• About Jenny Robb

    Chief Executive Officer for the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre.

    https://www.sapphirecoastdiscovery.com.au

    Shorebird workshops coming soon – book now!

    by  • November 6, 2012 • Announcements

    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…

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    Wow! What a Whale Festival!

    by  • November 5, 2012 • Announcements • 0 Comments

    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…

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    Whale experts galore!!

    by  • November 1, 2012 • Announcements

    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…

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    Shorebird Workshop coming soon!

    by  • October 30, 2012 • Announcements

    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…

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    It’s Whale Festival time!

    by  • October 24, 2012 • Announcements, Events

    The Annual Eden Whale Festival is almost here. Check out the Festival website: www.edenwhalefestival.com.au or facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eden-Whale-Festival/195565740490810 for the program, Festival highlights and more. The Discovery Centre will be open as follows: Saturday 3rd November:  11am – 3pm (Special Entry Price: Gold Coin Donation) 12.30pm: Fish and octopus feeding 2pm: Whale presentation from a…

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    Seabird Rescue Workshop – Feb 2013

    by  • October 9, 2012 • Announcements

    We’re happy to announce that a date has been set for a Seabird Rescue Workshop to be conducted by the Australian Seabird Rescue organisation on Saturday 9th February 2013.  The workshop will be open to the first 40 people to book a place and will commence at 9am.  It is planned to finish at…

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    SURFAH Humpback Whale Research

    by  • September 13, 2012 • Announcements

    The team from SURFAH (Surface and Underwater Research on Feeding Australian Humpback whales) are back again, this time with a bigger boat, bigger crew and longer research period.  Last night (Wednesday 12th September) the team gave a very interesting presentation on their work to a community audience at the Marine Discovery Centre.  The team,…

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    Success with Community Action Grant

    by  • July 13, 2012 • Announcements

    We were very excited to receive advice today from the Australian Government Caring for our Country Grants Program that we have succeeded with an application for a Community Action Grant. The Grant Project is a joint initiative between SCMDC, Australian Seabird Rescue Organisation, Far South Coast Birdwatchers and National Parks & Wildlife Shorebird Recovery…

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    Professor Steve Kennelly will be here in late July

    by  • June 26, 2012 • Announcements

    Professor Steve Kennelly, Chief Scientist and Director of Fisheries Research, Director of Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence, has kindly accepted an invitation to give a presentation at the Discovery Centre on Tuesday 31st July.  The presentation will be entitled “Reducing Bycatch in the World’s Fisheries”. Associate Members will be admitted FREE.  All others $5/each. Don’t miss…

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