Longneck Lagoon
An Envirironmental Education Centre
Warami Wellamabami (Good to see you wherever you are from.)
The eating area and classroom
We put our bags at the picnic table under the shelter.
This is where we ate recess and lunch.
Jess and Tracey also talked to us about safety and responsibility in the bush.
Demonstration
Tracey showed the right way to dipnet.
Feet steady, knees bent and keep dry.
Dip deep and fast.
If we caught something we tipped it into the bucket.
Bugs in the bush
Great listening
Getting ready for bugs in the bush.
(Mia & Christine)
Weevil
The weevil crawls on plants.
(Ashlyn and Hayley)
Dipnetting
What can we find?
This is the stream where we went dipnetting for waterbugs.
Some of 2C are dipnetting in the picture.
(Caitlin & Imaia)
Water scorpion
The water scorpion is the king of the pond.
He eats tadpoles and other animals.
(Stephen, Christopher and Will)
Great listeners
Microscopes with waterbugs
Microscopic
Tracey showed us water bugs and lots more. I was almost about to say, "Aaahhhhh BUGS!"
(Rohan & Tyla)
Shedded spider skin
Tracey showed us a shedded skin from a Huntsman spider. Though it looked like a Funnel Web spider.
(Andrew & Ryan)
Look at that!
Den,Ben and Denny's mum are investigating waterbugs in microscopes.
(Benyamin & Denny)
Jaws the Tortoise
Jaws is a short necked tortoise.
He is 65 years old.
(Jessica & Hayden)
Dragonfly nymph
Bugs are amazing insects even some waterbugs are insects.
This bug is named Bronte.
(Bronte & Nina)
Aboriginal mural
What a lovely wall entrance to remember our fellow aboriginals. I wonder who painted it?
(Lucia & Ashleyne)