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Book Reviews Bird ECF (1996) Beach Management. (Wiley: Phillip Bay. Proceedings ofthe RoyalSociety of Chichester) Victoria62, 121-127. BBioIPrwnhdltierlolrEdiCupJcFtB(ia1oy9(n.6.260()M0Wei1Glm)eeooyiCl:rooCsaghsyitocafahlnetsdhteGegereN)ooamtmiooorrnppahhloolMlouogsygeyu:mPAorontf KKeeaVbbnilltcieetoBRrRaiAsAas(1(4S11t,9r95a64i096t)-.)1TM2The2he.meoMiosrursnnkiolnfagnttdhoesnNoPafetniPioonnrsatullaPMh.iulMsleiempuomBiaroysf BrVuiucntorPia(12976,2)19S-6e7a.levelriseasacauseofshoreero- MaocfktehnezGieeolAogDica(l19S3u9r)veCyooafstVailctoerrioasi17o.n in Victoria. sion. American Society of Civil Engineers, TransactionsoftheInstituteojEngineers, Australia, BrWyaantterEwAa.ysYoaumn!gHaRrWb.oranDdivPirsiicoen,D88M,(111979-16)30T.sunami Pe2a0r,m2a29n-2G36(.1988) (Ed.) Greenhouse: Planningfor as a majorcontrol on coastal evolution. Journalof Climatic Change. (CSTRO Division ofAtmospheric ChECunorcacsyhtcalJloApReaednsideaaGrorcfehgOo1cr2e,yaSJn3M1S-t(8u24d00i0.e1s,)Sppe.a2le5v9e9l-c2h6a0n4g.e.EdI.n ScaRhsewsaaeratcrzacuhMs:eLLoe(fi1d9se6hno7)r)epTpher6eo0s-Bi7ro3nu..unJotuhrenoraylooffsGeeaolleovgelyr7i5s,e JH Steele, SAThorpe and KK Turekian (Academic lb-92. Press:SanDiego) Environmentaleffectsstatement(2004)Channeldeep- eningproject. Port ofMelbourne Corporation. GilwlwwE.vDic(ch1a9n5n0e)lsT.hveic.ggeoovl.oaguy. ofPicnic Point, Port Received20January2005;accepted25August2005 Owls: Journeys Around the World by David Hollands Publisher: Bloomings Books, Richmond, Vic, 2004. 192pages, hardback, Ulus, 150colourplates. RRP$59.95 OWLS Owls by their very nature are cryptic species, which we regard with a special sense of mystery and awe. Their presence Journeys around theworld is extremely difficult to determine; their DavidHolland# behaviour even more difficult to predict. Tracking down owls is challenging enough, but taking photographs of the quality displayed in this book is truly admirable. David Hollands has excelled superb and his personal touches make this himself with this publication, producing book a pleasure to read, both forthe scien- another outstanding owl book with quali- tist andthe lay person. I especiallyenjoyed ties equal to those shown in his previous reading about David’s trials and tribula- owl book Birds ofthe Night (Reed Books: tions, particularly in relation to Alaska’s Sydney 1991). Snowy Owl: the photographs and informa- Through this book, David takes us on a tion provided on this species is atestament journey of passion, providing the reader to David's sheercommitment. with personal accounts and outstanding The final owl that David describes in photographs of twenty-one owl species detail in this book is Australia’s largest, from six continents. David’s passion and the Powerful Owl. This species is very determination is obvious from the very closetomy heart and I thoroughly enjoyed beginning. His detailed and accurate (and related) to David’s accounts of it. I account of the different owl species is agree wholeheartedly that the Powerful The Victorian Naturalist 54 BookRviews Owl ‘does not give away its secrets readi- David’s predictions for the future are ly’. Having worked on this species for somewhat bleak, but hopefully through many years myself I can fully appreciate education and increased public awareness David’s frustrations and jubilations. The we can work togetherand begin to reverse information that David has provided on thistrend. Publications such as this one are this species is accurate and highlights the certainly fantastic starting points with the result ofmany long cold nights sitting in photography and easy reading making it a thebush. Onethingweall know forcertain book that everyonecan enjoyand ultimate- is that all the waiting is definitely worth- ly use to learn more about these amazing while, as is highlighted through David’s creatures. photographs. The book finishes with a section on the RayleneCooke future. This is a very valuable section, as it SchoolofEcologyandEnvironment highlights various threatening processes DeakinUniversity-MelbourneCampus 221 BurwoodHighway,BurwoodVictoria3125 that owls are currently contending with. Australia’s Volcanoes by Russell Ferrett Publisher: ReedNewHolland Sydney, 2005. , 160pages;paperback; colourphotographs. ISBN1877069094/RRP$29.95 This attractive and handy-sized (and priced) book begins with a good clear index map on page 5, a map ofareas of volcanic activity on page 9, and another mapon page 16 showingahotspotmoving from north to south down the eastern side of Australia and ending at Macedon in central Victoria. Other maps support the descriptionsoflocal areas. Thecontentsare: 1. Theformation ofvolcanoes 2. Eruptions,tephra, lavaandrocks 3. Landforms 4. Queensland 5. New South Wales 6. Victoria those from the Eastern Australian main- 7. South Australia, Tasmania, Western land. This means the young volcanoes of Australiaand HeardIsland. Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South A useful glossary, list ofreferences, and Australia form a major part of the book. agood indexcompletethe book. However the area now commonly known Russell Ferrett is a geography teacher as the Newer Volcanic Province covering whohas visitedmanyofthe world’svolca- centralandwestern Victoria,and SE South noes, and not finding suitable information Australia, is not fully covered; there is a on Australian volcanoes, he ‘decided to concentration on the Camperdown area, write his own book to address this gap in and on Tower Hill and Mt Ecclcs, and Mt ourknowledge and understanding’. Gambier in South Australia. Bill Birch's He discussesthe past 40 million years of book isstill thebestguide forVictoria. volcanic activity in Australia, concentrat- Descriptionsofthe earlier(older) Eastern ing on the clearest examples, and mainly Australia activity include the Glasshouse Vol. 123 (1) 2006 55