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Educational Tours Australia

Educational Tours Australia (ETA) runs nature-based and other educational tours and programmes for schools, universities, colleges, and various special interest groups.

students at a waterhole

Tours and programmes include our 3, 7 & 10 day biology & ecosystems study programme , and our more holiday based activity & sightseeing tour . There are also some "Trip reports" of our previous tours and programmes.

We are a small company with biology and ecotourism qualified staff . When you make enquiries, you will be dealing with the guides directly. Apart from our set itineraries, given enough lead time we can also develop an itinerary for your group that focuses on many different special interest subjects, including ecotourism, birdwatching and geological study. We also hire out Damon Ramsey and Jane Moores to tour companies and organizations as Biology and Ecotourism guides & lecturers.

ETA is based in Cairns (North Queensland) and specializes in what we think is the best part of Australia. However, our itineraries have also included other parts of the country.

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Study Tours

  • Tour FAQs

    Included here are our most frequently asked questions. They are being updated and added to all the time; if you cannot see your particular question here, please feel free to email us .

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Plants

Cycads
Cycads belong to the division Cycadophyta. They were one of the dominant plant forms back in the Mesozoic, the 'Age of the Dinosaurs', when they would have comprised much of the forest as flowering trees do today. Many species of cycads are toxic, containing the lethal compound macrozamin, (including the species found in the rainforests here), and it has even been suggested that this high toxicity initially evolved in this ancient group to deter predation by dinosaurs.
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Birds

Penguins
Penguin
Penguin
Penguins are found mainly in the colder waters of the southern hemisphere, and do not occur in the northern Arctic regions. The only penguin that regularly breeds and lives on the Australian mainland and that is most likely to be seen in Australian waters is the Fairy Penguin. This species is also called the Blue penguin or the Little Penguin. As suggested by the latter common name, this is a small penguin standing about 35cm high, and in fact is the world’s smallest penguin.
 

Mammals

Insectivorous Bats
‘Microbats’ are a much more diverse group than the 'megabats'. Even though they are generally called the ‘insectivorous bats’, there are species that have evolved to feed on insects, fish, fruit, nectar, blood and even other bats.
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