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Sustainability and Shameless Self-Promotion

We love talking about ourselves. But unlike a horrible blind date who yammers on and on, we actually have some noteworthy things to say that might interest you about what we do.

People, Planet and Profit — these are the things we love! They also happen to be the three pillars of sustainability.  If we’re not taking care of our staff and of our community, then making money doesn’t mean much.  Similarly, if we’re not actively trying to improve the environment that we’re operating in, then we can’t really call ourselves a “sustainable tour operator”, can we?

Through our community service projects, innovative citizen science programs, and activities with Traditional Owners, we are trying to transform young people from “regular” tourists to travellers who contribute and work towards a better world.

And since we know you like us so much, we might even slip in a humble brag about the latest award Small World Journeys has won.

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Now Hiring for 2024!

Now Hiring for 2024!

Are you professional and articulate but kind of a tree hugger?  Do you know the Cairns region well? Are you the person in your family who everyone knows is the one who will "get it done"?  We are looking for a full time Groups Coordinator as well as guides for our 2024 season. If you like the sound of this, read on.
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Small World Suporting People With Disabilities

Small World Suporting People With Disabilities

When we discovered all the great things the Endeavour Foundation is doing right up the street from the Small World office, we wanted to get involved!  Endeavour helps people with disability "to live, learn, work and flourish" and now they're helping Small World.
Read More
Queensland Community Achievement Award for Small World!

Queensland Community Achievement Award for Small World!

We love our customers! And apparently you love us too - Small World Journeys was nominated for and received the CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD at the Queensland Community Achievement Awards. The QLD Community Achievement Awards celebrate outstanding business practices and contributions to our community.
Read More
Carbon Offsetting – Our Last Resort

Carbon Offsetting – Our Last Resort

Small World Journeys has been offsetting its emissions since the start of the company! Of course it would be preferable if we as a company were emitting NO carbon dioxide through use of fossil fuels on any of our trips...so we still have work to do.  If we can't reduce or reuse, we offset! It's easy for you to do the same with Carbon Neutral.
Read More
Certified Star Partner with EcoBiz

Certified Star Partner with EcoBiz

Are you professional and articulate but kind of a tree hugger?  Do you know the Cairns region well? Are you the person in your family who everyone knows is the one who will "get it done"?  We are looking for a full time Sustainability Officer as well as guides for our 2024 season. If you like the sound of this, read on.
Read More
Sustainability Award for Small World

Sustainability Award for Small World

We are proud to say Small World Journeys won the Sustainability/Environment Award through the Cairns Chamber of Commerce. The outstanding achievements of a wide range of organisations and individuals have been acknowledged since the inception of the BEX awards in 2017.  The BEX awards showcase business excellence and acknowledge outstanding business practices and contributions to our community in the Cairns region.
Read More
Our Citizen Science Project to Help The Great Barrier Reef

Our Citizen Science Project to Help The Great Barrier Reef

CoralWatch is a not-for-profit citizen science program working to increase understanding of coral reefs, coral bleaching and climate change.  Our students make excellent volunteers! Recently CoralWatch honoured our contributions to the program by printing our logo on their cards - yay!
Read More
Indigenous Perspectives on Every Small World Trip

Indigenous Perspectives on Every Small World Trip

We are so grateful to be located in a part of Australia where Traditional Owners are accessible and willing to offer our groups insight into their country, language, art and culture.  Here are some of the fantastic educational experiences on offer from Kuku Yalanji, Mandingalbay Yidinji, Yirriganydji and Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Traditional Owners.
Read More
QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

Do you curtsy when a minister visits?  We were unsure of etiquette and humbled by the fact that Meaghan Scanlon, Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs wanted to see what we're up to.
Read More
7 Teacher Tips To Make Your Excursion Easier

7 Teacher Tips To Make Your Excursion Easier

What separates the good school excursion teachers from the excellent ones? It is just a matter of organisational tricks up their sleeves. Our teachers have found that over the years, school group trips can be made easier by any or all of the following tips.
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Students Helping Aboriginal Women

Students Helping Aboriginal Women

By most socio-economic indicators, Aboriginal (and Torres Strait Islander) communities are the most disadvantaged groups in Australia.  Women in many of these remote communities also face special challenges—one major one is the inability to source affordable feminine hygiene products.  Here’s how our groups are supporting them.
Read More
Our Thoughts (and Actions) on “Is the Reef Dying?”

Our Thoughts (and Actions) on “Is the Reef Dying?”

Is the Great Barrier Reef dying?” is one of the most frequently asked questions we get by our student groups and their teachers. The answer? Yes and no. It’s complicated. It depends on who you talk to.
Read More
Refugee Teaches Students More Than Just Cooking

Refugee Teaches Students More Than Just Cooking

We welcome Sohad to our growing family of Small World Journeys presenters. Sohad lived for years in a refugee camp in Iraq and is originally from Palestine in The Middle East. Sohad is teaching our students how to prepare a delicious meal from her home country, but students are learning way more than how to simply cook a meal.
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Small World Wins Tourism Award

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Small World Wins Tourism Award

At the Queensland Tourism Awards in Brisbane, we showed up in our fancy dresses, belted out You’re The Voice, and then ran up to the stage to collect a tourism award! What a thrill to be honoured for what we do.
Read More
Recycling the “Un-Recyclable”

Recycling the “Un-Recyclable”

Ideally, we’d all be using products that could be re-used or at least recycled. Sadly, we live in a throw away world. Millions of everyday items— like toothbrushes and pens—end up in landfills each year.  Terracycle hopes to change that, and here’s how Small World Journeys is supporting them.
Read More
Awards & Achievements
Queensland Community Achievement Award for Small World!

Queensland Community Achievement Award for Small World!

We love our customers! And apparently you love us too - Small World Journeys was nominated for and received the CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD at the Queensland Community Achievement Awards. The QLD Community Achievement Awards celebrate outstanding business practices and contributions to our community.
Read More
Sustainability Award for Small World

Sustainability Award for Small World

We are proud to say Small World Journeys won the Sustainability/Environment Award through the Cairns Chamber of Commerce. The outstanding achievements of a wide range of organisations and individuals have been acknowledged since the inception of the BEX awards in 2017.  The BEX awards showcase business excellence and acknowledge outstanding business practices and contributions to our community in the Cairns region.
Read More
Indigenous Perspectives on Every Small World Trip

Indigenous Perspectives on Every Small World Trip

We are so grateful to be located in a part of Australia where Traditional Owners are accessible and willing to offer our groups insight into their country, language, art and culture.  Here are some of the fantastic educational experiences on offer from Kuku Yalanji, Mandingalbay Yidinji, Yirriganydji and Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Traditional Owners.
Read More
QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

Do you curtsy when a minister visits?  We were unsure of etiquette and humbled by the fact that Meaghan Scanlon, Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs wanted to see what we're up to.
Read More
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Small World Wins Tourism Award

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Small World Wins Tourism Award

At the Queensland Tourism Awards in Brisbane, we showed up in our fancy dresses, belted out You’re The Voice, and then ran up to the stage to collect a tourism award! What a thrill to be honoured for what we do.
Read More
Community Initiatives
Now Hiring for 2024!

Now Hiring for 2024!

Are you professional and articulate but kind of a tree hugger?  Do you know the Cairns region well? Are you the person in your family who everyone knows is the one who will "get it done"?  We are looking for a full time Groups Coordinator as well as guides for our 2024 season. If you like the sound of this, read on.
Read More
Small World Suporting People With Disabilities

Small World Suporting People With Disabilities

When we discovered all the great things the Endeavour Foundation is doing right up the street from the Small World office, we wanted to get involved!  Endeavour helps people with disability "to live, learn, work and flourish" and now they're helping Small World.
Read More
Certified Star Partner with EcoBiz

Certified Star Partner with EcoBiz

Are you professional and articulate but kind of a tree hugger?  Do you know the Cairns region well? Are you the person in your family who everyone knows is the one who will "get it done"?  We are looking for a full time Sustainability Officer as well as guides for our 2024 season. If you like the sound of this, read on.
Read More
Sustainability Award for Small World

Sustainability Award for Small World

We are proud to say Small World Journeys won the Sustainability/Environment Award through the Cairns Chamber of Commerce. The outstanding achievements of a wide range of organisations and individuals have been acknowledged since the inception of the BEX awards in 2017.  The BEX awards showcase business excellence and acknowledge outstanding business practices and contributions to our community in the Cairns region.
Read More
Indigenous Perspectives on Every Small World Trip

Indigenous Perspectives on Every Small World Trip

We are so grateful to be located in a part of Australia where Traditional Owners are accessible and willing to offer our groups insight into their country, language, art and culture.  Here are some of the fantastic educational experiences on offer from Kuku Yalanji, Mandingalbay Yidinji, Yirriganydji and Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Traditional Owners.
Read More
QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

Do you curtsy when a minister visits?  We were unsure of etiquette and humbled by the fact that Meaghan Scanlon, Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs wanted to see what we're up to.
Read More
Students Helping Aboriginal Women

Students Helping Aboriginal Women

By most socio-economic indicators, Aboriginal (and Torres Strait Islander) communities are the most disadvantaged groups in Australia.  Women in many of these remote communities also face special challenges—one major one is the inability to source affordable feminine hygiene products.  Here’s how our groups are supporting them.
Read More
Recycling the “Un-Recyclable”

Recycling the “Un-Recyclable”

Ideally, we’d all be using products that could be re-used or at least recycled. Sadly, we live in a throw away world. Millions of everyday items— like toothbrushes and pens—end up in landfills each year.  Terracycle hopes to change that, and here’s how Small World Journeys is supporting them.
Read More
Environmental Initiatives
Carbon Offsetting – Our Last Resort

Carbon Offsetting – Our Last Resort

Small World Journeys has been offsetting its emissions since the start of the company! Of course it would be preferable if we as a company were emitting NO carbon dioxide through use of fossil fuels on any of our trips...so we still have work to do.  If we can't reduce or reuse, we offset! It's easy for you to do the same with Carbon Neutral.
Read More
Sustainability Award for Small World

Sustainability Award for Small World

We are proud to say Small World Journeys won the Sustainability/Environment Award through the Cairns Chamber of Commerce. The outstanding achievements of a wide range of organisations and individuals have been acknowledged since the inception of the BEX awards in 2017.  The BEX awards showcase business excellence and acknowledge outstanding business practices and contributions to our community in the Cairns region.
Read More
Our Citizen Science Project to Help The Great Barrier Reef

Our Citizen Science Project to Help The Great Barrier Reef

CoralWatch is a not-for-profit citizen science program working to increase understanding of coral reefs, coral bleaching and climate change.  Our students make excellent volunteers! Recently CoralWatch honoured our contributions to the program by printing our logo on their cards - yay!
Read More
QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

QLD Environment Minister Visits Small World

Do you curtsy when a minister visits?  We were unsure of etiquette and humbled by the fact that Meaghan Scanlon, Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs wanted to see what we're up to.
Read More
Our Thoughts (and Actions) on “Is the Reef Dying?”

Our Thoughts (and Actions) on “Is the Reef Dying?”

Is the Great Barrier Reef dying?” is one of the most frequently asked questions we get by our student groups and their teachers. The answer? Yes and no. It’s complicated. It depends on who you talk to.
Read More
featured
Students Helping Aboriginal Women

Students Helping Aboriginal Women

By most socio-economic indicators, Aboriginal (and Torres Strait Islander) communities are the most disadvantaged groups in Australia.  Women in many of these remote communities also face special challenges—one major one is the inability to source affordable feminine hygiene products.  Here’s how our groups are supporting them.
Read More
Sustainability
Carbon Offsetting – Our Last Resort

Carbon Offsetting – Our Last Resort

Small World Journeys has been offsetting its emissions since the start of the company! Of course it would be preferable if we as a company were emitting NO carbon dioxide through use of fossil fuels on any of our trips...so we still have work to do.  If we can't reduce or reuse, we offset! It's easy for you to do the same with Carbon Neutral.
Read More
Sustainability Award for Small World

Sustainability Award for Small World

We are proud to say Small World Journeys won the Sustainability/Environment Award through the Cairns Chamber of Commerce. The outstanding achievements of a wide range of organisations and individuals have been acknowledged since the inception of the BEX awards in 2017.  The BEX awards showcase business excellence and acknowledge outstanding business practices and contributions to our community in the Cairns region.
Read More
Our Citizen Science Project to Help The Great Barrier Reef

Our Citizen Science Project to Help The Great Barrier Reef

CoralWatch is a not-for-profit citizen science program working to increase understanding of coral reefs, coral bleaching and climate change.  Our students make excellent volunteers! Recently CoralWatch honoured our contributions to the program by printing our logo on their cards - yay!
Read More

We Include Everything But Foot Rubs

Of course our tours include accommodation, meals, transport and activities,
but we think you and your students deserve more than just these basics.
We throw in extra goodies like a regional field guide for each student, an
adopted plot of rainforest for the group if you visit the Daintree, reusable
cloth shopping bags and water bottles, yummy snacks, and a donation in your
group’s name to Reef Restoration Foundation. And who knows? If you’re
really nice we might even rub your feet.

Community
Service Projects

Lodging that is safe,
central and family
owned when possible.
Activities that you
won’t find anywhere
else.

Risk
Assessments

We evaluate hazards on your trip so it can be as safe as possible while still being fun.

Indigenous
Perspectives on
Every Tour

We include activities or talks with Traditional Owners on every trip we offer.

Citizen
Science Projects

Collecting data on and studying ecosystems at risk are important learning tools on our trips.

Activities Found
Nowhere Else

We offer totally unique activities and talks
like our Sustainability Amazing Race, Environmental Debates,
and Cuisine & Culture with a refugee.

Reef student field guide

Goodies!

We give your students field guides, re-usable water bottles, cloth shopping bags and donation certificates to rainforest and reef charities.

We do custom trips!

Still haven’t found exactly what you are looking for? All our tours are fully customisable and can be catered to suit your time-frame, student interests and budget. A geography excursion to the Great Barrier Reef? A biology excursion to the Daintree Rainforest? An Aboriginal culture excursion? Our educational trips in Queensland and New South Wales are hand-crafted for those who cannot find exactly what they want from the inflexible set itineraries of large tour operators.

If you are looking for a science trip, ecology trip, Aboriginal culture, or just a sample of the best of Australia – we can help.

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