Bulimba creek comprises of 122 km2 and is located in the eastern and south-eastern areas of Brisbane. The catchment area extends from “southern suburbs of Kuraby and Runcorn to Hemmant and Murarrie in the north” (Bulimba creek catchment, 2015). It contains seven freshwater swamplands and ten significant riparian remnants. Bulimba creek generally flows northwards into the Brisbane River (refer to the map) and is an example of a riparian zone, which by definition is “the interface between land and…
Criterion 4: Demonstrated Wider Learning from Wider Field Experiences Together with my husband and twin boys, we spent three and a half years exploring the world as a family on our sailing catamaran "Por Dos", from June 2012 to November 2015. We had fantastic experiences on our adventure exploring the culture and countries of the Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and South Pacific. During those three and a half years I home-schooled my twin sons through grades 6, 7 and 8. I will describe in…
For all of you Aussies who thoroughly enjoy intense and unusual landscapes, Queensland's Glass House Mountains National Park is a place not to be missed. Whether you have a long weekend or a national holiday to celebrate, the domineering 11 Glass House Mountain peaks will fire almost anyone's imagination with a terrain that's unusual--even for typically laid-back Australians. Just What Are The Glass House Mountains (GHM)? A group of jagged hills that are actually volcanic plugs left over…
He is really humble and wouldn’t like to live anywhere else but Brisbane. He likes to use his creative side of his brain and use his family, friends and surroundings as inspiration. His work correlates to his life meaning that he is a bit quirky, bright and inspirational. Derlot (Alex’s compony) mainly focus’ on Furniture…
of doing the professional project with a team has made me realize that communication is the most vital part in the project not only with clients but also with group members. My group has an important client, which is the Brisbane Airport Corporation. As we all know that Brisbane airport has a strict security system, which means we should accept security check when we enter the inside airport and their staff will follow us wherever we go in the airport. This is a little bit complex than other…
Biology Field Study Draft Part A Bulimba Creek is a perennial stream located in the eastern and south-eastern areas of Brisbane (Committee, 2016). The creek covers an area of 122 square kilometres and runs through 20 of Brisbane’s southern and eastern suburbs as it makes its way towards the Brisbane River (Committee, 2016). As a result of the creek covering such a large area, Bulimba Creek is a very important part of Brisbane’s ecosystem and society. Although Bulimba Creek is a part of…
As an islanded nation Australia was comparatively free of invasive species that existed in other countries, until post-Colonial times increasing trade between Australia and foreign countries has caused an increase in the species entering the country. Invasive species are a threat to the environmental, social and economic health of Australia. Invasive feral animals such as pigs, goats, rabbits, cattle, buffalos, donkeys, camels and Horses cause degradation to natural habitats by selective or…
three years • Increase its retail and online presence in homewares • Making the customer more loyal so that they don’t switch to other brands • Maintain high and unmatchable quality of homewares • Establish brand recognition among the people of Brisbane • Secure Australian Hardware towards the fulfillment of social and environmental responsibilities 1.1. Organizational objectives • To place Australian…
Matthew is a member of the Smiths Detection extended leadership team and Asia Pacific leadership team, with overall accountability for the total portfolio of programs in the Asia Pacific region. Matthew has an impeccable track record in managing multi-million dollar portfolios of projects to install integrated technology solutions in multiple countries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific, whilst establishing PMO to standardise and control all regional projects in line with business and project…
Initially, this design will involve drawing a simple random sample of communities from the Gold Coast/Brisbane city area and gathering data on levels of immigrant integration. Subsequently, a simple random sample of households from each of the aforementioned communities will be gathered in order to collect data on fear of crime and terrorism within the community…