Konomie Island Environmental Education Centre is situated eleven kilometres off Yeppoon on the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland on the traditional land and sea of the Woppaburra People. It is the only Environmental Education Centre on a national park island surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
There are no other developments on the island that can only be accessed by boat.
The centre is operated by the Department of Education (DoE) and the day to day operations are often conducted with key
island management partners such as Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services
(QPWS) and the traditional owners, the Woppaburra People.
Visitors to the centre can experience a rich diversity of real life experiences such as:
- snorkelling over coral reefs
- connecting to Woppaburra Country and indigenous education
- investigating sustainability living practices
- kayaking and outrigging
- marine studies
- sustainable fishing
- coral and mangrove studies
- macroinvertebrate studies
The highly experienced teaching team at the centre support the planning and implementation of visiting group's programs. Resources such as 'Gundoo Spirit', the centre's purpose built boat, are available to make camps fantastic learning experiences.