See Change Adventure

Winter – Spring

Sea Change Adventures

Units 2 or 4 2-3day

Activities:

Canoeing
Stand Up Paddle Boards
Snorkelling
Walking/cycling

Dune revegetation work

weed matting
weeding
mulching and
tree planting

Cost

Dependant on activities you choose. Discuss with Eco-Logic.

What is included

qualified leadership and interpretation-(our staff are OE teachers, scientists, resource and land management graduates and recreation leaders.)
curriculum discussion and activities
canoes, pfd’s and qualified instructors
stand-up paddleboards, paddles and wetsuits
snorkelling gear, wetsuits, and qualified instructors
cycle/ walks leader
revegetation tools/gloves/safety glasses and leader
all safety equipment for each activity.

What you bring

bus
camping gear and food
students will need walking shoes, waterproof coats/old shoes and clothes for canoeing, bathers and towel.
sun protection gear.-hat/long sleeved shirts/sunscreen/sunglasses.
satellite phone if required. Mobile phones will be adequate on most parts of coast.
bicycles and gear if desired.

Where you will stay

Barwon Heads Foreshore Caravan Park.
Breamlea Caravan Park
We’ll meet you each morning for the activities.

Activities

Canoe along the Barwon River and discover a Ramsar-listed wetland, a State Game Reserve and the Sea-change hamlet of Barwon Heads. Consider the various land classifications and associated uses/impacts of this notable river. Observe human impacts and efforts to protect and conserve the river. Explore issues of conflict and sustainability.

Stand-up Paddle Board along the Barwon River at Barwon Heads to learn about the issues above.

Depending on weather conditions and the tides this session can be a half day paddle(3-4 hours).

Snorkel the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary.

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

Explore Barwon Heads as an example of change – from sleepy holiday hamlet to tourism mecca and Sea change destination.

Walk or cycle (Half day) Coastal conflict. Debate the contemporary issues – urbanisation, tourism, conservation, sustainable development.

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

Unit 2

Practical applications related to:

characteristics of outdoor environments, marine, coastal, wetlands,
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, fire, flood, drought, migration, succession, and climate change
land managers’ understandings of specific outdoor environments, including the features which 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
other understandings of specific outdoor environments, such as artistic, Indigenous, and historical.
the impact of conservation, commercial and recreational activities on outdoor environments
community-based environmental action to promote positive human impacts on outdoor environments
rationales for codes of conduct relating to recreational activities

Unit 4

Practical applications related to:

understandings and critiques of sustainability and sustainable development
indicators of healthy outdoor environments, including:
- quality and adequacy of water, air and soil
- levels of biodiversity, pest and introduced species
the contemporary state of outdoor environments in Australia, with reference to common themes used in State of the Environment reports
conflicts of interest between people involved in uses of– Marine national parks and sanctuaries
management strategies and policies for achieving and maintaining healthy and sustainable outdoor environments
acts or conventions related to the management and sustainability of outdoor environments, including:
- Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Vic)
- Ramsar Convention (international treaty, 1971)
actions undertaken to sustain healthy outdoor environments, focus on Coastcare.

Additional Focus:

Consider local issues such as Marine National Parks, duck shooting, overfishing, dune damage, urban pressure on natural environments.
Learn about local, state and national policy in an incidental, hands on way. For example: Ramsar listed Wetland, State Marine National Park and a State Catchment Management Authority.

Sea Change Adventures

Activities

Unit 2

Unit 4

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