{"id":5481,"date":"2025-04-03T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5481"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:21:03","slug":"lessons-from-the-land-7a-humanities","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/lessons-from-the-land-7a-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"LESSONS FROM THE LAND &#8211; 7A HUMANITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Year 7A Humanities class was reminded of how important the availability of water is to families on the land when College senior, Brook McCosker visited the class and gave an insight into her life as a cattle producer. Brook, told the class of the impact of too little and too much water on her family\u2019s property \u2013 Nonda Station, which is located near Richmond in Outback Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>The class was intrigued by personal stories of the loss of thousands of head of cattle in both drought and floods, and the flow-on effect of financial loss. On a lighter note, the class was happy that Brook\u2019s favourite cow, <em>Daisy, <\/em>and hand-fed calves survive the trying times on the land.\u00a0 Brook\u2019s visit reinforced the content and skills covered in our Geography unit of work, <em>Water In The World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Brook for visiting our class!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5482\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM1.jpg 646w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM1-145x109.jpg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM1-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5483\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM2.jpg 717w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM2-145x109.jpg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM2-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5484 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM3-320x320.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5485\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM4.png 355w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM4-93x150.png 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5486\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM5.png 607w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM5-145x109.png 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM5-290x218.png 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM5-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/04\/HUM5-201x150.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Year 7A Humanities class was reminded of how important the availability of water is to families on the land when College senior, Brook McCosker visited the class and gave an insight into her life as a cattle producer. 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