Indigenous, Historical & Native Animal Incursions & Workshop
Educational & Fun Bespoke Experiences
Workshop or Incursion 1 - Bush tucker & Medicine or Indigenous Arts & Crafts with Kirra Randall
Educational & Fun Bespoke Experiences
Let Bombora put together a half day experience for your group or students at beautiful Bronte, Coogee Beach or Berry Island Reserve.
Prices start at $25 per student for a full day experience with up to 4 x workshops (35-45 minutes each and a coastal walk.)
Get the students out of the classroom and clear their heads. It is good wellbeing.
Large Group? No Problem
Workshop or Incursion 1 - Bush tucker & Medicine or Indigenous Arts & Crafts with Kirra Randall
Educational & Fun Bespoke Experiences
Bombora have catered for groups of up to 200 students in our Tour & Workshop experiences. Let's split into 3 or 4 groups and rotate through our interesting workshops whilst at the beach.
If a classroom environment is more for you then we are happy to visit you at school!
Subject matter can vary to suit the school's curriculum.
Workshop or Incursion 1 - Bush tucker & Medicine or Indigenous Arts & Crafts with Kirra Randall
Workshop or Incursion 1 - Bush tucker & Medicine or Indigenous Arts & Crafts with Kirra Randall
Workshop or Incursion 1 - Bush tucker & Medicine or Indigenous Arts & Crafts with Kirra Randall
Learn about and taste traditional bush tucker & medicine with Indigenous guide, Zookeeper and educator, Kirra Randall. A proud Bundjalung woman of the Tweed Heads area, Kirra can also run Indigenous art & craft workshops. The choice is yours.
Workshop or Incursion 2 - Indigenous culture and sounds from the Didgeridoo (Yidaki)
Workshop or Incursion 2 - Indigenous culture and sounds from the Didgeridoo (Yidaki)
Workshop or Incursion 1 - Bush tucker & Medicine or Indigenous Arts & Crafts with Kirra Randall
Students will be captivated by Indigenous musician and educator Neenan Simpson when he takes them on an ancient journey.
Let your group partake in a Smoking Ceremony, be painted with ochre and learn about the Yidaki's ancient history.
Workshop or Incursion 3 - Colonial Coastal History & the rise of the surf culture
Workshop or Incursion 2 - Indigenous culture and sounds from the Didgeridoo (Yidaki)
Workshop or Incursion 3 - Colonial Coastal History & the rise of the surf culture
Have you considered how us Aussies transitioned from the lily white, woolen clad, non-swimming Victorian & Georgian English into the Ocean lovers we are today? Let Bombora explain that incredible story.
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Workshop or incursion 4 - Native Reptiles
Workshop or Incursion 2 - Indigenous culture and sounds from the Didgeridoo (Yidaki)
Workshop or Incursion 3 - Colonial Coastal History & the rise of the surf culture
Get hands on with some of our beautiful native wildlife such as snakes, lizards, frogs and insects. Learn about their Dreamtime creation stories.
They are not as scary as they look.
For information on this option as an incursion please email Christian directly on raptorreptiles.oz@gmail.com
Workshop or Excursion 5 - Berry Island Survivor
Workshop or Excursion 5 - Berry Island Survivor
Workshop or Excursion 5 - Berry Island Survivor
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Here the students will be thrown into a Survivor scenario. It is 1788 and their boat has sunk in dangerous waters, they have made it to shore with basic equipment. How do they survive such a situation?
All our workshops are available as school incursions.
Let Kirra, Owen & Grant share their knowledge with your students
The students will have a ball whilst learning about Indigenous culture, our Colonial & Victorian history.
Check- out some of the other Incursions Grant can offer below.
All Incursion Costs & Duration
Our 1.5hr In-school incursions are $20 per head with a minimum 25 students or $500 ) this includes the fuel & toll fee). With larger numbers we can do two or three 1.5hr experiences in a single day.
Bush Tucker
Bush Tucker
Learn about our native grasses, fruits, tubers and berries and their incredible nutritional and medicinal use.
The kids love it.
Fun & Educational
Indigenous, Australia's Wildside & Gruesome Yesteryear
Let Kirra & Neenan share their knowledge with an Art & Craft, Weaving, Bush Tucker in-school Incursion. Grant will showcase our deadly animals, our ecosystems or maybe show how gruesome the Victorian era really was.
Fun & Educational
Eco- Warrior Incursion 90 mins
Let Grant teach your students about the 40,000-year-old relationship between man & dog when Jasper or Nelson the Collies, come to visit. Learn about Sustainability, conservation, habitat, adaption, climate change or pollution. Discover & taste native plants right from the school's playground.
About these Incursions
Learn about our oldest friend
Learn about our oldest friend
Learn about our oldest friend
Let Grant bring along one of his smart, gentle working dogs and learn how the 'man & dog' partnership got us to where we are today.
That is 'Nelson' the Bearded Collie smiling.
If the heart stops
Learn about our oldest friend
Learn about our oldest friend
Hands on participation.
Our In-school incursions run for 90 minutes. With larger numbers we can do two or three 1.5hr experiences in a single day.
A good beating
Learn about our oldest friend
A good beating
Victorian Era children were regularly beaten with canes & straps, put in the stocks and placed in a basket in the ceiling area (a basket case)
Writing Incursion - Fun & Educational
TALES SHORT & TALL
Grant Hyde, a published author of five historical fiction novels, a tour guide and educator, conducts “Tales Short & Tall” Incursions. A 90 minute ‘in-school’ practical activity where students will experience the joys of the written word.
Let your students discover 'exciting writing' with a modern day storyteller.
My Books
Islands of Gold
Lords of the Pacific
Lords of the Pacific
'Islands of Gold' a stand alone sequel to 'Lords of the Pacific'.
Published in 2011 by Pan McMillian
Lords of the Pacific
Lords of the Pacific
Lords of the Pacific
The first in the South Pacific Series
Published in 2009 by Pan McMillian
The Feathered Crown
Lords of the Pacific
The Feathered Crown
'The Feathered Crown' is the third book in the South Sea Series.
Published in 2020 by Kindle Direct Publishing