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Overview
Volunteer for a Great Barrier Reef: Snorkeling & Conservation project is a research project based on marine volunteer help. It evaluates the health of the Great Barrier Reef. Volunteers are snorkelling, investigating and collecting data under the water. The main goals of this marine conservation volunteer project are: to increase knowledge on the Great Barrier Reef, to educate more people about this world’s largest living structure and to create more volunteer opportunities to protect it.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Why volunteer in protecting the Coral Reef in Australia?
This once in a lifetime experience of volunteer snorkelling program in Australia brings one to the satisfaction of collectively contributing to the protection of this remarkable marine life variety and beauty.
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Get advice on CORAL REEF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY.
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Location:
This marine volunteer project is located in the North Queensland, Australia.
Duration:
2 or 4 weeks or in additional steps of 2 weeks
Airport of Arrival:
Domestic and international airport is Cairns (CNS).
Volunteer Contribution:
Data collection and conservation & protection of the Great Barrier Reef
Age:
18 and above
# of Volunteers:
12 International volunteers (e.g. USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, UK)
Languages spoken:
English;
Essential info:
To be added.
What is included?
Airport Transfers:
Included, but it depends on arrival and departure times. Very late or early in the morning transfers will be charged separately.
Accommodation:
Covered. For the 4 weeks volunteer program it is 28 nights and for the 2 week program 14 nights.
Food:
Continental breakfast each morning, lunches on the reef research days. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided every day.
Insurance:
Volunteers must provide their own travel and health insurance with volunteer abroad coverage.
Essential info:
–Vaccination: No vaccinations required. Double check before the arrival.
–Visa: A holiday visa. Please double check with authorities as situations do change.
-Must have own travel and medical insurance.
-There is no diving on this program. But if you wish to dive this can be arranged outside of the program.
Other:
Optional excursions:
During the weekends volunteers can explore the area in many ways. One can go into the rain forest or just have a relaxing walk. There is mountain biking possibility, kite surfing and so much more.
Support:
-Support – 24 hour support from the volunteer project leads.
-All training – both reef and snorkeling
-Transport when applicable during the volunteer program hours
-project volunteer T- shirt
-snorkeling equipment for volunteers
-Boat cost when travelling to the Great Barrier Reef, including the Tax
-equipment to perform volunteer duties
-Assistance with booking additional activities that one may want to do outside of program hours
-Marine biologist/coordinator
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Not included:
-Flights to and from the volunteer project
-Diving
-Lunches when on land and dinners
-Travel and medical insurance
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Get live chat on Coral Reef volunteer experience.
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Minimum conditions:
- Great Barrier Reef Snorkeling & Conservation marine volunteer must:
– be at least 18 years old
– have average to good swimming ability
– have at least moderate English language knowledge
– have a passion for the environment
– be comfortable with dormitory style accommodation. Alternatives may be organised at an additional cost.
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Location
Northern Queensland, Australia
The marine volunteer project is located in the city centre and volunteers need to walk only a few minutes to the accommodation. Cinema and a supermarket are in the vicinity for the volunteers. The area is surrounded by boutique shops, cafes, restaurants, bars and night clubs. The town is a high energy touristic town.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-question” add_icon=”true” title=”About” tab_id=”aboutb623-3d7176b7-04840dae-52cba7f4-70904a6d-d607″][vc_column_text]
About
Volunteer for a Great Barrier Reef: Snorkeling & Conservation project is a research project based on marine volunteer help. It researches and evaluates the health state of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Volunteers are actually snorkelling, investigating and collecting data under the water. There are three main goals of this marine conservation and snorkeling volunteer project:
1) to increase the knowledge, awareness and to intensify marine research on the Great Barrier Reef,
2) to educate more people: local communities and conservation volunteers from abroad, to bring them together and volunteer for the benefit of this Earth’s biggest wonder – the Great Barrier Reef,
3) to create more volunteer opportunities for the community to engage with the Great Barrier Reef and to raise the awareness of its importance locally and globally.
Volunteers in Australian marine project receive training in coral reef ecology, marine life identification, and coral reef survey techniques. Current research is focused on the reef health. This marine conservation volunteer project has its own developed monitoring technique as well as data collecting methodology following the Australian government’s marine park authorities. Marine volunteers will also contribute to programs such as ‘watching the corals’. Education volunteer projects include the scheduled talks about raising the awareness of the reef, like volunteers will actively visit the Australian (primary and high) schools and engage with the students. Additionally marine fauna volunteers will contribute to the development and execution of the online marine educational program. Community volunteer engagement programs include specialist talks on many different aspects of the Great Barrier Reef. The future plan is to run volunteer marine events about the Great Barrier Reef which in return would result in higher awareness about this UNESCO natural heritage the Great Barrier Reef and its marine life.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-compass” add_icon=”true” title=”Orientation” tab_id=”orientationb623-3d7176b7-04840dae-52cba7f4-70904a6d-d607″][vc_column_text]
Orientation
Each volunteer will receive orientation in the research office for the Great Barrier Reef: Snorkeling & Conservation project. This once in a lifetime experience of volunteer snorkeling program in Australia brings one to the satisfaction knowing that volunteers collectively contribute to the protection of this remarkable marine life variety and beauty. It helps and contributes to the knowledge base about the Great Barrier Reef, especially now in the times when we are more and more aware of the climate changes and therefore gaining a greater understanding of coral reefs will potentially result in being able to successfully protect them and their marine life in Australia and with this globally.
Snorkeling volunteers provide this Australian volunteer project with very valuable resources. The main ones are – being very helping hands and also fiscally enabling the run of such a conservation project. By volunteering for marine life in Great Barrier Reef you increase the ability to work more effectively on the topic, without being burdened with the piles of reports and staying independent for this crucial contribution in Great Barrier Reef protection.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-user-plus” add_icon=”true” title=”Contribution” tab_id=”contributionb623-3d7176b7-04840dae-52cba7f4-70904a6d-d607″][vc_column_text]
Contribution
Volunteers Australian marine project receive training in coral reef ecology, marine life identification, and coral reef survey techniques. Current research is focused on the reef health. This marine conservation volunteer project has its own developed monitoring technique as well as data collecting methodology following the Australian government’s marine park authorities. Marine volunteers will also contribute to programs such as ‘watching the corals’. Education volunteer projects include the scheduled talks about raising the awareness of the reef, like volunteers will actively visit the Australian (primary and high) schools and engage with the students. Additionally marine fauna volunteers will contribute to the development and execution of the online marine educational program. Community volunteer engagement programs include specialist talks on many different aspects of the Great Barrier Reef. The future plan is to run volunteer marine events about the Great Barrier Reef which in return would result in higher awareness about this UNESCO natural heritage the Great Barrier Reef and its marine life.
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Living set-up
Accommodation:
Dormitory style accommodation. Alternatives may be organised at an additional cost.
For the 4 weeks volunteer program 28 nights and for the 2 week program 14 nights.
Beddings:
Bedding is provided. Beds are dormitory style with bunk beds, Unisex rooms with up to six in each room.r.
Food:
Light continental breakfast every morning. Lunch is provided on sea days, but not on land-based days. Tea and coffee plus biscuits are provided at Reef Teach. Volunteers must cater for their own dinners.
Internet:
WiFi is available for free at the research base and at the accommodation.
Laundry:
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Travel focus
Australia is considered a very safe country and the volunteer for a Great Barrier Reef: Snorkeling & Conservation region is no different. However, it is recommended to look after your personal belongings and be aware of your surroundings.
Australia is advertised as having many dangerous animals, although this is true they are not out to do harm to people. Despite saying that, at particular times of years one must be careful of crocodiles and jellyfish when swimming on the beaches (summer period).
There is no need for vaccines, but being the tropics, there are some strange diseases, for example, dengue (it is similar to malaria). It is advised to have medical and travel insurance.
Uncover the Queensland!
There are almost endless things you can do around the Great Barrier Reef.
You can visit beautiful beaches and enjoy the wast Oceans wave melody. Besides already volunteering in snorkeling you can go to more adventurous diving too. You can do driving journeys, discover indigenous culture, visit some islands or National Parks, do some (water) sports, observe amazing wildlife, visit world heritage sites. Or you can engage even more with the ocean, after of before snorkeling volunteering, with sailing or going on a sustainable whale watching trip.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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” title=”Australia Queensland”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1512544405677{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #157a7c !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}” el_id=”project-cta-blue-color-white”][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Apply now, secure yourself a place in Australian marine volunteer project.
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