You can download our latest Newsletter by clicking this link: Sea Scenes June 2013 . Hope you enjoy reading all the latest antics at the Discovery Centre – and beyond.
Read more →Prof Natalie Moltschaniwskyj from the University of Newcastle has spent a week in the local area catching up with some potential research partners whilst giving four community presentations about Redmap. Keen audience members now feel ready to brush up on their species identification and photography skills and then upload their own data to the interactive…
Read more →Our names are Courtney McPaul and Lachie Brown from Eden Marine High School. We are currently in year 10, the year for work experience. We chose the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre for work experience because it sounded interesting and we both like marine life and water based activities. While at the SCMDC for…
Read more →Indiana State University PhD Student Ashley Burkett had a large and captive audience last Friday night, all very interested in Ashley’s journeys into the deep deep ocean inside the submersible known as Alvin. Ashley’s research in the waters off Costa Rica and in other areas of the world’s deepest oceans was fascinating. She is…
Read more →Did you miss out on our exciting 2013 Marine Science Forum? Don’t despair we have a radio interview with three of the forum speakers for you to listen to. On Fuzzy Logic science show on 2xx in Canberra we spoke to Dr Steve Eggins and Kate Holland about their research on foraminifera, Kylie Owen about the feeding behaviour…
Read more →SCMDC CEO attended an inspirational workshop recently about the Tourism Australia /Parks Australia initiative known as Australia’s National Landscapes. Development of this long term tourism strategy began several years ago and is right on track. Our region has been named amongst only 16 Australia-wide as an iconic national landscape and branded ‘Australia’s Coastal Wilderness’….
Read more →Our Board of Directors is calling for Expressions of Interest for new Board Members as it embarks on an exciting new phase of growth and opportunity. If you have expertise in areas such as research, education, legal, financial, entrepreneurial, governance and community development and are interested in giving back to the community, please email…
Read more →If you are looking for something to do on Saturday 18th May, you could do a lot worse than head to Merimbula to check out the action in the 27th malibu surf competition. See all the details here: Malibu Origimal programme.
Read more →Well the year started off busy and the pace is not likely to stop in the short term with a number of events lined up for our supporters up and down the coast. At 5:30pm on Friday 31st May, we will be hosting a young PhD student from Indiana State University in the US -…
Read more →SCMDC’s 5th Annual Marine Science Forum was yet another success. Although attendance numbers were slightly down on last year, enthusiasm for this significant event was definitely at a high. With the theme of ‘Who Cares?’ the Forum focuses on global research that had local outcomes and the attendees were overwhelmingly positive about their experience….
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