World Of Abilene

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Planned Burning

A planned burn is the controlled use of fire under carefully managed conditions to reduce fuel such as dead wood, leaf litter, bark and shrubs.

Reduced fuel decreases the impact of bushfire by lowering the intensity of a bushfire. Low intensity makes it easier for fire-fighters to control a bushfire.

A planned burn is conducted under specified weather conditions by trained fire-fighters using specific lighting patterns and resources to meet burn objectives.

- CFA Victoria

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OLD TALLANGATTA VICTORIA

Located in NE Victoria, near the confluence of the Tallangatta Creek and Mitta Mitta River.

Old Tallangatta was the original site of Tallangatta. The whole town was required to be moved in 1956 due to the enlargement of Lake Hume.

Tallangatta is now located 8 kms away on the other side of Lake Hume.

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AAMI PARK MELBOURNE

Until 2010, Olympic Park Stadium was Melbourne's main venue for football, rugby league and rugby union; not purpose-built, it was an athletics stadium with the rectangular grass field set inside the running track, and it could hold 18,500 spectators, but only 11,000 seated. It had been the home ground of the Melbourne Storm since they entered the National Rugby League in 1998. The A-League Men's Melbourne Victory FC also used Olympic Park Stadium from 2005 to 2007 when they switched permanently to Docklands Stadium.

On 6 April 2006 the Victorian Government announced that a $190 million 20,000-seat rectangular stadium would be built on the site of Edwin Flack Field and would be home to NRL team Melbourne Storm and A-League Men team Melbourne Victory. The stadium's planned capacity was increased to 30,000, with foundations capable of expansion to a capacity of 50,000 if needed. The stadium began construction in late 2007.

- Wikipedia

Notable events:

- Rugby League (NRL, Internationals)

- Football (A-League, internationals, 2017 Asian Championships, 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup)

- Rugby Union (Super Rugby, NRC, Internationals)

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ZIVA THE ALPACA

Alpacas originate from the Altiplano (Spanish for high plain) in west-central South America. Spanning the borders of Peru, Chile and Bolivia, this area of the Andes averages nearly 4000 metres above sea level.

Alpacas are one of the camelid species, closely related to the llama. There are four species of South American camelid – Llamas and alpacas are domesticated and vicuna and guanaco remain wild and are protected species. All four are found mainly in Peru in the Andes, with smaller numbers in Chile and Bolivia.

It is believed that the alpaca and the llama were domesticated from the wild species vicuna and guanaco over 6000 years ago. The alpaca was developed primarily as a fleece producing animal with meat as a secondary product. - The British Alpaca Society