Kangaroo Island

Gum-tree (Red gum, Sweet gum). Gum obtd from a tree grown in the swamps of the Mississippi river and from the Kangaroo islands near Australia. It has been used... 

This account of tourists on-site behaviour is organised by initially presenting a simple integrative model of place. This neat summative approach is then used to structure the discussion on experientially enhancing features of visited destinations. Attention is directed both to specific attractions and to the broader natural and social environment. Two special topics pertaining to the on-site visit experience will themselves be visited visitor skills and authenticity. The importance of sustainable on-site behaviours is then identified, and a number of mechanisms to enhance sustainable tourist behaviours outlined. Interpretation, and the conceptual scheme of mindfulness to underpin the work on interpretation, are reviewed. Finally, tourist behaviour at a specific location, Australia s Kangaroo Island, is considered. The discussion of this site will cast it as a microcosm of Australian tourism and a globally useful exemplar of tourists on-site experiences. 

Tourists visit Kangaroo Island either as self-drive independent travellers or as a part of a tour group. In the 1999 survey data both groups were systematically sampled, and data was obtained both before and after these visitors had experienced the key wildlife sites (Woods, 2001). The surveys were conducted in English only with an overall response rate of 97%. The sample breakdown is shown in Table 6.3. 

Some 70% of the visitors had not been to Kangaroo Island before. The importance of wildlife in the travel decisions was confirmed by comparing responses to a five-part question on interest levels and contrasting the findings with other Australian wildlife settings. 

Table 6.3 Kangaroo Island visitor study samples...

Kangaroo Island visitors Northern Australia regional visitors (%) (n = 790) Wildlife attraction in Queensland (%) (n = 800)... 

Table 6.6 Responses to the Kangaroo Island wildlife experience Satisfaction with features of the wildlife experience at Flinders Chase National Park...

Table 6.9 Information and interpretation needs expressed by Kangaroo Island visitors Percentage of visitors rating topics for a new visitor centres as very interesting ...

Interpretation as an augmenting aspect of experience as well as a management tool is evident throughout Kangaroo Island tourism and is a core part of the visitor responses. The guides who take visitors for the local walks at Seal... 

Jack, L. (2001) Development and application of the Kangaroo Island TOMM (Tourism Optimisation Management Model). On WWW at http //www. regional.org.au/au/countrytowns/options/jack.htm. Accessed 12.04.04. 

Manidis Roberts Consultants (1997) The Tourism Optimisation Management Model for Kangaroo Island. On WWW at http //www.tomm.info/background/files/ TOMM Report.pdf+Manidis+Roberts+1997+Tourism+Optimisation hl=en ie= UTF-8. Accessed 02.03.05. 

Saltzer, R. (2002) Understanding visitor-wildlife interactions Kangaroo Island Data summary report. Townsville Tourism Program, James Cook University. 

South Australian Department of Tourism (1984) tourism development and management on Kangaroo Island. Working party report. Adelaide South Australian Department of Tourism. 

Tourism South Australia (1991a) Kangaroo Island Tourism Policy. Adelaide Tourism South Australia. 

Woods, B. (2001) Wildlife tourism and the visitor experience Flinders Chase National Park Kangaroo Island. In C. Pforr and B. Janeczko (eds) Cauthe 2001 Capitalising on Research (pp. 377-394). Proceedings of the Eleventh Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, 7-10 February. Canberra University of Canberra. 

Australian sea lion milk Kangaroo Island, Australia 1987 <7 [4]... 

The flows of Jurassic basalt on Kangaroo Island at the mouth of the Gulf of the Vincent in South Australia are composed of tholeiite and have been assigned to the Wisanger Formation which appears to be a remnant of a more extensive deposit of flood basalt. Milnes et al. (1982) published chemical analyses of 12 specimens and reported concentrations of rubidium and strontium... 

The crustal characteristics of the Jurassic doler-ites of Antarctica and Tasmania relate these rocks to each other and set them apart from Jurassic dolerite in southern Africa and Brazil. This point was emphasized by Compston et al. (1968) in a direct comparison of Rb-Sr systematics of Mesozoic basaltic rocks in southern Victoria Land, Tasmania, South Africa, and South America. In addition, these authors reported K-Ar dates for plagioclase and pyroxene from a pegmatoid in the Lake Vanda sill in Wright Valley of southern Victoria Land. The results indicated a Middle Jurassic age for the Ferrar Dolerite, in agreement with the age of the Tasmanian Dolerite and the K-Ar dates of the Wisanger Basalt on Kangaroo Island of South Australia reported later by McDougall and Wellman (1976). 

The principal contribution by Compston et al. (1968) was to demonstrate that dolerites from several sills of Ferrar Dolerite in the Transantarctic Mountains have elevated initial Sr/ Sr ratios similar to the initial Sr/ Sr ratios of the Tasmanian Dolerite and the Wisanger Basalt on Kangaroo Island. These studies alerted other geologists to the challenge posed by the dolerite sills and basalt flows of the Transantarctic Mountains, Tasmania, and Kangaroo Island. The principal objectives of the research that followed were to ... 

MUnes AR, Cooper BJ, Cooper AJ (1982) The Jurassic Wisanger Basalt of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Trans Roy Soc South Australia 106(Pt. 1) 1-13... 

This eucalypt, one of the Mallees, is chiefly found in Kangaroo Island, South Australia. It is a comparatively small plant, seldom reaching more than 12 to 15 ft. in height. It is known locally as the narrow-leaved eucalyptus . The plant was originally looked uponi as a variety of Eucalyptus oleosa, but it is now understood to be a separate species. The oil came into commerce some few years ago under the name of oleosa, but is quite different from the oil which was orimnally known under the same name. The oil is very rich in cineol and has the following characters —... 

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