Our Excellent Wellington Forest Excursion

Last Tuesday, all of the Year threes went on an excursion to the Wellington Forest Discovery Center. We became bush investigators and had to look for forest clues to help our team solve our mystery tree.

We learnt heaps about the native southwest flora and fauna, and lots of interesting facts along the way!

 Did you know that you can tell the difference between a Jarrah and Marri tree by their bark? The Jarrah tree has much smoother bark, where as the Marri tree's bark looks more like jigsaw puzzle pieces. We also found out that Marri trees often 'bleed' sap, because there is a beetle that gets under the Marri's bark to lay its eggs. The tree 'bleeds' sap to try and get rid of the beetle!

Julz our forest guide also taught us about some of the animals that were native to the area. Some of them were;

The Pygmy Possum

The Red Capped Parrot

The Micro Bat

The Black Cockatoo

The Western Grey Kangaroo

 We also got to go on the 'Sense-ational Trail'. On this trail we had to wear a blind fold so that our sense of sight was taken away. We then had to hold onto a rope and go for a walk through the forest. We had to use our sense of touch, sound and smell to navigate through the forest and under, over and around obstacles! We was a very different experience for us all, but we really enjoyed it!

We hope you enjoy the video slideshow we made. Stay posted for our forest projects!

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