My name is Laura Harris and I am currently studying science in Parks, Recreation and Heritage at Charles Sturt University, Albury Wodonga campus. Due to my interest in all things marine and my love of working with visitors, I figured that the SCMDC would be the perfect place to complete my work placement for…
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 →Thanks to our Australian Government Caring for our Country Community Action Grant, we will be conducting a Seabird Rescue Workshop on Saturday 16th February 2013. Julie Dunn, Founder of Australian Seabird Rescue South Coast, will conduct the workshop at the Marine Discovery Centre and surrounds from 9:00am until 4:00pm. Topics covered will include: understanding pelicans,…
Read more →Our new octopus ‘Olivia’ is really settled now in her little tank. She is tiny – only about 10cm across when fully stretched. She spends her days either hiding in her shell or dancing around the tank, much to the delight of our many visitors.
Read more →Our new Octopus’ Garden is now open and was a hive of activity for our first Workshops of 2013 with 2 sessions fully booked. Lots of happy smiling children made a huge mess and enjoyed every minute of it. And while they were at it, Marine Scientist Sheree Epe explained how bubbles were formed….
Read more →The whole Sapphire Coast is now buzzing with happy tourists and we are already seeing a few families through the Centre. Thanks a million to the guys at Eden Mussels for bringing us a gorgeous new little octopus this morning. He/she (too small yet to tell!) is settling in nicely.
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…
Read more →The December 2012 Newsletter is out now. Download Sea Scenes December 12 here and enjoy catching up on our news.
Read more →On Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th of November, the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre in conjunction with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services and Birdlife Australia hosted an informative, fun and extremely interesting Shore bird and beach nesting bird workshop. Held over two days with two field trips to Lake Curalo in Eden, and…
Read more →If you haven’t heard already we have a great new Youtube channel. You can view all our clips at http://www.youtube.com/user/scmdc77 We have octopus videos, mentos/diet coke explosions and crazy whale dances (Gangnam style)!
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