looks like it has not changed over time
There is a mix of recreational uses There is only one or two main uses
Mono - cultural Multicultural
There is provision for open space Everything is on top of everything else
People are relaxed People are running around nutty
Quiet Noisy
Old Modern
Impersonal Friendly
Interesting Boring
Organized Disorganized
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SOUTHBANK
The life and soul of Southbank is the affluent, buzzing Southbank Promenade. This path stretches along the south side of the Yarra River from the popular Southgate shopping and dining complex to the glittering Crown Casino. Southbank is an important cultural hub that includes the Melbourne Arts Centre, Concert Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, the Malthouse Theatre, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and the Victorian College of the Arts. It also includes the Melbourne Exhibition Centre (informally known as Jeff’s Shed after a former premier) and the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum.
Significant and rapid residential development has occurred in Southbank in recent years, with the population skyrocketing. The vast majority of residents live in high rise apartments, the tallest of which is the 300m tall Eureka Tower. The 92-level tower is one of the world’s tallest residential buildings.
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Draw a field sketch of the creek you are testing in landscape format. Include a small map showing where you drew the picture and noting the direction you faced.
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Does the water flow at this site?(if yes to this question, continue below) YES NO
Natural Modified Description Spring Stormwater drain (concrete)
Stream Stormwater channel (earth)
Creek Constructed wetland
River Drainage channel Other Other
Water clarity and colour Clear Turbid Description Red
Brown Green Grey White Other
Surface film/scum Film/scum Colour Description
Oil Algae Grey White Soap suds
Sewage Brown
Black Foam Other Green
Other
Water odours Organic Inorganic Description None None
Earthy Cleaning products Musty Petroleum products Rotten egg gas Chemical products Sewage Other Other
Litter & Debris Organic Inorganic Description Lawn clippings Plastic wrappers
Leaves Bottles Bark Cans Sticks Styrofoam Logs Cigarette butts Other Other
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Using the following table make observations about the state of the river channel.
Width
Flow height High Medium Low Very Low
Gradient of bank Steep Medium Gentle Undercut
Coverage of bank
Modification of Bank
Evidence of erosion
Flow rate
Vegetation
Use the table below to outline the pollution that can enter the river system through the storm water drains. Pick any storm water drains that you see along the river and near the street. Take a photo of each.
Storm water entrance (location)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
All kinds of litter
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Leaves
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Loose soil and dirt
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Dog droppings
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Oil from dripping cars
Light
Moderate
Heavy
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Using the following table make observations about the state of the river channel.
Width
Flow height High Medium Low Very Low
Gradient of bank Steep Medium Gentle Undercut
Coverage of bank
Modification of Bank
Evidence of erosion
Flow rate
Vegetation
Use the table below to outline the pollution that can enter the river system through the storm water drains. Pick any storm water drains that you see along the river and near the street. Take a photo of each.
Storm water entrance (location)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
All kinds of litter
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Leaves
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Loose soil and dirt
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Dog droppings
Light
Moderate
Heavy
Oil from dripping cars
Light
Moderate
Heavy
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Describe the geographic characteristics of the area in the table below
HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS
List all the ways in which the area is being used. Take photos of these activities. Are these activities active or passive? How often would they occur? Is it a high or low frequency activity? Are they private or commercially run?
Activity Active/Passive Organized/Casual Numbers
What are the impacts of the above activities on the river? Will they be long or short term? Are they positive or negative? Use the table below to assist you.
Activity Positive/Negative Long / Short term Local or Region Describe the impact
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What future land use changes can you see occurring in the area and what impacts would this have for water quality in the area.
Show the differences in the environments by placing a tick in the correct location on the scale.
Criteria Value Criteria
1 2 3 4 5
The area is clean There is rubbish in the streets
There are lots of trees There is little vegetation
There are barriers along the river The bank runs straight to the river
The area has been altered a lot The area looks like it has not changed over time
There is a mix of recreational uses There is only one or two main uses
Mono - cultural Multicultural
There is provision for open space Everything is on top of everything else
People are relaxed People are running around nutty
Quiet Noisy
Old Modern
Impersonal Friendly
Interesting Boring
Organized Disorganized
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