Our Year 3 students had a fantastic day at Rainforestation Nature Park in Kuranda! The excursion gave everyone the chance to experience the rainforest and learn in fun, hands-on ways.

Some highlights of the day included:

• Army Duck Tour – travelling through the rainforest and across the water on an amphibious vehicle.
• Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience – enjoying a dance show, listening to Dreamtime stories, and trying boomerang and spear throwing.
• Wildlife Park – seeing kangaroos, wallabies, dingoes, wombats, and snakes up close.

The students showed curiosity, respect, and teamwork throughout the day, making it a very successful excursion.

To share the experience further, we have attached some of the students’ own recounts of the day. We hope you enjoy reading about the excursion in their own words!

Skye 3A

My favourite thing about our excursion is seeing all the animals like dingoes, wombats and much more. I liked all the animals because they were cute and we could pat the wallabies.

Logan 3A

Yesterday we went to the rainforest nature park. One of my favourite things was the army ducks. The army duck was fun because we got to see all the plants and animals and go in the water, and we also saw lots of birds. A cool plant I learnt about was the stinging leaf. It is very, very dangerous because if you touch the leaf, it has needles in it and it also has this neurotoxin that can make you really sick. Another thing was the animal centre where I got to pat a wallaby and touch a snake, which was very smooth. Next, we went to an Aboriginal dance where I got to join in with it. Then I got to throw a boomerang, and it nearly came back to me. Luck last we got to watch how to throw a spear and how to work the digeridoo.

Karen 3B

On Wednesday my class and 3A went to Reforestation and it was amazing. First we got on the army duck and then we were introduced to many different plant species including a heart shaped plant that could spread toxins into our bodies, but our instructor told us that some animals had adapted to the toxins and were able to eat the plant as to them it was a delicious snack. I was also able to pat wallabies and snakes. I liked the soft fur on the wallabies but, I enjoyed patting the snake more because it had an incredibly smooth, scaly skin that was hard for me to stop touching. I learned how to throw a boomerang, and we also watch the Aboriginal people dance, play the digeridoo and even throw a spear. Overall, I really enjoyed the trip.

Gabriel 3B

My class and I went to Rainforestation on the 10th September 2025. We learnt a lot of stuff, like how stinging trees sting you with sharp pointy spines coming out of the leaf. It processes neurotoxin up the spines of the leaf. My favourite part was when we were on the army duck and it was so much fun learning about all those plants in a gigantic vehicle. We got to see and touch snakes and wallabies. We also got to throw a boomerang each and watch spear throwing, digeridoo playing and watch a cultural performance. I had an awesome time watching and seeing different animals and plants. I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!!!