In the Mists of Paluma
In the Mists of Paluma

Author: Janet Lind

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2016-12-14

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1504304616

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Rick Galloway is strangely drawn to Paluma, a mist-shrouded Australian mountain village. As he dutifully follows an unusual pull and arrives in the town, everything seems oddly familiar. When his journey leads him to the library to learn more about the history of Paluma, Rick has no idea that he is about to come face-to-face with his destiny. Sandy Carlyle is a single mother reluctant to trust in love again. Her failed marriage is proof that love can die. But when Rick unexpectedly stumbles into her life, she finds it difficult to keep him out of her heart, mind, and visions. While Rick is determined to protect her, he is plagued by recurring nightmares, a bizarre fear that he has lost Sandy before, and an unusual unwillingness to view the waterfall near her home. As Sandy and Rick fall in love, they make a shocking discovery: they may have known each other before. It seems they are finally destined to live a long and happy life together. But then again, fate delights in playing little games. In this multi-faceted tale, a man and woman brought together by circumstances beyond their control become intertwined between the past and present as they attempt to learn if they are meant to be together forever.

Diverse Pedagogies of Place
Diverse Pedagogies of Place

Author: Peter Renshaw

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1317442784

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Diverse Pedagogies of Place presents eight original place-responsive pedagogies that address a question of paramount importance in today’s world: how do we educate the next generation of students to confront the challenges of global climate change and the on-going degradation of natural environments? Each place-responsive pedagogy is a result of innovative environmental educators’ long-term engagement with particular places, and demonstrates that personal connectedness is crucial to effective environmental education. Professional learning and teacher collaboration is an important theme throughout the book, and the editors discuss how teachers could adapt the learning activities and teaching strategies found in the book in order to create their own place-responsive pedagogies. Each case study provides a rich account of how students can learn to be attentive and draws upon a common analytical framework derived from recent theorisation of place that highlights the centrality of stories-in-place, embodiment, and contestation. The authors present detailed and persuasive evidence that place-responsive pedagogies enable students to construct their own identities, as well as develop commitments and a deeper knowledge of the environments that surround them. A work of international relevance, Diverse Pedagogies of Place will appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of environmental education and sustainability, place-based education, outdoor learning, professional learning and teacher development, as well as policymakers and environmental educators.

Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics
Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics

Author: Derrick Stone

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2016-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1486303080

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Queensland’s tropics provide numerous environments for enjoyable walking: lush rainforests, cloud-shrouded mountains, extinct volcanoes, savanna woodlands, and magnificent beaches on the coast and Great Barrier Reef islands. This book brings together more than 150 of the best walks, tracks or trails in Queensland’s tropics, located within the coastal strip between Rockhampton and Cooktown. Walks vary from short boardwalk strolls in the lowland rainforests of Daintree National Park to 4-6 day hiking and camping trips on Hinchinbrook Island. Other routes follow old gold miners’ and forestry tracks or coaching routes or feature historical sites, rivers, lagoons, geological and geographical formations or much earlier Aboriginal communication tracks where Dreamtime stories add a further dimension. Man-made environments of abandoned gold towns, heritage riverfronts, Art Deco streetscapes and Second World War installations also feature. Most routes are best completed during the ‘Dry’ season (May to October) and walked by moderately fit individuals. Most do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills. Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland’s Tropics highlights the best the region has to offer. Easy-to-interpret maps are included to help you navigate, and the book’s size makes it convenient to carry in the backpack.