You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful part of the world for students to learn about our precious ecosystem. We offer a range of outdoor education experiences that teach students on school camps about our nature and wildlife. Without leaving the site, students can learn survival skills like how to a lean-to in Man vs Wild or discover the wonders of snakes with Reptile World. Offsite, they can learn about the effects of humans on our ecosystem with a National Parks Ranger, discover shore birds, try bush tucker or watch the whale migration.
You can become one with nature whilst learning about some of Australia’s amazing creatures. You’ll see and experience a wealth of things within the bounds of our 30 acre property. This activity can be done during the day or at night with head torches and is ideal for the budget conscious.
Steve McEwan from Reptile World brings some of his reptilian friends along for a fun and fascinating session on reptiles and natural history.
Wajanna Yaam Adventure Tours takes students on a 2.5 hour adventure paddle in Coffs Harbour’s Solitary Islands Marine Park. Connect to the land and to the sea through stories and language. Collect and taste seasonal bush tucker. No previous SUP experience required.
Join a National Parks Aboriginal Discovery Ranger for an easy stroll along Bonville Creek to investigate the rich diversity of plants and animals in the park.
The North Coast Regional Botanic Garden sprawls over 20 hectares and is bounded on three sides by Coffs Creek. A representative from the Botanical Garden Society will guide students through the Mangrove, Paperbark or Rainforest Boardwalks. Learn about the plants that were important to the native Gumbaynggirr people on the Garlambirla Creek Walk. Entry is free.
A National Parks Ranger leads this excursion in Dorrigo National Park. Students observe a highly diverse rainforest ecosystem and learn about the effects of human impacts and contemporary management practices.
A National Parks Ranger leads a guided tour of Muttonbird Island where students learn about the role of the reserve in protecting a breeding rookery for the wedge-tail shearwater (muttonbird). Seasonal availability.
A National Parks Ranger leads a guided walk across Muttonbird Island as evening falls. This is a unique opportunity to witness the daily return of thousands of wedge-tail shearwaters (muttonbirds) to their nesting burrows, where hungry partners and chicks await.
A National Parks Ranger leads this excursion in Dorrigo National Park. Students explore the wonders of the rainforest: observing, listening, touching, smelling and searching to discover the wonders of this special environment.
Venture into Dorrigo National Park with a National Parks Ranger as your guide. Starting with the spectacular Skywalk over the rainforest canopy, students go on to explore this subtropical rainforest on a graded downhill wall to the suspension bridge at Crystal Shower Falls.
The migrating Humpback Whales play in the shallow waters off the Coffs Harbour coastline on their travels north and against as they return south with their calves. This makes for continuous whale watching opportunities from early June to late October.
Join a National Parks Ranger on a WilderQuest excursion in the World Heritage listed rainforests of Dorrigo National Park. Students engage with the plants and animals in the park and learn about the role played by NSW National Parks staff in protecting the environment.
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