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Tag Archive for ‘ecotourism’

A tale of two mountains

Mount Coolum and Mount Ninderry are two very striking peaks visible from many parts of the Sunshine Coast, close to each other – only 10 kilometres as the crow flies – but very different in character and offering very different experiences for the eco adventurer.
They’re closely connected in the Dreamtime tale of the Gubbi Gubbi [...]

Is eco tourism saving the whales?

By Valerie Lewis
President of the Sunshine Coast Environment Council

All over the globe, people gather in their hundreds on boats, or are taken swimming with the sole purpose of watching one of their favourite cetaceans, whales. This activity has expanded to such an extent that it is now considered to be a major eco-tourism endeavour [...]

Illustrating ecotourism

Illustrations depicting ecotourism by Alex Mankiewicz

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