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Cats where first induced by New Zealand and European settlers during the 18th century but because of acts commited by the native New Zealanders During the 19th century cats were brought into Australia in an attempt to control rabbits, rats and mice. Feral cats require large amounts of fresh animal protein to successfully survive and reproduce. If they have an inadequate diet this can be a major factor for regulating their population. They prefer live animal food. Cats can have two litters a year, averaging four kittens a litter. These kittens become sexually mature at approximately 12 month. The major diet is small native and exotic mammals but they also take birds, lizards, and epically rabbits. Feral cats are now widespread throughout Australia and New Zealand ranging from the southern islands. Cats have caused the decline and in some cases instinction of native wildlife on islands and they have also been a major factor in the unsuccessful attempts to re-introduce small mammals on mainland. Feral cats have been in tropical Australia, Tasmania and Kangaroo Island for well over 100 years, and can carry diseases such as toxoplasmosis and sarcosporidiosis which can be transmitted to and cause serious illness and death in native wildlife, stock and humans. Cats have survived so well in Australia because they are very capable of escaping from enemies with the use of pace and sharp claws. They breed rapidly and are become immune to many illnesses and diseases. Feral cats have been very hard to manage and people have tried to remove them from offshore islands with intensive effort. Suitable techniques are very expensive and there are techniques such as trapping available. Cats are so hard to control because they are nocturnal, wary and sparsely distributed. Shooting is also relatively ineffective for large scale management. Putting up barrier fences, especially at the neck of peninsulas, combined with intensive control with the use of buffer zones has been some of the most effective management strategies. Viruses such as feline parvovirus and feline enteritis have been suggested as control methods but the surviving cats are able to become immune to these viruses.

** Unit 2 – VCE – Outdoor & Environmental Studies ** **Grampians** **National Park** **Introduction**
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 * // Introduction to Grampians National Park //**
 * 1) **** Provide a summary of the Park (What does it contain?) **
 * The Grampians are one of Victoria’s most popular tourist destinations and it is the states third largest national park. It contains 970 different native plants; it also contains many steep sandstone ranges and waterfalls. **
 * a. **** What activities can be complete within the park? **
 * Activities that can be completed within this park are bushwalking, car touring, picnicking, camping, rock-climbing, bike riding, Swimming, Horse riding photography and nature observation. **
 * // Landscape Characteristics //**
 * 2) **** Explain the unique characteristics of the Grampians **
 * a. **** Where is the park located? **
 * The Grampians national park is located in central western Victoria, and is approximately 260km by road, north-west of Melbourne. It stretches 85 Kilometres north-south and 45 kilometres east-west at its widest point. It covers an area of 167,000 hectares. **
 * // Climate of the Grampians Area //**
 * 3) **** Provide a basic summary of the parks climate **
 * a. **** What will be the expected temperature (min and max) and rainfall for the month that we are away? **
 * Minimum expected rainfall and expected temperature in the month that will be there is 12 degrees and 45mm of rainfall. The Maximums are 22 degrees and 66mm of rainfall. Average rainfall for this month is 42mm. **

· ** Sub-alpine communities ** · ** Stringy barkforest ** · ** Rocky woodland ** · ** Red gum forest ** · ** Healthy woodland ** · ** Riparian forest ** · ** heath land **
 * // Vegetation of the Grampians //**
 * 4) **** Provide a Basic Summary of the vegetation of the Grampians **
 * a. **** What are the main Plant communities within the park? **
 * // Animals of the Grampians //**
 * 5) **** Explain the diversity of the animal species at the Grampians **
 * <span style="font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: calibri; msolist: ignore;">a. **** What Mammals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians can we expect to see? **
 * A great variety of animals live in the Grampians and it contains 43% of Victoria bird species, 34% of victorias mammal species, 34% of the states amphibians, 28% of Victoria’s reptile species and 20% of Victoria’s freshwater fish species **
 * // Visitors to the Grampians National Park //**
 * <span style="font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: calibri; msolist: ignore;">6) **** Who uses the Grampians? **
 * <span style="font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: calibri; msolist: ignore;">a. **** What do visitors do? **
 * The most popular activities are pleasure driving, camping and bushwalking. The Park contains many picnic grounds and many walking tracks. The park is also a very popular rock-climbing spot. **
 * <span style="font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: calibri; msolist: ignore;">b. **** How many visitors were there between 2000 and 2001? **
 * There were 1,505,428 visitors between 2000 and 2001. **