Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre

Melbourne Private Schools introduces Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre in Dorroughby, for all your education and learning needs.

Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre is situated 28km north of Lismore adjacent to the Nightcap National Park and the Whian Whian State Forest on the NSW North Coast. The role of the centre is to support the teaching of environmental education though the educational institutions in the area, in particular primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, governmental agencies and community groups. Dorroughby provides the following unique curriculum opportunities: the opportunity to integrate fieldwork in a variety of natural and built local environments; studies of rainforest studies and coastal zones which have direct connection to senior secondary syllabuses in geography, science, human society and its environment (HSIE) and agriculture; experiences in team building, self-esteem development and expedition skills.