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About our activities |
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| Let us know what you’re studying in class, and we can match our activities to your needs. Eco-Logic maintains annual permits with Parks Victoria, the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee and the Surf Coast Shire, to allow our use of activity sites. All Eco-Logic staff carry a First Aid Kit and mobile phone during activities. Prices listed below are effective January 2010. |
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| Canoes give us access to a network of sheltered canals feeding off the Anglesea River. Along the way, participants will have fun, while discovering some amazing features of the wetland and river system, and the animals that survive there. Basic skills for safety and technique are taught before entering the canoes. | ||
| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Sites: | Coogoorah Park/ Anglesea River (Anglesea) Painkilac Creek (Aireys Inlet) |
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| Suitability: | Sessions can be modified for middle primary school to tertiary/ adult groups. Can be linked to Year 10 & VCE Geography and VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies. | |
| What is supplied: | canoes, paddles and PFDs (personal floatation devices) | |
| Cost: | $28.30 per student/ person including GST. |
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Eco-Logic outdoor education canoe qualified staff can be employed to lead your extended canoe trips. *Add a lighthouse tour! Ask us about extending your activity in Aireys Inlet and including a tour of the Split Point Lighthouse. See our Lighthouse page for information & pricing. |
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Join us to find out what is so special about the place where the river meets the sea. Using our environmentally sensitive seine nets, participants will experience and learn about the fish nurseries of our oceans by catching and releasing juvenile fish. This session also includes a beach-comber walk, and a discussion about our preserved marine animals. For older students, this is a great activity to learn about some data collection and monitoring techniques for an estuary. |
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| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Sites: | Anglesea Rivermouth, Aireys Inlet Rivermouth | |
| Suitability: | Sessions can be modified for middle to upper primary school, as well as secondary school and tertiary groups | |
| Cost: | $12.00 per student/ person including GST. Minimum group charge $180.00 |
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| *Add a lighthouse tour! Ask us about extending your activity in Aireys Inlet and including a tour of the Split Point Lighthouse. See our Lighthouse page for information & pricing. | ||
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| Join us to explore a rock platform in one of the Surf Coast’s protected Marine Parks. Participants will learn to safely explore the rockpools and find out about some of the amazing adaptations and inter-relationships between animals of the intertidal zone. You will hold a crab, pat a seastar and search for some more unusual creatures like anemones, colonial ascidians and barnacles. | ||||||
| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Sites: | Point Danger Marine Sanctuary (Torquay), Point Addis Marine Park (Anglesea), Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary (Aireys Inlet), Point Grey (Lorne) | |||||
| Suitability: | Sessions can be modified for all age levels, from kindergarten to tertiary/ adult groups | |||||
| Note: | Rockpool Rambles must be held around the low tide | |||||
| Cost: | $12.00 per student/ person including GST. Minimum group charge $180.00 |
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| *Add a lighthouse tour! Ask us about extending your activity in Aireys Inlet and including a tour of the Split Point Lighthouse. See our Lighthouse page for information & pricing. | ||||||
| The dynamics in a rockpool change as darkness settles in. Under spotlight, participants will observe the interactions between the secretive nocturnal marine animals as they move, hunt and feed at night. | ||
| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Sites: | Point Danger Marine Sanctuary (Torquay), Point Addis Marine Park (Anglesea), Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary (Aireys Inlet), Point Grey (Lorne) | |
| Suitability: | Sessions can be modified for all age levels, from primary school to tertiary/ adult groups | |
| What is supplied: | Leaders will carry spotlighting torches. Participants should bring their own torches too | |
| Note: | Rockpool Rambles must be held around the low tide | |
| Cost: | $12.00 per student/ person including GST. Minimum group charge $180.00 |
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Find out about the natural processes and human pressures that impact upon the coast and our marine life. How was the coast formed, and what shapes it? Who were the first people to live on the Surf Coast? What are the current pressures and issues that affect our coastline? Who is involved in managing the coast? Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Torquay and Lorne provide great cases studies for Year 10 & VCE Geography and VCE Outdoor & Environment Studies. Join us for a walk along the beach and find out the answers to these questions and many more. |
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| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Sites: | Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Torquay, Lorne foreshores | |
| Suitability: | Year 10 & VCE Geography and VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies | |
| Note: | Fieldwork sheets can be supplied for students to record their findings | |
| Cost: | $12.00 per student/ person including GST. Minimum group charge $180.00 |
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| *Add a lighthouse tour! Ask us about extending your activity in Aireys Inlet and including a tour of the Split Point Lighthouse. See our Lighthouse page for information & pricing. | ||
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| Find out why our marine environment is one of the hardest places in the world for animals and plants to survive. You will have a close look at our collection of preserved marine animals then take on the role of these creatures in a ‘Needs Auction’, where each will fight for their food, shelter and protection from predators. It quickly becomes clear that competition exists for these resources, highlighting the struggles faced by marine life every day. | ||
| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Sites: | Foreshores or camps in Torquay, Anglesea, Aireys Inlet and Lorne | |
| Suitability: | Sessions can be modified for middle to upper primary, secondary and tertiary students | |
| Cost: | $12.00 per student/ person including GST. Minimum group charge $180.00 |
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| *Add a lighthouse tour! Ask us about extending your activity in Aireys Inlet and including a tour of the Split Point Lighthouse. See our Lighthouse page for information & pricing. | ||