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Where is the Daradgee Environmental Education Centre?
The Daradgee Environmental Education Centre (DEEC) is located 11km north of Innisfail and 84km south of Cairns in an agricultural landscape reliant on the production of sugar cane, bananas (and other fruit), beef cattle, fishing and tourism. The centre's grounds are 1.4ha and adjoin 2.7ha of council reserve made up of pathed rainforest walks, a large tree-lined oval bordering the North Johnstone River.
What does the Daradgee Environmental Education Centre provide?
The DEEC hosts both residential camps and day visit excursions catering for Prep to Year 12, as well as community groups and sporting organisations. Daradgee offers flexibility, catering for all students from small schools, mixed year levels, large and multi-class groups.
Facilities
The DEEC’s facilities are a combination of the original Daradgee State School building and more recently completed structures. These include:
- Double classroom and administration space
- Air conditioned accommodation blocks (can accommodate up to 108 people)
- Kitchen and dining facilities seating 50 and a large dining veranda seating 80 - featuring wood fired pizza oven
- Indoor Climbing Shed 15 x 9 m x 7.5 m high and Low Ropes Challenge Course
- Farm Shed 14 x 10 m and Farmyard
- Daradgee Wharf and Daraji Sunbird 23 seat surveyed vessel
- Other facilities include covered areas, nursery and greenhouse, etc.
Daradgee is also within close proximity to the MAMU Canopy Walk, Paronella Park, Etty Bay, and the Wooroonooran and Eubanangi Swamp National Parks.
Programs and Activities
Programs are designed to meet the individual needs of clients.
Well-being
Low Ropes Course and Mohawk Walk, Bouldering, Top Rope Climbing, Faulty Towers, Team Challenges, Catapults and T-Shirts.
Sustainability
Photography, Farm, Snake, Food, Polly Creek and Boating and Fishing.
Specialist Camps
Writers and Illustrators camp and Year 6/7 Leadership camp.
How to find us
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