I am David Kopelke, the Principal of the Boyne Island Environmental
Education Centre. Let me tell you about the Environmental Education Centre.
What is the Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre?
BIEEC is a curriculum-support facility operated by Education Queensland
designed to give students, teachers and community members access to high-quality
environmental education.
Environmental education centres provide opportunities for exciting, enjoyable
and challenging first-hand experiences with various aspects of the environment.
The work done at BIEEC complements school-based programs.
Location
The campus covers 3 hectares of landscaped eucalypt bushland amid the
industrial, suburban setting on Boyne Island, population 7000. The island,
10kms long and 5kms wide, is located in the mouth of the Boyne River, 20
kms south of the industrial port city of Gladstone in Central Queensland.
Two bridges connect the island with the mainland.
BIEEC provides opportunities for:
Students to have direct experiences in E.E. and thereby enrich
their learning
Teachers understand the nature of E.E. and develop skills and strategies
for E.E.
Schools & communities to gain information through interacting
with their environment.
At Boyne Island we study:-
Coastal Systems,
The Reef,
and Human Use,
You can find out how to extraordinarily re-experience the ordinary
by requesting an application kit from:
The Principal Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre