1370.0 - Measures of Australia's Progress, 2013  
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Further info for appreciating the environment

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GLOSSARY

Day trips

A round trip distance of at least 50 kilometres, where the visitor was away from home for at least four hours and did not spend a night away from home as part of their travel. Same day travel as part of overnight travel was excluded, as was routine travel such as commuting between work/school and home.

Domestic trips involving nature activities

An overnight trip or a day trip taken by Australian visitor who participated in at least one nature activity.

Homelands/traditional country

An area of land with which Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people have ancestral and/or cultural links.

Major cities

See 'Remoteness Structure'.

Nature activities

Includes includes visiting any of these places:
    • beaches (including swimming);
    • national parks or state parks;
    • botanical or other public gardens;
    • wildlife parks, zoos or aquariums; or
    • a reef.

or participating in any of these activities:
    • whale or dolphin watching (in the ocean);
    • bushwalking or rainforest walks;
    • scuba diving;
    • snorkelling;
    • fishing;
    • snow skiing;
    • surfing; or
    • water activities or sports.

Overnight trips

Trips involving a stay away from home for at least one night, at a place at least 40 kilometres from home. Only those trips where the respondent was away from home for less than 12 months are in scope.

Regional areas

See 'Remoteness Structure'.

Remote areas

See 'Remoteness Structure'.

Remoteness Structure

The concept of remoteness is an important dimension of policy development in Australia. The provision of many government services are influenced by the typically long distances that people are required to travel outside the major metropolitan areas. The purpose of the Remoteness Structure is to provide a classification for the release of statistics that inform policy development by classifying Australia into large regions that share common characteristics of remoteness. For more information see the 'Remoteness Structure' section of the ABS web site.
REFERENCES

ABS, 2013, 'Information Paper: Towards the Australian Environmental-Economic Accounts, 2013' (cat. no. 4655.0.55.002)

Northern Territory Government Department of Regional Development and Women's Policy, 2013, 'Regional Services > Homelands Policy', web page accessed 12 September, 2013 <http://www.homelands.nt.gov.au/>

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Overall progress?
Access to and availability of nature areas
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' connection to country


OVERALL PROGRESS?
Domestic trips(a) involving nature activities(b)(c)
Headline progress indicator
...involving going to the beach
Image: Graph - Domestic trips involving nature activities
Footnote:
(a) Includes both overnight and day trips.
(b) See the glossary on the further info page for a definition of 'Nature activities'.
(c) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
Tourism Research Australia 2013 (unpublished data)
ABS Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 3235.0) 		Image: Graph - Domestic trips involving going to the beach
Footnote:
(a) Includes both overnight and day trips.
(b) See the glossary on the further info page for a definition of 'Nature activities'.
(c) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
Tourism Research Australia 2013 (unpublished data)
ABS Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 3235.0)
ACCESS TO AND AVAILABILITY OF NATURE AREAS
Domestic trips(a) involving nature activities(b)(c)
Progress indicator
...involving going to the beach
Image: Graph - Domestic trips involving nature activities
Footnote:
(a) Includes both overnight and day trips.
(b) See the glossary on the further info page for a definition of 'Nature activities'.
(c) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
Tourism Research Australia 2013 (unpublished data)
ABS Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 3235.0) 		Image: Graph - Domestic trips involving going to the beach
Footnote:
(a) Includes both overnight and day trips.
(b) See the glossary on the further info page for a definition of 'Nature activities'.
(c) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
Tourism Research Australia 2013 (unpublished data)
ABS Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 3235.0)
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES' CONNECTION TO COUNTRY
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who recognise an area as homelands or traditional country(a)
Progress indicator
...by sex
Image: Graph - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who recognise an area as homelands or traditional country
Footnote:
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey, 1994 (cat no 4190.0)
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002 and 2008 (cat. no. 4714.0) 		Image: Graph - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who recognise an area as homelands or traditional country by sex
Footnote:
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey, 1994 (cat no 4190.0)
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002 and 2008 (cat. no. 4714.0)
...by age
...by remoteness
Image: Graph - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who recognise an area as homelands or traditional country by age
Footnote:
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey, 1994 (cat no 4190.0)
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002 and 2008 (cat. no. 4714.0)		Image: Graph - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who recognise an area as homelands or traditional country by remoteness
Footnote:
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source:
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey, 1994 (cat no 4190.0)
ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002 and 2008 (cat. no. 4714.0)