Signs captured on camera

Signs all over the Fraser Coast region have been sought out and photographed. It's not for a council audit – just a university assignment.

More than 50 first-year Education students from the USQ Fraser Coast have aimed their cameras at road signs, safety signs, accommodation signs, business signs and warning signs over the past few weeks.

They have been assigned the task of photographing the signs, which are environmental prints, and using them to create a resource for lower primary school-aged students.

Several of the students have designed board games.

Charmaine Bailey developed a board game based on a holiday theme. She was able to snap lots of signs of accommodation houses and beach signs. The children play to win a holiday.

Meanwhile, Kylie Turner used lots of different signs to create a game that encourages the children to identify their purpose.

She said the aim was to help the children understand meanings, rather than just recognising a word or symbol. It is aimed at children in years two and three.

Kylie said she and fellow students had received some interesting looks and comments from members of the public as they went about their work photographing the signs.

Media Contact:  Katrina Corcoran, USQ Media, +61 7 4194 3167