School Excursions
Your students can save koalas from extinction.
Bring your students along for a Koala Clancy Foundation excursion to spend time in the great outdoors while learning about our koalas, climate change, and how to make positive change.
Koala Clancy Foundation is a unique Victorian koala charity with a proven record for koala habitat revegetation. We are the leaders in koala tree planting and other habitat restoration projects, beginning the movement in 2016. Our staff have experience running customised events that spans several decades. Our excursions are available to school, tafe, university, and other education groups.
Why join a Koala Clancy school excursion?
The young people of Australia are growing up in a time where, because of climate change and species extinction, their future can feel a little scary. Koala Clancy school excursions aim to inspire hope for the future by empowering students to take positive action.
Our excursions give students the opportunity to spend a day in nature with our highly experienced guides who will teach them about wildlife, climate action, and our koalas. We’ve been working in the You Yangs for over a decade and our team are passionate about sharing this information with the community.
What do our excursions involve?
The You Yangs Regional Park is home to our koalas. Our goal is to protect their existing habitat from an invasive weed infestation called boneseed which is ruining their habitat. The good news is that boneseed is easy, safe, and satisfying for humans to remove, and students love it. After an hour or so of weeding in an open, old-growth forest, the group will embark on a guided bushwalk to spot and learn about native wildlife.
This is the single fastest way to restore koala habitat in the region and is a really inspiring activity for students as they can clearly see the results of their effort and learn about the impact that they’ve made.
Tree Planting Excursions
Tree planting excursions can be very physically demanding, and because our planting sites are spread out across a large region, they can be quite logistically challenging to organise and attend. Our sites also often don’t have access to bathrooms, which we know is essential for school excursions.
Because of this, we recommend all school joining us for at least one weeding excursion first. Once we get to know your students, we can advise whether a future tree planting excursion would be suitable. This may not apply to TAFE and university groups, depending on the age of your cohort.
At Koala Clancy Foundation, we’re most passionate about giving students a positive outdoor learning experience while inspiring them about the future of our planet, and we’ve found that our Weeding and Wildlife Walks have the best outcomes for everyone.
We will provide all tools and equipment required to undertake the excursion activity: gloves, guides – we’ve got it all covered!
All staff and students should bring a full reusable water bottle, we will have water to top these up if needed. Everyone should come wearing suitable outdoor clothing for all weather conditions – a bit of rain doesn’t scare us! Sturdy, closed toed shoes are a must, as well as a hat and sunscreen.
Our school excursions are based in the You Yangs Regional Park in Little River, Victoria. This location is easily accessible by all vehicles including large buses and coaches.
It is recommended that transport is arranged by the school. If this is an issue, please let us know and we can discuss our options.
Below is a rough itinerary for the day, though this will depend on the travel time to/from your school.
10:30am Staff and students arrive at You Yangs Regional Park
11:00am Intro and morning tea, then commence weeding activity
12:00pm Embark on a guided bushwalk to spot and learn about native wildlife!
1:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm Staff and students depart You Yangs Regional Park
Koala Clancy school excursions cost $20pp with a minimum cost of $400 (20 students). Staff members join for free but are required to meet minimum ratio requirements for the group.
- Full payment is required to confirm your booking or hold your event date.
- Final participant numbers and all relevant information such as arrival method and dietary requirements are required 14 days before the event. Any changes to these details within 14 days of the event may not be accommodated for.
- Cancellation: full refund if cancelled 14 days before the event; 50% refunded if cancelled 7-13 days before; no refund if cancelled 0-6 days before. Cancellation charges apply both to the day as a whole and to reductions in participant numbers.
- Rescheduling is subject to availability.
Questions? Get in touch with us to chat or book an excursion for your school group today!
