Go Pro Camera – Brewongle Environmental Education Centre

The year 9 students of Tyndale Christian School in Blacktown were treated to a plethora of arboreal delights this week. Using our nest box cameras they explored various habitat boxes around Brewongle for signs of life. During their testing they discovered four possums, some feathers, nests, goanna scratchings, animal scats, clean water and a healthy forest The students were enjoying our Lace Monitor science program for stage 5. This program encourages students to gather data on our local ecosystems here at Brewongle. The students then have to decide whether Brewongle has sufficient habitat and food sources to support a population of Lace Monitor lizards (also called Goanna’s.)

One video below shows some of the wildlife that the students captured on film and the other provides details on the Lace Monitor – one of the coolest predators in the forest.

Year 11 Biology students from Liverpool Girls High made the long trek to us this week. Many of them had not spent much time in the bush and enjoyed their time as ‘Ecologists’ studying the habitat of the elusive Spotted-Tailed Quoll.

Quoll quiz

Q1. What do quolls eat?

Q2. What is their preferred habitat?

Q3. What are threats to the quoll?

Q4. Where do they like to go to the toilet?

Answers below!

During this day at Brewongle students utilise a wide variety of equipment to assess the local environment and discover it’s suitablity for the spotted tailed quoll. We have just taken delivery of some new Ipads and wireless connections to our GoPro cameras. These allow us to attach the cameras to long poles and peer into nest boxes high in trees. Students on the ground can view through an Ipad. A great way to find first hand evidence of food sources for the quoll. Go to our resources page for links to information on the quoll.