Small World Journeys

06/04/2025

We made the call, and CAIRNS COLONIAL CLUB Resort answered! Thank you for your generous donation of personal hygiene items to go in the comfort packs we make to give to vulnerable people in Cairns. Community helping community! Thanks Colonial Club for recognising the importance of this support.

03/04/2025

3 April is World Aquatic Animals Day! Why should we celebrate aquatic animals, you say?

31/03/2025

Study Cairns continues to lead the way in welcoming international students to Cairns! The new brand reveal now highlighting how studying in Cairns creates pathways for life.

28/03/2025

A very valuable thing our guests are doing is coral health monitoring with the CoralWatch program. Last year thousands of corals were surveyed through this Citizen Science program - ask us how we can include this important work in a tour for your group!

Scientists say widespread damage to both world heritage-listed reefs is ‘heartbreaking’ as WA reef accumulates highest amount of heat stress on record

25/03/2025

A huge shoutout to Claire and Hides Hotel Cairns for their continued support and generosity! 💙 Their donations have helped us create care packages for those in need, making a real difference in our community. We’re so grateful for their donation (and for their super-cool very central hotel, too!)

If you’re a local Cairns business and would like to contribute to our care packages, we’d love to hear from you! Every little bit helps, and together, we can support those who need it most.

If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, here are a few local services that can help:
🤝 Rosies – Friends on the Street
🏡 Hambledon House Community Centre
🏠 Shelter Housing Action Cairns
🚑 Wheels of Wellness
🖤 Gindaja Treatment and Healing Indigenous Corporation
💛 Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service
📩 Get in touch with us today!

21/03/2025

🌿✨ Big News! ✨🌿

A HUGE thank you to Bamboo Babe for their incredible donation of 972 bamboo pads to our Hygiene Helper Program! 💚

At Small World Journeys, we believe in giving back to our community, and these eco-friendly, biodegradable pads will make a real difference for those in need. Access to hygiene products is a basic right, and thanks to this generous donation, we can support more people experiencing homelessness with dignity and care.
Let’s all make the swap to sustainable products and create a better future for both people and the planet! 🌏♻️

Want to help? Get involved by donating or spreading the word! Together, we can make a difference. 💙

17/03/2025

To all of our student guests who have planted trees on our tours: this could be you!

35 years ago, this man planted a tree, never imagining it would one day become a hero. When a bus carrying 37 students nearly plunged off a cliff in the Philippines, this very tree stopped the tragedy from happening and saved every life on board.
One small act of kindness turned into a life-saving miracle. 🌱 Sometimes, the seeds you plant today can make a difference for others tomorrow. 💚

14/03/2025

Small World Journeys uses this! 😍

12/03/2025

Did you know that scientists can now detect the devastating crown-of-thorns (COTS) starfish larvae in small seawater samples? This is what our geography students are doing on our Ecosystems & Global Biodiversity trip (https://www.smallworldjourneys.com.au/ecosystems-and-global-biodiversity-coral-reefs/) as well as dissecting a COTS. Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks have significantly contributed to coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef, with a fourth outbreak now underway. Reefs CAN recover however, more frequent marine heatwaves, coral bleaching, and increasingly severe cyclones are reducing recovery time.

07/03/2025

To all of the wonderful young women who join us on our educational tours, to the women who teach them and to the strong collection of women we have on our team working to create tour magic: Happy International Women's Day (this Sunday) and may you find your best way to grow and learn and shine. Go forth, lovely ladies!

04/03/2025

In the short time the Small World Journeys staff did a clean up in the mangroves around Cairns for Clean Up Australia Day, we collected 2.78 kilos of landfill rubbish, and 3.5 kilos of recycling. Mangroves are important nurseries to the creatures who end up at the Great Barrier Reef. We found A LOT of polystyrene and fishing line (which harms wildlife!) and heaps of plastic bottles.

04/03/2025

26/02/2025

Our Programs Manager Rachael sweated it out for Parley Australia last week, picking up rubbish from the precious mangroves that line our coast. Small World Journeys gives employees work time to volunteer in the community, and Rach has been a longtime supporter of Parley. The number one item retrieved? Polystyrene. What people often use on fishing boats. Time to decompose? Forever.

24/02/2025

New South Wales geography teachers: Small World has refined two new presentations about the reef ecosystem and the Daintree Rainforest for you and your geography students! Let us engage your students in discussions about tipping points, shifting baseline syndrome and what local scientists & organisations are doing to promote ecosystem resilience. These interactive sessions are included in our Ecosystems & Global Biodiversity programs.

10/02/2025

The recent North Queensland floods highlight our food’s frequent long journey to us. On a Small World Journeys tour, why not learn to build a aquaponics system—a simple, soil-free way to grow food without land! Reduce reliance on transport and distribution with this sustainable solution.

04/02/2025

Thanks to Reforest for hosting this event and thanks to our Small World superstar Lisa who got her hands dirty and planted trees! Small World Journeys is working with Reforest to ensure a tree is planted for every group that visits the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area....and each group gets a link to see where their tree is planted locally!