Become a marine ranger for the day when you join us in Shoalwater Islands Marine Park-the home of Penguin Island. You will travel across to Penguin Island on a ferry, meet a marine park ranger and see what their daily jobs entail, conduct a nesting shore bird survey, discover the effects of pollution on marine animals and enjoy an exclusive penguin feeding tour. Once this jam-packed day is over, we will jump on the ferry back to mainland. Successful completion rewards you your marine ranger qualification at the end of the day.

The ticket cost for this activity includes transport on the ferry to and from Penguin Island.

This is a 'drop and leave' activity suitable for children 7-12 years of age. Tickets must be purchased for participating children only. The ages for each activity are in place for your children to get the most out of their activity and due to safety and management on a drop-off activity we cannot allow older or younger children to participate. We appreciate your understanding in booking only children who are age appropriate into activities. 

If you have any questions about this activity, please email n2n@dbca.wa.gov.au

Please note that our activities are carried out with recommendations and advice from the WA government to ensure the health and safety of our participants, staff and volunteers.  

We want to ensure our participants are happy, healthy and safe during and after their experience, so we appreciate your understanding for the below conditions:

- A full refund will be provided for any cancellations more than 48 hours before the start time of the activity. 

- Please do not attend if any of your family members are unwell and displaying possible Covid-19 symptoms, have been in recent contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case or have been advised to self-isolate. 

- If any of the attending members arrive with a cough, runny nose or fever, Nearer to Nature has the right to ask that you not participate in the activity. 

- If you need to cancel within 48 hours of the activity start time due to a Covid-19 related reason (symptoms, positive test, exposure or self-isolation), you will be provided with a credit up to the activity value, if you notify Nearer to Nature before the start of the activity. 

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