This area of the website contains details about the parts of the field trip that were the most enjoyable.
After dinner we went down to Brown Beach on a night walk to see if we could come across any Fairy Penguins. When we got there we walked through the sand dune vegetation. We could hear the penguins under the thick scrub, but we couldn't see them. Walking along the beach we came across one coming up to the dunes from the ocean. Mike picked it up and explained the different parts of its body and their functions. While we were down at the beach we also studied the night sky, it was fascinating.
When we woke up this morning we had a strange lump on the roof of our tent. At first we thought it was the tent cover rolled up, then it moved. We could see these little paw imprints and a tail outline through the tent roof. A possum had crawled up between the tent cover and the tent. This was a great place to spend the day snoozing.
Today we disected an echidna that had been killed out on the road. We measured and weighed various parts of both the external and internal parts of the body. It was interesting to see how long the echidnas tongue was. The tongue can be up to 17cm long, wow!
Today we are working up until lunch time and then get to go on a half day outing somewhere on the island. We were offered a selection of choices and got together as a group to decide what would be most valuable as a learning experience that we could share with our students.
We fly out early tomorrow morning. It will be sad to leave such a wonderful place however we are eager to come back and share all that we have learnt.