Agenda – all members will discuss their own experiences with following directions received.
Gecko’s Kids Club runs during term times. Spaces are limited so please book your child in soon.
EcoDiscoverers Kid’s Club runs on Friday afternoons after school from 3.30pm till 5.30pm.
Each week we will focus on a different animal, plant or habitat. There will be games, stories, excursions and competitions. All to reinforce the topic of the week!
The club connects children with nature and engages them with our native plants, animals and habitats and to learn how to look after the environment.
As a truly interactive club, children will have a say in what they would like to do and achieve.
Bookings are essential and need to be made prior to the session. Bookings for full term are $90 and individual sessions are $15 per session.
Agenda – all members will discuss their own experiences with following directions received.
Gecko’s Kids Club runs during term times. Spaces are limited so please book your child in soon.
EcoDiscoverers Kid’s Club runs on Friday afternoons after school from 3.30pm till 5.30pm.
Each week we will focus on a different animal, plant or habitat. There will be games, stories, excursions and competitions. All to reinforce the topic of the week!
The club connects children with nature and engages them with our native plants, animals and habitats and to learn how to look after the environment.
As a truly interactive club, children will have a say in what they would like to do and achieve.
Bookings are essential and need to be made prior to the session. Bookings for full term are $90 and individual sessions are $15 per session.
Helping Powerful Owls Through Citizen Science
Gecko Talks – Wednesday, August 26 at Currumbin RSL
Australia’s largest owl, the threatened Powerful Owl, should be living in the Gold Coast. With much of its habitat destroyed in the recent fires and impacted by land clearing, a study to learn about its local whereabouts urgently needs your help.
Dr Rob Clemens, Powerful Owl Project Coordinator for BirdLife Australia, will discuss this, and more about owls, when he speaks at Gecko Talks on August 26.
The Powerful Owl’s territory ranges from S.E. Queensland to South Australia, within 200 km of the coast – but one-third was impacted by this Summer’s devastating fires.
It’s an impressive, if elusive, bird. It can live for 30 years and has a wingspan of up to 1.4 m. It needs big, old trees for nesting and dense, leafy foliage for roosting. ‘As with the other forest owls, we have a poor understanding of where they are on the Gold Coast,’ Rob explained. ‘At the Gecko talk, I’ll also explain how we’re planning to overcome that.’ With the big human population increase due here in the next few years, it’s important to know where these owls are and how we can conserve them, he said.
BirdLife started its Powerful Owl project two years ago, and is showing some success already. However it needs local help to monitor the Gold Coast, an area which hasn’t been tackled.
Gecko Talks is on Wednesday, August 26 at Currumbin RSL. Free entrance, however a booking is necessary to comply with Covid-19 rules WHICH RESTRICT NUMBERS. Bookings can be made online at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/helping-powerful-owls-through-citizen-science-tickets-115307802742.
When: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Time: 6:45PM for 7:00PM Start
Where: Currumbin RSL, 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin
Cost: FREE, after booking (Come early and buy a delicious RSL meal)
Gecko’s Kids Club runs during term times. Spaces are limited so please book your child in soon.
EcoDiscoverers Kid’s Club runs on Friday afternoons after school from 3.30pm till 5.30pm.
Each week we will focus on a different animal, plant or habitat. There will be games, stories, excursions and competitions. All to reinforce the topic of the week!
The club connects children with nature and engages them with our native plants, animals and habitats and to learn how to look after the environment.
As a truly interactive club, children will have a say in what they would like to do and achieve.
Bookings are essential and need to be made prior to the session. Bookings for full term are $90 and individual sessions are $15 per session.
