Kids were shouted a day out at Mission Beach to learn about environmental recovery in the wake of Yasi.

Flying Fish Point State School's years 2, 3 and 4 students earlier this month got a real glimpse of the recovery of rainforest and cassowaries after the cyclone.

They responded to an invitation from Terrain NRM to become involved in their Yasi Environmental Recovery project and attended a field trip to C4 (Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation) at Mission Beach.

The students met one of Terrain's field crews where they got a feel for the on ground action. They looked at various aspects of C4 and the cleanup crew's work including nursery propagation, seed collection, cutting collection and impacts of the cyclone on cassowary habitat. They also explored the interactive educational centre at C4 where they learnt about the cassowary's life cycle and threats to its survival.

The field trip was consistent with the students' curriculum as they are currently studying cassowaries and impacts of natural disasters on the environment. Terrain purchased reference and story books from C4 for the school to take for their library.

Terrain's Environment Recovery Officer Tania Simmons said "It's so refreshing to get young people involved in what we do. They are so enthusiastic and keen to learn.

"The crew also enjoyed promoting their work and seeing such interest what they do each day. We hope that other schools around the region take up the opportunity too."

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