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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…

voice-over begins with, “In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness, it was waiting to be filled up. Waiting for someone to love it, waiting for a leader. And he came on the back of a whale, a man to lead a new people, our ancestor, Paikea. But now we are waiting for the first born of a new generation, for a descendant of the whale rider, for the boy who would be chief.” After this dialogue, there is a shot sequence at different points of view to depict how much Paikea’s mother is…

The Impact Assessment Committee for Introduced Species has been asked to produce a report for the Australian Government which assesses the effect of the introduced feral cat on the biodiversity of the local Mackay region. The assessment will result in the formulation of two proposals which aim to address the threat to the ecosystem, and appropriate recommendations will be made. Primary sources of information surrounding the feral cat situation was utilised throughout the making of this report,…

We arrived in Tralee at 10:48am. Tralee is the biggest town in North Kerry. From my short observations of the other towns was had driven through, Tralee felt more urban than any other town I had seen. However, my first view of Siamsa Tíre made me feel like I had gone back in time. The theatre had stone towers and was encircled by a stone wall. The whole facility was beautifully situated with a dramatic view of the Slieve Mish Mountains behind it. We were warmly welcomed by the artistic…

The story Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher discusses the topic of letting kids slide through school, as long as they are benefiting the school's sports teams, like the mens UConn basketball team has been doing recently. The conflict of prioritizing sports before school is a prominent issue in the book Whale Talk as it is in the real world, specifically on the men’s UConn basketball team. T.J. refuses to participate in school athletic teams because he hates the fact that athletes are granted special…

decided to join the Australian army. Zach Bryers served in the armed forces for years until he was medically discharged due to post-traumatic stress disorder. Now back home, his experiences in war inspired him to keep striving to achieve. Zach set a new goal to compete in professional gridiron. He trained long and hard hours to reach…

with no rise as people grew older it is the reason why John Cassel and the School of Public health had selected Pohnpei. 2. The three challenges the anthropologists have to faces while conducting fieldwork in Pohnpei are culture shock, learning a new language, and explain words that Pohnpein people don’t have. 3. Pohnpei used three different types of language common, respectful, and honorific. The latter two levels are called “high language.” In high language ordinary actions- eat, speak,…

Our great nation, Australia, is a land of freedom and opportunity, where almost everyone is treated equally. There is always that disadvantaged few, who go through life the hard way, and suffer more than others. Australia may be a great country, but it is not perfect. There are still many aspects of our nation that can be improved and changed, and therefore, if l had the ability to change one thing about Australia, I would make sure that more efficient and rapid types of transportation become…

The role of a kahuna in the Hawaiian culture takes on the responsibility of keeping a balance between the people and the nation. In doing so, they apply their field of expertise towards assisting the aliʻi and the makaʻāinana. In ancient Hawai’i, there were many different types of kāhuna that had a skill set that contributed or benefited the community. In this paper I will discuss the different ways a kahuna achieves this type of balance within the lāhui. These kuleana include advising the aliʻi…

the Orthodox. Some include Mizrachi and Chabad. Many Jews have been mayors of numerous capital cities or towns, some even sat in the State and Commonwealth parliaments. Sir Saul Samuel was the first Jew given the role of the Colonial Parliament in New South Wales, this was in 1854. He was then made the minster of the Crown. This shows how many Jewish people were a very important part of Australia, impacting on many people’s…