Eprapah Scout Environment Education Centre
Description
Scouts Queensland property designated by the Redlands City Council for environmental purposes. Formerly leader training, now youth environment training. This is a Scouts Queensland property. Please provide a donation when entering the park, no dogs, no trailbikes, no littering, and no unauthorised camping.
First state centre for Scout leader training, from 1928 to 1956, and for Scout environmental conservation training since 1973 onwards.
Part of the wildlife corridor from Mount Cotton to Victoria Point. Indigenous heritage (and nearby Coochie Mudlo Island), as well as premier scouting history. Now the scene of many bushwalking trails, and riparian and other ecosystems and biodiversity.
See also http://giftsforpeace.scout.org/en/o_skautinge/programmy/environment/scenes_centres/eprapah.
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facebook.comWhat bird is that? What macropod is that? What big hairy thing with eight legs is crawling up my arm? Well we have the field guide for you! http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Learning+Resources/Apps/QMN+Field+Guide+to+Queensland+Fauna+App Free, doesn't data-mine you too much (photos and Wi-Fi ?location tracking status), but can be large to download.
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Treeting yourself lately? And how well are you treeting the environment? When on camp this weekend or in next week's programme, ask how you are greening Australia. http://treeday.planetark.org/
CHALLENGE TIME! It is said if you put $2 coins in a 600 mL plastic Coke bottle, you will save up approximately $1000 (enough for a holiday to somewhere). 1. How many A$2 coins could you theoretically get into such a container? 2. If you drank two-a-day, five days a week, how many containers would you have to drink to reach the same price, and over how many weeks? 3. How much fizzy drink have you consumed (L), and how much would you have saved ($) if you just drank the tap water equivalent? 4. Where should all that plastic go? Where does it really go? Good for an evening activity -- each section should take less time. Rovers, you should have the answer within ten minutes. Double-check your assumptions! And... post your responses!
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Are we being good custodians of the Earth? Hong Kong has no room for new cemeteries, let alone the living. Walk around Bangkok. See New York garbage scows. Housing on toxic dumps. Think global, act local. How are your scouting going to make a better world, today and tomorrow?
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