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Jane Moores

Jane Moores studied Eco-Tourism and Environmental Health at Flinders University (SA). She has since worked in a number of roles in the tourism industry. Jane worked as a guide for several leading eco-tourism companies before becoming an assistant operations manager. She then moved on to other managerial positions including groups manager. For Educational Tours Australia, Jane is the Operations Manager and looks after the day to day running of ETA including itineraries, quotes and bookings.

email: jane@educational-tours.com.au

Jane Moores - Educational Tours Australia
Jane Moores

 

Damon Ramsey

Damon Ramsey studied Outdoor Guiding in the Blue Mountains (NSW), then completed a biology degree (majoring in Zoology) in Darwin, Townsville and Cairns. He works as a biologist guide and lecturer, leading wildlife, bird-watching, biology study programmes and general nature based tours for various companies and institutions around Australia. He has written this site's content based on summaries of his Ecosystem Guide series. This is a series of field guide-like books on the ecology, plants and animals of various Australasian and Pacific ecosystems. The first and second in the series: "Rainforest of tropical Australia" and "Ocean surfaces of Australasia" have been published. For access to his full resume, and to order the Ecosystem Guides, check out:  www.ecosystem-guides.com.  For Educational Tours Australia, Damon designs itineraries, and lectures and/or leads most of the tours & programmes.

email: damon@educational-tours.com.au

Damon Ramsey - Educational Tours Australia
Damon Ramsey

Matt Fenn

Matt Fenn has loved the outdoors since he was old enough to get lost in the national park next door. His passion for nature led him to obtain a degree in Computer Science from the University of Adelaide (SA). Matt soon discovered that there weren't too many jobs programming computers outdoors and he eventually found himself working as a tour guide in North Queensland. As part of his continuing quest to get people to listen to him he has completed Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. He now spends his time driving big things and currently drives The Savannahlander between Forsayth and Cairns. He was responsible for constructing the website and ETA's continuing IT services.

email: matt@educational-tours.com.au 


 

 
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  • Ecosystem Guide Books

    Accompanying our biology programmes and tours are the Ecosystem Guide Books. The first in the series, "Rainforest of tropical Australia", has now been released as a second edition. The second in the series "Ocean Surfaces of Australasia" is also available. They are found in all good bookstores in Cairns and in souvenir shops and info centres throughout the rainforest areas of North Queensland. If they haven't got it, ask them to order it in! It's RRP is $35-$40. It is also available online at:

    www.ecosystem-guides.com

     

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Plants

Syzygium: australian 'apples' and lilly-pillies
There are about 500 species in the genus Syzygium, with almost 60 species in Australia. The flowers are often showy, and dominated by many colourful shaving brush like stamens. They develop fleshy fruits that are also often colourful.
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Birds

Boobies and Gannets
Boobie and baby
Boobie and baby
Boobies and Gannets are rather large, robust seabirds. They have big heads, strong beaks and look a little bit like a large, ocean going duck. Their feet are big and fully webbed. Their walk is a cute, duck-like waddle. When flying, their body is often described as ‘torpedo’ or ‘cigar’ shaped. The 9 species are found all over the world. While Boobies are more tropical in distribution, Gannets inhabit the colder, temperate seas. They are essentially an ocean going bird, and are only really found on land when nesting. They were given the derogatory name of ‘Booby’ from the Spanish word bobo which means fool or clown. They may plunge dive for prey from heights of up to 20 or 30 metres, with heights of 100 metres reported. Their nostrils are small and not externally visible and close to prevent seawater entering the nostrils when hitting the surface at high speeds. The air sacs under their skin are particularly well developed in the frontal region of the body and likely serve to cushion the body during their steep dives.
 

Mammals

Quolls
In many ways, these are Australia's forgotten marsupials. The order is dominated by one family which contains some 50 species of these generally predatory marsupials. This is the biggest family of marsupials, yet they are little known by the general public.
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