The given figure illustrate the proportion of attendance level who engaged in open-air activities in Australia from 1997 and 2007.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that there was a clearly downward trend in the rate of picnicking and walking while that of water activities, horse riding, and cycling experienced a upward trend during the years. Another striking feature is that the figure for picnicking was always led the chart while horse riding stayed at the bottom all time.
Starting at around 65% and 25%, the percentage of picnicking and camping both peak at 78% and 35% in 2001. Thereafter, they maintained around the range of 60% and 30%. Similarity, water activities witnessed a rapid growth in the fist 4 years and reached a plateu of nearly 60%. It surpassed walking and became the second popular activity. At the same time, walking dropped steady from 60% to 50% and ended up at under 35%.Cycling,took off at 25% and rose up gradual to 30% during the surveyed time. While other activities saw serveral changes horseriding stayed more or less stable with just under 10% people taking part in, becong the least well-liked activity.