Desert Ideas from Australia

Alice Springs Desert Park

We recently talked about dreaming big. An example was given of a high school student who went to Australia. Maybe that whet your appetite for an excursion to Australia. Here is some information about one of Australia's many parks and research centers. Take a virtual tour, or, plan a real one to Alice Springs Desert Park. Here are some pictures, quotes and links to the park's website.

• Home Page for Alice Springs Desert Park
  
  • Information for teachers planning field trips
    
  • Ideas for student planning to visit
    
  • Research and Conservation at Alice Springs Desert Park
    
• There are employment, work experience and volunteering opportunities at the park.
• Contact Alice Springs Desert Park

Some quotes from the Alice Springs Desert Park Website:

"Hundreds of species of plants and animals found across Central Australian deserts can be seen, smelt and heard.

"You will even have the opportunity to experience desert habitats as they are at night, seeing some of the animals near impossible to see in the wild.

"...When you leave the Desert Park you will go away with new stories, skills and some of the secrets of the desert."

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Source: http://www.alicespringsdesertpark.com.au/ Accessed Mar. 4, 2009.

Another website shows these pictures from the desert region: http://asdpeducation.wikispaces.com/Desert+Rivers+Habitat

New Desert Rivers shelter available for School Groups

"Desert Rivers is a great place to study the diversity of life, as many animals and plants can be found due to the availability of water."


Desert Rivers Habitat

Source: http://asdpeducation.wikispaces.com/Desert+Rivers+Habitat Accessed: Mar. 4, '09