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We hire out biology and ecotourism qualifed staff Jane Moores and Damon Ramsey for lectures.

Damon gives lively lecture presentations using his own photographs from the ecosystem guide series. They can be designed to go anywhere from 20 minutes to almost an hour, with question and answers sessions. They are all PowerPoint presentations, although some can also be given in slide as well. Lecture topics include:

  1. The environment and biodiversity of Australia

  2. An introduction to coral reefs

  3. Corals and other Invertebrates of coral reefs

  4. Identifying Fish of coral reefs

  5. The Formation and Ecology of tropical coasts and islands

  6. Seashells and other invertebrates of tropical seashores

  7. Birds of the tropical shore

  8. Ecology and plants of mangroves

  9. Animals of the mangroves

  10. Tropical rainforest environment and ecology

  11. Identifying plants of tropical rainforest

  12. Insects of tropical rainforest

  13. Frogs and Reptiles of tropical rainforest

  14. Birds of tropical rainforest

  15. Mammals of the tropical rainforest

  16. Ecology and plants of the savanna woodlands

  17. Birds of the northern woodlands

  18. Mammals (including humans) of the tropical savanna

  19. Humans in the savanna woodlands

  20. The making of the southern seashores

  21. Invertebrates of the southern shores

  22. Birds of southern shores and oceans

  23. Mammals of the Australian and New Zealand seashores

  24. Wildlife tourism and ecotourism

  25. Australian wildlife tourism

  26. Terrestrial wildlife tourism (including bird-watching) in Australia

  27. Human and wildlife interaction in tourism

  28. Captive Wildlife/Zoo tourism

 

 
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Plants

Fungi
Fungi actually belong to a completely different kingdom from the animals and the plants and are not particularly related to either. There are thought to be about 250,000 species of fungi in Australia, and thus they far outnumber the regular vascular plants but most of these species are too small to be noticed.
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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

Possums
The name 'possum' is a fairly vague and not very scientific term. Other than both being marsupials, the Australian/New Guinea 'Possums' are not closely related to the Neotropical 'Opossums'. In fact, within Australia, the term 'Possum' actually covers a few quite different families of animals.
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