In figure 1, the graph compares the scores of both Burleigh Beach and The Spit for the different criteria of Tourism & Recreation. These results were given by me and two other geographers. The trend for the graph is the scores for each category which Burleigh Beach performed better in overall. The outlier for the data is the data for commercial tourism and clean sand, which The Spit scored higher in for both. There is no true highpoint in the data as the highest score possible is achieved multiple times. The low point for the data is the score given for facilities at The Spit. The reason the high point is so common is due to both beaches being good beaches for tourism and these features have been specified for this. The outlier is the absence…show more content… The graph compares the two beaches scores in this in a bar graph format. The trend in the graph is that both beaches scored well in two categories while performing poorly in another, with Burleigh performing bad at a low standard for dune vegetation, and The Spit with the storm buffer category. The low point for the data is the score of The Spit in the storm buffer section. There is no true outlier in the data. The spit has a low score for storm buffer because it is very vulnerable to storms and there is no shield to stop the storm from causing erosion and damage. Apart from this the dune vegetation and dune presence is high because of the vast amount of shrubbery present at the beach along the dunes, preventing erosion. Burleigh has storm buffers put in place in the form of rocks to prevent extensive damage from storms which is why it has the high score while also having dunes present however dune vegetation is rare but still present, which is why the score of 2 was given. This shows that Burleigh is better equipped to deal with storms and other methods of erosion by a slight margin in comparison to The…show more content… The scores, obtained by me and two other geographers are objectively recorded. The graph compares the scores in the different factors of Beach Ecology. The trend in the graph is that both beaches collectively score lowest on Organism density, and highest on Dune Vegetation, with the middling score being wildlife. Both beaches scored equally overall but had different scores in two of the sections. The high point for the data was the score of the spit for the dune vegetation and the low point was the score given to Burleigh for the organism density section. An outlier in the data is the low organism density score given to The Spit. These results show that both beaches have average beach ecology levels. The spit has a low and average score for organism density and wildlife levels, with scores of 1 and 3 respectively. However, the dune vegetation level is quite high due to it being less of a modern area in comparison to Burleigh
