The Plan
Talk to Gazza. Go to the waterline. Observe. Record in ShorelineWatch. Return to Gazza — who has read every record. Get your updated plan. Go back. Repeat. This is how field literacy is built.
Breaking out of the cycle
The field cycle runs at your own pace. But the program has three fixed moments that punctuate it — three field days in August when the tools become real, and a September camp at Jacobs Well when the birds have arrived.
A$95. Full portal access. Your first Gazza interview happens the same day. ShorelineWatch installed. Your personal lesson plan built from your answers. You have ten weeks of self-directed cycling before the first field days in August.
Day 1 — Kakadu Beach Constructed Roost. ShorelineWatch in a live roost context with up to 2,500 godwits. And for the first time: e you.
Day 2 — The Hub, Deception Bay (REF Environmental). Waterline Scripts in practice — how to read a crowd, time a conversation, handle the dog walker, the drone operator, the curious family. The conversation at the waterline is as important as the count.
Day 3 — Jacobs Well EEC. Southern Moreton Bay tidal flats. in 1975.
September is arrival month. The camp is timed to it. A day on the EDUCAT — JWEEC's purpose-built 12-metre research catamaran across southern Moreton Bay. e now here.
Field assessment complete. Gazza's assessment and your field record support certification. Your Shorebird Steward badge — a 3D-printed godwit silhouette — is yours. The program started at the waterline. The graduation happens on the bay.
Built for the bay. Used in the cycle.
ShorelineWatch runs from day one. Every visit logged. Every record read by Gazza before your next interview.
ShorelineWatch
The longitudinal field record. Every visit logged — species, numbers, disturbance events, site condition. Works offline. Gazza reads every entry before your next interview. Your records build the case for site protection, visit by visit.
Roost Management Decision Tool. ALUATE/20 — flyway and social significance. Verdict: GREEN / AMBER / RED.
The cycle starts with one conversation.
Register your interest and Gazza is ready when you are. First cohort: Late July / August 2026 — but the interview is open now.