Getting our kids outdoors

GeckoEd – Gecko Environmental Education

Gecko Environmental Education, known as GeckoEd, aims to reconnect and engage both adults and children with the natural environment through providing engaging and inspirational environmental education. Our highly praised courses achieve this through direct immersion with nature, fun interactive learning activities and promoting a sense of stewardship for the natural environment. GeckoEd offers interactive field […]

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Starting Strong

Starting strong is an all weather all outdoors early learning program that is run by qualified early childhood educators. We have programs for new parents  and bubs , toddlers, preschoolers and school aged kids. Our ‘Outdoor classes’ follow a fun theme based program incorporating structured learning balanced with the spontaneity of learning in nature. They include […]

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Natura Education

Natura Education is a family-owned business that has a passion for increasing childrens awareness of their surrounding natural environment. We delight in teaching children of all ages about the wonders of our natural world, and the importance of us all acting to help conserve it. These ideas and concepts are delivered to children in a […]

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Journey Outdoors in Nature

Journey Outdoors In Nature facilitate Journeys that allow people of all ages to experience the joys of living simply, reconnect with their surroundings, while feeling the benefits of eating local, sustainable, organic foods, and practicing being grateful, mindful and emotionally aware. They can provide solutions whether you’re looking to create Wildhood memories through enrolling your […]

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Little Bee & Me

Little Bee & Me provides a joyful, and imaginative green-space called Little Bee’s Secret Garden, which is aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of Australia’s native bees. Little Bee’s Secret Garden is specifically a native bee demonstration garden that houses two colonies of native stingless bees (stingless and non-allergenic) as well as attracting solitary bees […]

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Birdwings Forest School

Birdwings Forest School offers a variety of mobile nature immersion programs for children in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Our programs offer long periods of self-directed play and adventure in nature, balanced with some bushcraft, storytelling and handcrafts. Birdwings is the Gold Coast’s first Forest School, and is all about living the most natural childhood possible […]

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BeachCare

BeachCare is the Gold Coast’s dune restoration program facilitated by the Griffith Centre for Coastal Management in partnership with the City of Gold Coast. The program educates the local community and provides opportunities to become involved in caring for their local coastal environment, learning about coastal processes and management techniques, and to become stewards of […]

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