Home arrow About ETA arrow Links
Links
We've gathered together some links that you may find useful. Some are aimed at those planning group trips while others are aimed at those researching Australia's unique plants and wildlife.
 

Study Tours

  • This trip has been designed for more general interest and younger student groups. It visits a range of iconic regions, from the Great Barrier Reef, to the rainforests and rivers of the Daintree, to the caves and bush of the outback, and to the mountains, lakes and waterfalls of the Atherton Tablelands. We conduct a range of activities within the trip including hikes, ‘bushwalks', boat cruises, snorkeling to wildlife viewing and night-spotlighting. We see tropical rainforest, coal reefs, kangaroos, shops and beaches. With sufficient lead time, the trip can have it's focus and design changed to suit the…

    Read more...

Plants

Eucalypts
The ‘Gum Trees’ or ‘Eucalypts’ are of course the most famous group of plants in Australia. The number of Eucalypts seems to vary quite a bit, depending on the author. It could be anywhere from 400 species, to possibly over 800 species.
Read more...
 

Mammals

Bandicoots
Bandicoots are a distinctive order of only about 19 marsupials in Australia and New Guinea. Bandicoots are roughly rabbit-sized and shaped. They have shorter, but strong, forelimbs for digging and longer back legs used in their bounding, rabbit-like gait.
Read more...