The natural world is all we have. There's
no "Planet B", as they say.
And these species that have been evolving alongside us over millions and millions of years,
I believe have a right to be
around as much as we do.
Wildlife and Conservation Biology is the study of
wildlife, their populations, what affects them,
park management, all the things that
affect the natural world.
This course is definitely hands-on. You do get all the
background theory but it's really
important to be able to put that into
context and work with these animals,
work with the equipment.
The staff at Deakin
are very passionate, enthusiastic about
what they teach. They're very
knowledgable in what they do.
You really feel like you're learning from experts
in their field due to the background of
experiences they've had in their careers.
With the course there is lots of opportunities to go on field trips.
We go up to the Mallee and go to Little Desert.
We go to the Grampians. Each camp focus on a
variety of different skills.
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The purpose of Cape Conran is to get real hands-on
experience in the field with industry equipment.
We have to learn a whole lot
of skills including animal tracking,
animal trapping, animal identification,
bird identification, park management,
which is really important as well.
We've done lots of animal handling here. We've been trapping small mammals.
It's a real hands-on approach to how we monitor
populations, making sure that those
populations are healthy.
I've had some mishaps but that's all part of the
learning experience.
And now I can say that I have
successfully handled some small mammals.
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So at Cape Conran we have our own
lodges. They're nice and warm with
fireplaces but we're smack bang in the
middle of nature on the beach so we've
got the luxury of the cabins but we also
get to go out in the field and
experience the real environment.
Here at Cape Conran, we get to work with
Parks Victoria as well as the Department
of Environment and Water and Planning in
how they facilitate park management and
the issues they face.
The Wildlife Conservation degree offers a wide range
of overseas opportunities.
Overseas placements for exchange as well as working
with organisations all over the world,
so you get a real global perspective.
So being a mature age student I always
consider myself a conservationist and
always worked within the environmental
realm in some way or another.
I worked as
an underwater videographer and through
that I got to work with a group of
scientists and I realized I wanted to do
what they were doing instead of watch
what they were doing and I think that
anybody who has an attitude towards
the natural world I wanted to help the
natural world will benefit from this
Wildlife and Conservation Biology degree
because it really takes every dimension
of the environment and gives you really
in-depth knowledge of it and can open
your eyes to areas you didn't even know existed.
Ultimately from my career I just
want to work with nature exactly where
that is yet I'm not sure but Deakin will
be able to help me narrow down my career
path and really find what occupation is
meant for me.
