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: [email protected]

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

Bruny Youth Story Prize 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 Stories Prize Swift Parrot 66576

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-Swift Parrots written by Tilly, aged 7
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Adventures at "Chock Rock" Screenshot 2025 10 23 at 1 47 40 pm

Adventures at "Chock Rock"

Bruny Island off the South-East Coast of Tasmania holds an exquisitely intact marine ecosystem. This short film supported by the Bruny Kids and Nature...
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize Adventure Bay - Hewn Stone Head Landscape

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -The last egg written by Izzy Borzak-Bell, aged 16
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize Alba Beaton age 8

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Albatross Library, by Alba Beaton, age 8
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Bruny Youth Story Prize Forty Spotted Pardalote on Bruny Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- The Pardalote written by Heath McCluskey aged 9
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize Wonderful photo of Forty Spotted Pardalote Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - written by Martha Cunningham age 7
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Curious and creative Nature play Natureplay

Curious and creative Nature play

Are you looking for a way to connect with your child and nature at the same time? Children have a curious and creative eye for these projects and find...
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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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Winners of the Bruny Youth Stories Prize! The Neck view by Tilde Bergstrom

Winners of the Bruny Youth Stories Prize!

The first ever Bruny Youth Stories Prize received several dozen of entries from kids and youth all across Tasmania. Here are the winners and finalists...
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Bruny Youth Story Prize Cover

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Stuck adventures on Bruny Island, by Addison King
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Slowing down for the Swifties Swift parrot Sculptures making on Bruny

Slowing down for the Swifties

After learning about the plight of the critically endangered Swift Parrot through classroom research and an excursion to Inala, the children of Bruny ...
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