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Encouraging Paddling Participation through Canoe Trail Development in the Barmah Millewa Floodplain Forest, Australia

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Throughout the day, visitors arrive at the Barmah Lakes campsite on the River Murray, most in four-wheel drive vehicles laden with camping equipment. This one scene is typical: The parents and two pre-teen kids emerge from their heavily laden land-cruiser and without delay launch into what appears to be a familiar ritual of setting up camp in a spot they appear to know well.

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  1. La Trobe University, Australia

    Chris Townsend

  2. La Trobe University, Australia

    Ruth Lawrence

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    Gregory Heath

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Townsend, C., Lawrence, R. (2015). Encouraging Paddling Participation through Canoe Trail Development in the Barmah Millewa Floodplain Forest, Australia. In: Robertson, M., Lawrence, R., Heath, G. (eds) Experiencing the Outdoors. Researching Environmental Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-944-9_8

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