Interpretive Services
Our
experienced staff are available to guide you along your own holiday or give
informative lectures and talks for your functions. We have a range of staff
available to cover a wide array of interesting topics providing very high
quality presentations specifically designed for the target group or function.
Our staff are also available as contracted tour guides and guest lecturers
for your educational group, expedition cruise, outback adventure, rainforest
retreat, or ultimate escape. Contact us and
we can arrange a package to suit even the most seasoned traveller. Below is
an example of the many lecture topics comprehensively explained by our highly
trained and experience staff.
| Marine
Topics |
|
| Reef
fish form and function |
Identification
of Reef fish |
| Age
& growth of tropical Reef fish |
Sex
change in Reef fish |
| Zonation
patterns of reefs |
Formation
of Coral Reefs |
| Introduction
to Coral biology |
Coral
identification |
| Coral
competition |
Island
biogeography |
| Invertebrate
Reef communities |
The
fascinating Cephalopods |
| Marine
Turtles - Ocean Wanderers |
Coral
bleaching & climate change |
| The
Crown of Thorns Starfish |
CoTS
current status and future directions |
| Human
impacts on Coral Reefs |
Indo
Pacific species of Clams |
An
introduction to Dugongs |
Cetaceans
of Australian waters |
An
introduction to Shark's & Rays |
Tropical
rocky shores |
Terrestrial
Topics |
|
The
evolution of flowering plants in Australia |
Identifying
rainforest plants |
Epiphytes
& Liannes of the wet tropics |
Freshwater
fish of North Eastern Australia |
A
guide to the reptiles of the Wet Tropics |
A
guide to the birds of the Wet Tropics |
An
introduction to the Wet Tropics |
A
guide to the birds of Cape York Penninsula |
Australian
History |
|
The
Kennedy expedition to Cape York, 1848 |
The
History of Somerset, Cape York |
The
Jardine Cattle Drive 1864-1865 |
Cyclone
Mahina 1899 |
The
life & times of Capt. James Cook |
Lt.
James Cook's Second Voyage 1770 |
The
Palmer River gold rush |
A
brief history of Cooktown & surrounds |
Aboriginal
Australia
|
|
Wandjina
style rock art of the Kimberley |
"Bradshaw"
style rock art of the Kimberley |
Traditional
plant use in the wet tropics |
The
history of European contact on Cape York |
The
Yawijibaya, disappearing Islanders |
Invasion
& resistance in Nth Queensland |
General
Interest |
|
Shedding
light on the El nino phenomenon |
Alfred
Russel Wallace & his Line |
Australian
Crocodilians |
Understanding
Mangroves |
