Bruny Kids & Nature

Bruny Kids & Nature

About Bruny Kids & Nature

The Bruny Kids & Nature page is a home for articles, stories and events about, by and for kids who connect with Nature on Bruny Island

Background

Childhood connection with Nature is critically important for health, development, happiness and the pure joy of understanding, seeing and experiencing the wonders of the world around us.

The Bruny kids and Nature page is a home for stories, events, things to do and articles about kids connecting with, learning about and experiencing the joy of Nature on Bruny Island.

This page includes articles and stories written by a range of writers and authors, and includes articles written by kids themselves (with parental permission). The page is managed by educators, writers and parents of kids who have a connection to Bruny Island.

The Bruny Kids webpage project is being coordinated by Bruny Island teacher, Claire Boost. Claire runs Bush Lil (a Launching into Learning Program for children aged 0-4), and is helping to establish an Outdoor Classroom at Bruny Island District School. 

If you or your kid would like an article or story published on this page, just send it through to Bruny Island teacher Claire Boost at: claire@kuno.earth

The Bruny Kids webpage project is proudly supported by the Kuno Foundation and Tasmanian Community Fund. 


Community by Bruny Kids & Nature

Claire Boost

Claire is a Bruny Island teacher who has been educating in, about and for the environment for over 20 years. Claire currently runs Bush LIL, is helping establish an outdoor classroom, and coordinates the Bruny kids webpage project.
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Jess Ewing

Jess is a nature lover and artist. She enjoys spending time outdoors, bushwalking and gardening. 
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Phill Pullinger

Phill is a GP, conservationist, author of Tarkine Trails, and co-founder of Kuno. Phill has broad expertise and a long held passionate commitment to the natural world.
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Articles by Bruny Kids & Nature

Forty Spotted Closeup Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Forty Spotted Pardalote written by Astrid Birley, 14 
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Kingfisher Lord by Hunter van Tuil, age 13
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Turbo by Ella Martin Howard, age 15
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Forest Birds by Aurora age 7

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Forest Birds by Aurora, age 7
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Pink Robin Tasmania

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-The first Pink Robin to set sail written by Floyd Valentyne-McGough aged 8
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Dan Broun Gannet

To Gannet by Harriet Boyle (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)

Bruny Youth Stories Prize winner in the Youth category. 
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- The Adventurous Penguin written by George Lydon, aged 8
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Pink Robin

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Journey of Bruny by Toby Burgess, age 9
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Inala and Bruny kids 2025

Creating critter card games to learn about Swift Parrots

Creating critter card games to learn about Swift Parrots.The birds of Bruny Island have long been a relevant launching pad for teaching the young chil...
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Short-tailed Shearwater written byPeter Murnane, aged 10
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Swift Parrot profile Rob Blakers

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Willow's story, a swift parrot story written by Sharna Phoenix aged 14
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Lanterns on Bruny Island

Supergroms Celebrate the Winter Solstice on Bruny

As a way to honour the shortest day and embrace the onset of the coldest months, the Cloudy Bay Supergroms celebrated the Winter Solstice with our ann...
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