We have tertiary qualifications in:
  • Natural and Cultural Heritage Interpretation
  • Tourism
  • Environmental Management
  • Education
  • Physical Geography
  • Geology
and work experience in:
  • park and protected area agencies
  • cultural heritage organisations
  • tertiary education institutions
  • federal, state and local government
  • non-government organisations
  • sport, recreation and tourism industries
Pam Enting

Over the last 20 years, Pam has managed large cultural, leisure and tourism projects for the City of Port Phillip, Sport and Recreation Victoria, and private enterprise. As a member of Spellbound Interpretation, she has managed interpretation planning, design and implementation projects for local government and park management agencies. Pam has also managed community consultations on controversial issues including the Grand Prix and developments on the St Kilda to Port Melbourne foreshore.

Kate Armstrong

Kate has numerous years experience in tourism education, visitor communication, visitor management and interpretation. She has expertise in visitor markets, data analysis, interpretive planning, copywriting and evaluation of interpretive projects. Her special area of interest is historic sites but she is a natural and cultural heritage all rounder.

Sarah Minchinton

Sarah has worked on a number of environmental management projects at the local and state government level. She has developed visitor programs at Point Nepean National Park. Her special interests are geology and social geography.

Pam Enting

Education
Graduate Diploma of Natural and Cultural Heritage Interpretation, Deakin University, 1994 - 1996.
Heritage Conservation for Local Communities, Graduate Diploma subject, University of Victoria, BC, Canada 1994.
Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Victoria College 1971-1973 (majoring in Environmental Science).
Employment  
1998 - present Consultant, Spellbound Interpretation.
Lecturer and Tutor: Interpretation and Ecotourism, Holmesglen and Chisholm TaFEs, Monash and Deakin Universities.
Interpreter/trainer, Wilson's Promontory National Park Summer Program.
1989 - 1997 Positions with City of Port Phillip:
Tourism Development and Marketing Coordinator.
Manager of Recreation and Arts Services
Community Development Recreation Officer.
1996 - 1997 Senior Project Manager, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.
1986 - 1989 Leisure Program Director, Carrington Park, City of Knox.
1983 - 1985 Management positions, Physical Fun Playgym and Tumble Tots Australia.
1975 - 1977 Family and Outdoor Recreation Consultant, Sport and Recreation Victoria.
1974 - 1975 Child Migrant Educator, Victorian Department of Education.
Teaching/ training Sessional Lecturer, Department of Leisure and Tourism Studies, RMIT, 1991-1994.
Interpretation (prior to involvement with Spellbound Interpretation)
1996 Preparation of consultants' brief for an interpretation plan and background research for Polly Woodside Maritime Museum.
1994 - 1995 Development of three Downtown Heritage Walking Tours for Victoria Civic Heritage Trust, British Columbia, Canada.
1991 - 1996 Concept and Design Planning team member for City of Port Phillip for the following projects:
  • Memorable Moments (festival)
  • South is Worth Saving (interpretive panels)
  • Linking through the Ages (street theatre)
  • Next Stop, South Melbourne (festival)
  • Luggage and Labels (exhibition)
  • In the Classifieds (exhibition)
  • Join the Neighbourhood Jigsaw (festival)
  • Good Friends and Loved Ones: South Melbourne Album (photographic installation)
  • Common Grounds: City of Voices (musical theatre project)
  • South Melbourne: A Tapestry (arts project)
  • Wings of Summer (musical theatre production)
  • Senior Citizens' Treasures Project (exhibition)
  • Put Yourself on the Map (festival)
  • Gasworks Music Explosion (musical theatre production)
Total responsibility for interpretive design and implementation:
  • Sandridge to St Kilda Heritage Tour
  • Gasworks Park Interpretation Plan
  • The Wandering Quilt (arts project)
1976 - 1990 Sessional, Environmental Interpretation Programs, Department of Sport and Recreation.


E. Kate Armstrong

Education
Master of Arts (Tourism), Monash University, 1994-1995.
Graduate Certificate of Applied Science (Natural and Cultural Heritage Interpretation), Deakin University, 1994.
Bachelor of Applied Science (Vegetation and Wildlife Management), University of Canberra, 1986-1988.
Employment  
1995 - present Lecturing positions in cultural and environmental tourism with La Trobe and Monash Universities.
Consultant, Spellbound Interpretation.
1991 - 1994 Environmental planning, management and administration, Environment Australia.
Interpretation (prior to involvement with Spellbound Interpretation)
1996 Feasibility study for a regional museum and archive centre in Warrnambool.
1995 Comprehensive program of visitor studies and interpretive planning for Gulf Station, Victoria (National Trust property).
1994 In the footsteps of Melbourne's daytrippers: An interpretive plan for the Tree Fern Gully Track, Dandenong Ranges National Park.
Awards Qantas Full-time Student of the Year 1994, Monash University.


Sarah Minchinton

Education
Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Environmental Management/Heritage Interpretation), Deakin University, 1993.
Bachelor of Arts (Physical Geography/Geology), University of Melbourne, 1989-1991.
Employment  
1999-present Public Relations Consultant, Palace Publicity and Productions
Consultant, Spellbound Interpretation.
1996-1999 Community Events Coordinator, Greening Australia Victoria.
Consultant, Spellbound Interpretation.
1995 Tourism Product Development Officer, City of Port Phillip.
Volunteer, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers.
Project Support Officer, Greening Australia Victoria.
1993 - 1994 Ranger and customer service positions with Melbourne Parks and Waterways.
Interpretation (prior to involvement with Spellbound Interpretation)
1995 Development of tourism products and visitor information services, City of Port Phillip, Melbourne.
1994 Development of visitor programs at Point Nepean National Park, Melbourne.
Research for interpretive services at Herring island, Burnley, Melbourne.
Development of environmental community education program, Grange Heathland Reserve, City of Monash (formerly Oakleigh), Melbourne.
Research of interpretive content for Emerald Lake Park Interpretive Centre, Victoria.
Teaching/ training Project Support Officer, LEAP Program, Greening Australia Victoria, 1995.