• Eden Whale Festival

    by  • October 28, 2011

    Don’t forget. We’re Open for the Eden Whale Festival. 11am till 4pm Saturday 29th October   What does a crayfish eat? What about an octopus? Come and see with fish feeding at 12pm. Ever wondered how a whale breathes? How long can they hold their breath? What is a blow-hole? With a fun poptastic & realistic…

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    New Constitution for Eden Marine Centre Ltd

    by  • October 25, 2011

    The Board of Directors of Eden Marine Centre Ltd. (Trustee for The Eden Whale Discovery Centre Research Trust and trading as “Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre”) signed off on a new Constitution recently and we have been advised that it has now been processed by the Australian Securities & Investment Commission.  Click here for…

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    Whale researchers having great success!

    by  • September 14, 2011

    Kylie Owen, the PhD student studying humpback whales in the area has had a very successful start to her research project.  Since starting work on Monday with her colleagues Dave Donnelly and Scott Sheahan, Kylie has managed to secure 8 biopsy samples from feeding humpbacks. She said the whales were being ‘very co-operative’ with…

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    Come and see our new Masterplan!

    by  • June 6, 2011

    Our new Architectural Masterplan will be officially launched by Federal Member for Eden-Monaro, Dr Mike Kelly, AM, MP on Friday 10th June with a number of invited dignitaries attending.  Community members are invited to join the celebration from 1.30pm till 4.30pm. The Centre will be open again on Saturday 11th June from 10am till…

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    Beach comber

    by  • April 7, 2011

    Recent flooding rains and big seas buried our coast in a sea of foam and littered our beaches with debris and an array of interesting marine creatures. Sea foam is a naturally occurring phenomena created by the agitation of seawater containing high concentrations of dissolved organic matter. The organic matter acts as a ‘foaming…

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    ‘Food for Thought’ – yet another successful Marine Science Forum

    by  • March 28, 2011

    The 3rd Annual Marine Science Forum ‘Food for Thought’ was another great success with people travelling from far and wide to attend. 6 impressive speakers kept the audience captive with amazing educational presentations and spectacular imagery about subjects such as marine habitats, ocean currents, fisheries management and aquaculture of both oysters and sea urchins….

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