Last weekend National Parks Association of NSW members enjoyed a somewhat different excursion to what they are used to with a visit to the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre, followed by exploration of nearby rock pools. In the Marine Centre the group viewed informative displays about the marine environment with a particular focus on our region….
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Combining science and helping the environment with a trip to the beach is a great way to spend a day at school. Year 3 students at Tathra were lucky enough to be part of a program that did just that. ‘Marine Debris – Clean Up Your Act’ is a new school program run by…
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My name is Anna Goeldner, I’m a German backpacker and came here to Eden to work on the Eden Whale Festival for just 3 days. Thanks Deb for arranging the job in the Marine Discovery Centre!! And my plan was to stay here just for 3 days, but at the end I stayed here for…
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The results are in! The judges had a very difficult time choosing winners as there were so many fabulous entries. A big thank you to everyone that entered. The winners are (drum roll)…… 0 -7 years 1st place – Anya Epe 2nd place – Chloe Nagle 3rd place – Paige Barbaric 8-14 years 1st…
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Each year representatives from Marine Discovery Centre’s Australia get together for an annual Marine Discovery Centre conference. At these conferences like minded Marine Educators meet up and over a period of two to three days discuss ideas, give presentations about their own centres, hear interesting talks and share experiences. It is an excellent opportunity…
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To celebrate the unique marine life of Eden, we are having a colour the octopus competiton. Entries are due Sunday November 2 by 2pm, so get pencil to paper and colour it up. Download the colouring in comp 2014 form
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Deep Sea Challenge 3D – Movie Fundraiser Night Dreamed of going to the bottom of the sea to explore the deep, dark, mysterious depths? Well, now you can – at least through the eyes of someone who did! Film maker James Cameron (director of such films as Titanic, Avatar, Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss), has dreamed of…
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This Saturday (August 23) SCMDC is holding an Open Day to celebrate National Science Week. As part of the Open Day we will be running our second Oceans Connected marine survey. The survey is running from 11am – 1pm and we would like to invite you to come along and be citizen scientists for the day….
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On a cold and blustery day in August five volunteers braved the cold to go on an underwater expedition to find a dragon. Water temperatures of 13 degrees Celsius would not deter these brave souls from their mission. Luck was with them on this day as they were able to not only find a…
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