- So, this is an amazing excursion where we've got 40 students
who we've brought up to the Daintree Rainforest Observatory,
which is operated by James Cook University.
This is an opportunity for them to do some edu-tourism,
get out on the reef, go out jungle surfing,
but also blend in some science with those experiences.
- The Daintree Rainforest Observatory is one of three major research stations
that James Cook University runs. At this research station,
we're predominantly focusing on wet tropics rainforest
and particularly understanding the ecosystem.
- One of the really unique characteristics that we have
at Daintree Rainforest Observatory is the canopy crane,
and that crane we think of really as an instrument.
It's our electron microscope of the rainforest
or it's our telescope of the rainforest.
It allows us to actually look really closely at the whole of the rainforest
from the ground all the way up to the top of the canopy
and, in fact, even the air.
- I want to be IT programming,
so the coding I think is very interesting for me.
- We are jungle surfing here,
so we are flying from one tree to the other tree.
It's really exciting.
- I think it's really exciting to be able to experience
science and its applications further than the classroom,
so get to experience where we can use science and more STEM in the real world.
- We start with electronics, now we are doing jungle surfing,
we have done reef trips of finding animals,
we have done spotlight in the night, we have done science of fireflies
adapted in electronics, so it's pretty good.
- 100 percent recommend the program.
- It's too difficult to describe it. You just have to live it.