Sustainability Tours
Eco Catchment Tours
Our Eco-catchment Education Tours offer schools and the community a chance to follow the water cycle from catchment to reef, and integrates essential infrastructure with the local natural environment, in addition, you can discover the hidden world of energy flows in Townsville as well as the wonders of our biodiversity hotspots. Participants can be involved in a wide range of activities. Some of these include:
- Treatment plant and infrastructure interpretative tours,
- water quality monitoring,
- aquatic flora and fauna sampling, and
- thematic interpretation of our local wetlands and waterways.
For tour bookings, please download and complete our Eco Catchment Tour Booking Form, please read the Risk Assessment flyer before completing the form.
Through thematic interpretation, Learnscapes are introduced and connections are made between our built environment and our surrounding natural habitats that may otherwise go unnoticed.
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| Half Day Catchment Tour | Tour of selected Learnscapes that can be customised to suit your curricular requirements. |
| Single Learnscape Tour | Tour of single Learnscape, tailored to your requirements. |
| Classroom Visit | Have an educator visit your classroom to talk about a topic of your choice*. |
| School Visit | Have an educator visit your school with an education trailer (Either Energy or Water trailer). |
*We offer these topics: Waste, Water, Energy, Biodiversity and Coastal.
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*Site visits are limited to Year 7 and above (this is for certain sites).
All elements of our Eco-catchment Education Tours tie in with Queensland State Government Education curriculum Key Learning Outcomes.
Our Eco Catchment Tours are certified by Tourism Australia.
Ecotourism, adopted by Ecotourism Australia is ecologically sustainable tourism with a primary focus on experiencing natural areas that foster environmental and cultural understanding, appreciation and conservation.
Australia's leading and most innovative ecotourism products that operate with minimal impact on the environment and provide opportunities to learn about the environment with operators who are committed to achieving best practice, using resources wisely, contributing to conserving the environment and helping local communities.
For more information about Ecotourism head to their website.
For further information and to get involved in council's Eco Catchment Tours contact council.
