The centre has been bustling again this week with a number of school visits. Wednesday saw 50 students from Bombala Public School tour the Discovery Centre. The students enjoyed a talk about whales, exploring the beachcombing table, making scientific observations with the microscopes and getting up close to some rocky shore creatures in the…
Read more →A new research project is being set up in the lab by a team supervised by Dr Stephen Eggins from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences. It all looks fairly impressive with large tubs of water with overhead lights installed by close of day. The small research team will be staying in Eden…
Read more →Whales seem to be the talk of the town with Humpbacks breaching left right and centre, Orcas visiting Lennards Island and the Eden Whale Festival make a splash in town. On top of all this the local students of the Bega Valley Shire have become Whale Wise through participating in fun hands on workshops in…
Read more →Our new Associate Members gathered for their first meeting last night and their first Agenda item was to elect a Delegate to represent the Associate Member group on the Board of Directors. Two Associate Members were nominated: Libby Hepburn and John Aveyard, with John gaining the majority vote. John will now attend Board Meetings…
Read more →The Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre is now on Youtube. Check out our channel to see videos of demonstrations (including a mentos diet coke whale blow), film of our animals and other things that we get up to at the marine discovery centre. Share with all your friends and family! http://www.youtube.com/user/SCMDC77?feature=mhee
Read more →SCMDC is joining forces with NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service and BirdLife Australia to conduct 2 days of workshops focusing on local shorebirds. The workshops will be held on 28th & 29th November from 9:30am till 4:00pm, with Day 1 centred around the Marine Discovery Centre. The first day will focus on learning…
Read more →The Centre was absolutely packed all day Saturday during the Eden Whale Festival. Our ‘people counter’ clicked just under 500 people through but suggests that due to being called on for other duties at times, we probably far exceeded that number. It was wonderful to see so many families come through the doors and…
Read more →This year’s Eden Whale Festival brings no less than 5 expert speakers to our town to talk about their specific areas of expertise. The line up is very impressive indeed: Tonight Thursday 1st November 6pm for a 6:30pm start at Eden Country Club (Golf Club) (FREE ENTRY): NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service have…
Read more →SCMDC will soon join forces with NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service and BirdLife Australia to conduct two days of workshops where you can learn all you ever wanted to know about shorebirds. The workshops will be held on 28th & 29th November from 9:30am till 4:00pm. Day 1 will be centred around the…
Read more →Kids start your pencils!! Celebrate the Eden Whale Festival and enter our colouring in competition! Win a whale watching cruise with Merimbula Marina! 2 categories: 0 -6 year olds & 7 – 14 year olds. Download the Colouring in competition form to enter! Entries need to be brought into the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre by…
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