Profile

• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.St) majoring in Biological Science & Education
  University of Queensland. Australia

• Past President Marine Education Society of Australasia (MESA) – Sunshine Coast Branch.
• Past Member International Association of Zoo Educators.
• Past Member Australian Regional Association of Zoological Parks & Aquaria.
• Australasian National Coordinator for Seaweek 94. This is the leading annual event of the Marine Education Society of Australasia (MESA).

Over 40 years keeping freshwater and marine fish and invertebrates in aquaria and engaged in the public aquarium industry since 1987.

Design and Construction Consulting Role: Public Aquarium Theme design and installation, living and non-living exhibit design and installation supervision, artificial rockwork fabrication and installation supervision, Aquarium Specialist Works (ASW) design and installation supervision for aquarium specialist lighting, exhibit construction supervision as Principal Design Consultant. Consulting Participation Codes: (D) = design (C) = construct

• Sochi Discovery World Aquarium, Russian Federation. Completed 2009 (D&C)
• Incheon Aquarium - Incheon, South Korea (D)LSS) – Deferred (D&C)
• "Tree of Life" - Seoul, South Korea (D&C) – 2007 (D&C)
• Moscow Ocean Park Aquarium, Russian Federation. 2006 (D)
• Shanghai Ocean Aquarium - Shanghai, China (D&C) – opened 2000 (D&C)
• Guangzhou Ocean World - Guangzhou, China (D&C) – opened 1998 (D&C)
• Hualien Ocean Park, Hualien, Taiwan. (D) opened 1999 (D)
• Underwater World, Mooloolaba, Qld. Australia (D) - opened 1989 (D&C)

The following is a list of some of the living aquarium display exhibits that Glenn Tonges has conceptualized, designed, and supervised the on-site installation/construction in various public aquaria in Australia, China, Russian Federation and Taiwan. The complete schedule would include over 100 exhibits. The following list is not presented in any particular order.

• Why Are Coral Reef Fishes So Colourful?
• Territorial Behaviour in Fishes
• Venomous and Poisonous Fishes
• Senses of Fishes - Olfaction and Lateral Line
• Senses of Fishes - Vision
• Day and Night - (Nocturnal Display)
• Can a Fish Change its Sex?
• Sharks and Rays - Reproduction
• Grey Nurse Shark
• Sharks - Masters of Survival
• The World of Sea Mammals
• Pinnipeds - Wing-Footed Mammals
• Australian Sea-Lion
• Australian Fur-Seal
• New Zealand Fur-Seal
• The Bond of Trust - Seal Training
• Reefs and Coral Cays
• Swimming Behaviour of Fishes
• Why do Fishes School?
• The Coral Reef – Partnerships
• Australian Rainbowfishes
• Mangroves - Nurseries of Life
• Life in the Littoral Zone - The Rocky Shore
• The Reef Cave
• Freshwater Fishes of the World: SE Asia Lowlands
• Freshwater Fishes of the World: SE Asia Highlands
• Freshwater Fishes of the World: Central and Sth America
• Freshwater Fishes of the World: Lake Malawi – Africa
• African Electric Catfish
• Under the Amazon
• Flooded Forest
• Major Waterfall
• Osmoregulation - Fishes and Crustaceans
• Specialty Adaptations - The Axolotl
• Specialty Adaptations - Blind Cave Fish
• Specialty Adaptations - Catfishes
• Specialty Adaptations -Electrical Senses of Fishes
• Fishes of Lakes and Ponds
• Australian Billabong (Lagoon)
• Freshwater Sawfish and Stingrays
• Australian Survivors of the Past
• Brackish Water Community
• Under the Coldwater Stream
• Crocodile Management
• What's the Difference? - Saltwater and Freshwater Crocodiles
• Crocodiles - Inside and Out
• Crocodiles and Alligators - What's the Difference?
• Chinese Alligators in the Forest Marshes
• Endangered Chinese Freshwater Fishes
• Chinese Freshwater Hunters
• A Biological Success Story - The Saltwater Crocodile
• A Living Fossil - The Queensland Lungfish
• Australian Freshwater Fishes
• Shark & Ray Lagoon
• Japanese Giant Spider Crabs
• Giant Cuttlefish – Chameleons of the Sea
• Horseshoe Crabs
• Beside the Forest Stream
• The Sandy Shore
• Freshwater Otters
• Kelp Forest Aquarium
• Surge Channel Aquarium
• Fish Circus Aquarium
• Camouflage – Hide and Seek
• Noisemakers
• Turtle Mysteries
• Coral Polyp and Reef-Building
• Sharks that lay Eggs
• Plankton Up Close
• Life under the Microscope
• Wave-Maker Aquarium
• Go With the Flow
• Sea Jellies – Beauty and Danger
• Sink or Swim
• Dangerous Sea Creatures
• The Reef Cave
• The Coastal Reef
• Kelp Cave
• Octopus – Master of Disguise
• Sea Dragons and Sea Horses
• Shark and Predator Aquarium

The following is a list of those exhibition modes that Glenn Tonges has sound applications knowledge of. All have been included in various combinations as part of public aquarium designs.

• Multimedia Kiosks with a focus on interactivity
• AV/Multimedia production using CGI
• Laser-vision technology
• Sculptured Models
• Animatronics
• “Pepper’s Ghost” technology
• Holography
• Thematic sound-effects to enhance exhibit ambience and visitor experience
• “Hands-on” interactive exhibits designed to exploit the natural curiosities in children and adults alike, while educating at the same time.
• Interpretive Graphics designed as an educational stimulus to both the general visitor and visiting school children
• Educational school programs that are integrated into the design of the various exhibits.

Glenn Tonges’ experiences and skills cover a most extensive and somewhat unique range of aquarium specialist works (ASW) services including:

• An overall understanding of the various interrelated elements that are required in the design and construction of Aquarium Specialist Works (ASW) into major public aquaria and themed artificial (re-created) environments.
• Seven (7) years experience working as Principal Consultant in the design and installation of aquarium projects in China and Taiwan.
• Project Master Planning of the exhibit layout and visitor journey through the facility
• Project theme development including thematic, re-created environments
• Exhibit concept development - Fauna Display & Habitat design to installation supervision.
• Exhibit interpretive graphics authoring and design to installation
• Special Exhibitry - audio visual, video production, CGI & integration thereof with living exhibits
• Aquarium specialist lighting specification and design to installation supervision
• Public Aquarium exhibit livestock specification, sourcing & procurement
• Project Management
• Public Aquarium operational management / including curatorial
• Aquarium staff training
• Aquarium Project marketing and client liaison
• Aquarium Schools Education Programs design & implementation
• ASW D&C estimating and project budget preparation
• Monitoring specialist contractors