I-Tracker Project Officer
Personal
Christy was born in Canberra to an Aussie Mum and Kiwi Dad. Her
Uncle, a keen naturalist, was the first person to instil in her a
love of nature, and this interest was further developed by endless
hours watching many beautiful BBC nature documentaries narrated by
David Attenborough, and by the books of Gerald Durrell. Christy
spent lots of spare time during school and uni holidays
volunteering on wildlife research projects on a range of species
including Mountain Pygmy-Possums and Eastern Long-necked Turtles.
This eventually led to volunteering on a project studying the
Pig-nosed Turtle (Warradjan) on the Daly River several times from
around 2001. And so began Christy’s love affair with the Top
End.
Professional
Christy completed a Bachelor of Applied Science at the
University of Canberra, majoring in Natural Resource Management.
After working for the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator and
the Australian Greenhouse Office she was drawn back into the
academic world by the irresistible lure of an Honours project
researching thermoregulation and activity of the Pig-nosed Turtle,
again on the Daly River. After completing Honours she worked for
about 18 months at the CRC for Freshwater Ecology at the University
of Canberra. As a monitoring officer her work focussed on programs
monitoring the aquatic health of freshwater systems throughout the
ACT and the NSW alpine region. This experience served as a platform
to apply for a role as a monitoring support officer for the
Supervising Scientist Division, based in Kakadu National Park.
Christy spent 5 happy years living and working in Jabiru before
recently moving to the big smoke of Darwin to take up a role as an
I-Tracker Development Officer.
Project
Christy is a Project Development Officer for I-Tracker.
“I-Tracker”, short for Indigenous Tracker, is a project
that is helping Indigenous Land and Sea Managers to collect and
manage information about country across remote north Australia.
Utilising the renowned CyberTracker software, I-Tracker provides
Indigenous Rangers with field-tough handheld touch screen computers
that are a user-friendly, culturally appropriate way to collect
important information about natural and cultural resources.
