General News
26 August, 2024
Field guide engages youngsters with flora
SCHOOL groups exploring Kooyoora State Park have a new guide to discovery after the launch of Bush Colours. The Friends of Kooyoora field guide to the park’s wildflowers grew out of a visit by Tarnagulla Primary School students. Their interest...
SCHOOL groups exploring Kooyoora State Park have a new guide to discovery after the launch of Bush Colours.
The Friends of Kooyoora field guide to the park’s wildflowers grew out of a visit by Tarnagulla Primary School students.
Their interest spurred the group to prepare the limited-edition book that was launched by Tarnagulla Ward’s Cr Linda Jungwirth last week.
Group convenor Michael Barkla said his members regularly took school groups on tours of the park.
“We will have this special edition field guide to present to students taking one of our tours,” Mr Barkla said. “There are something like 150 species, grouped by colour in the guide.”
He said artwork by Tarnagulla students had been featured on the guide’s cover.
“These are drawings by the students after one of their visits with us to Kooyoora,” Mr Barkla said.
While the student edition guide is not for general sale, Mr Barkla said the group was planning an expanded edition that would be available for sale.
Mr Barkla said Friends of Kooyoora would soon start work on a revised edition of the Kooyoora and Inglewood area.