Exciting news! You can now register and pay for the Marine Science Forum online. Come along on the 4th and 5th of May for a wet and wild weekend hearing about exciting research relevant to the Sapphire Coast. Have a look at the Who Cares Forum Program to see the variety of presentations being held…
Read more →On Saturday April 13 the staff of the Discovery Centre embarked on a road trip to Narooma to train as whale rescuers with ORRCA (Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia). The training included a morning of theory on marine mammal identification and rescue which we all found very informative and all managed to learn…
Read more →On Friday March 22, the staff was surprised and delighted when a man with a turtle turned up on our front door step. Michael Hewitt from Melbourne was happily fishing in Pambula Lake while on holiday when he came across a lost green turtle. He quickly collected her and brought her down to us hoping to…
Read more →Download your ‘Who Cares’ Marine Science Forum 2013 Registration Form and send it in by April 19 2013 to receive the early bird special. Check our website every week for the ‘Speaker Spotlight’ where we showcase the topics and backgrounds of the wonderful speakers that we will be having at this year’s forum. The speakers will be: Dr…
Read more →Victorian school holidays have arrived and our holiday activity program has begun. Download our Easter Holidays Program to see what exciting activities we have on each day. Make sure you book in to avoid missing out.
Read more →The Pambula oyster growers and Southern Rivers CMA are hosting a tour of Pambula Lake on Saturday 16th March. They are targeting landholders in the Pambula catchment to increase understanding of oyster farming on the lake, and ways landholders can help to protect the water quality of the lake. See attached flier for further…
Read more →The Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre is excited to inform you about Inside a Fish, our newest outreach program. We have long offered this program within the centre but we are now taking the fish on the road and into your school. Have our qualified marine education officer visit your school to run this…
Read more →We would like to announce that we are now available to come to your next birthday party! Make a splash and have the most unique and educational party around with live marine creatures, preserved specimens and lots of fun ocean facts. One of our qualified marine educators will bring all this to your party venue. Visit our…
Read more →The Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre has been running rocky shore rambles all this week and we have had a wonderful turn out of visitors from a variety of locations. Groups of families are lead down to a local rocky beach at low tide and given the chance to explore life in the intertidal…
Read more →We would like to congratulate proud mother Morticia on her beautiful new children, all 1000 of them! As you may have guessed Morticia is not human. She is the lovely gloomy octopus living at the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre. The octobabies as they have come to be known were hatched on Monday December…
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