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Sturt National Park field trip for students:

Join us on a 2-week scientific expedition to Sturt National Park. The Mount Wood homestead complex in the south-east corner of the park has recently been refurbished. These facilities include-shearers quarters consisting of 9 rooms with 4 bunks per room, kitchen and dining complex, lecture facilities, telephone, workshop and camp ground. The trip is limited to 20 participants.

Sturt National Park is 340 000 hectares of semidesert country in the far north-western corner of New South Wales. The park has large populations of red, eastern and western grey kangaroos, and euros. Other mammals include dingoes, echidnas and threatened species such as kultarr, sandy inland mouse and Forest's mouse. More than 171 bird species are known from the area, including the rare and elusive Grey Falcon. Reptiles abound in this area, with several species of goanna, the world's smallest python, and one of the highest diversities of lizards on earth. The region abounds with indigenous artefacts, and rock art, adding anthropological interest to this biologically diverse ecosystem.

If interested in participating, click here for further information on 2008 trip.

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