Lorne Discovery

Summer – Autumn – Spring

Units 1, 2 or 3 / 2-3 days

Activities:

Surfing (Go Ride a Wave)
Snorkelling/rock pooling.
Canyon Bushwalk/ visit a logging coup

Dune revegetation work

weed matting
weeding
mulching and
tree planting
Bushwalking

Activities

Surfing/sea kayaking at Lorne Beach experiencing the awe and beauty of the Southern Ocean.

Surfing and kayaking are not just about fun – your students will engage with their peers and the environment while having a fantastic time. Go Ride A Wave uses top quality equipment and our instructors hold above industry required qualifications. We have been working with schools for 25 years and have an excellent safety record.

Snorkelling and rock pool near the Lorne pier.

Explore the magnificent marine environment on the rock platforms and below the surface. Marine monitoring or a transect study are an option.

Canyon Bushwalk (8 kms) and visit a logging coup.

Explore dry sclerophyll eucalypt and cool temperate rainforest environments. Waterfalls and ancient Gondwanan species. Compare and contrast the natural environment with a logged and reseeded forest. Consider nineteenth to twenty-first century values of forests.

Student participation (2 hours) –coastal revegetation or Dune EduAction work to illustrate actions taken by individuals and groups.

Explore Lorne as an example of change – sealing and whaling/the Shipwreck Coast/timber harvesting/a gateway to the Great Otway National Park tourism and Sea changers.

Unit 1

The focus is on:

types of outdoor environments: wilderness, managed parks, urban environments and built environments
the range of motivations for seeking outdoor experiences
the range of differing personal responses to outdoor environments, such as fear, appreciation, awe and contemplation
a variety of ways in which people know, experience and respond to outdoor environments: – as a resource, for recreation and adventure, spiritual connection and as a study site – through experiential knowledge, environmental history and ecological, social and economic perspectives
rationales for codes of conduct relating to recreational activities
relevant technologies and their effects on outdoor experiences

Unit 2

The focus is on:

characteristics of outdoor environments, including marine, coastal, forest
recreational users’ understandings of specific outdoor environments
scientific understandings of specific outdoor environments, including: – interrelationships between biotic and abiotic components – effects of natural changes to environments on people and places such as day to night, seasons, tides, flood, drought, migration, succession, and climate change – the effect fire (both wildfire and controlled burns) has on the environment
land managers’ understandings of specific outdoor environments, including the features that can be used to delineate one particular area from another such as landform, vegetation type, public and private land, types of parks and reserves, management zones
artistic, Indigenous, and historical understandings of specific outdoor environments.

Unit 3

The focus is on:

an overview of Australian outdoor environments before humans, including characteristics of biological isolation, geological stability, and climatic variations
relationships with Australian outdoor environments expressed by specific Indigenous communities before and after European colonisation
relationships with Australian outdoor environments
conservation, recreation, primary industries, and tourism practices
the factors influencing contemporary societal relationships with outdoor environments

Lorne Discovery

Activities

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

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