See us at the Bega Valley Festival

Come and see us at the Bega Valley Festival on 20th & 21st November.  We'll be part of the Clean Energy Expo in the Bega Town Hall.  Find out all about our new education programs, coming events, Summer holiday programs and Discovery Centre opening times.

FREE Seaweed Workshops - book your place now!

Are you interested in learning about the fascinating subject of seaweeds?  Did you know seaweeds produce more than 50% of the earth's oxygen, take up 24% of the carbon dioxide we produce and that seaweed beds are the most productive on earth - four times more so than tropical rainforests or agricultural crops.  Learn from the world's best experts - Dr Alan Millar from the Royal Botanic Gardens and his former student Dr Nick Yee from Elgin Associates.  They will be joined by our own Marine Teacher Steve White. When???? Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2009 from 10am - 1pm.  Ring now on 02 6496 1699 or email Steve at steven_white@internode.on.net to book your space!  Remember the workshops are FREE for community members so come and learn seaweed identification, preservation and the structure, function and importance of seaweeds to our precious marine environment.

Name the new CSIRO research vessel and you may win a prize!

Log on to the CSIRO website http://www.csiro.au/resources/float-a-name-entry-form.html and enter their competition to name Australia's next marine research vessel.  The prize for the winner is amazing - the chance to perform your own experiment on the world's newest and finest ocean-going laboratory. Enter now!

2009 Eden Whale Festival - bring on Day 2!

Day 2 of the Eden Whale Festival and the weather is perfect again. Plenty of whales about and lots and lots of visitors to the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre. Come and learn all about whales and other marine life with our fantastic Volunteer Guides!

Whales, whales and more whales - see it all at the Eden Whale Festival!

Eden will be the place to be this weekend if you want to learn about whales - and see them! Local whale watch operators Cat Balou have sent regular updates, reporting regular sightings for over a month.

Guest Presenter at Eden Whale Festival this weekend!

Karen Viggers, author of 'The Stranding' and a wildlife veterinarian, will be giving a presentation on Saturday 31st October from 2pm at the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre. Karen will speak about whale biology, strandings and a give us a little snapshot of her book. She will be followed by a representative of National Parks & Wildlife Service who will remind us all of the correct procedure to report any marine mammal strandings in the area. Come along and learn all about whales at the Discovery Centre during the 2009 Eden Whale Festival.

2009 Eden Whale Festival

Stage 2 of the Marine Discovery Centre is up and running and ready for all the visitors over the 2009 Eden Whale Festival weekend. There's lots happening!! Open from 10am both Saturday and Sunday, come and see our new Whale Room and theatrette showing beautiful films of our amazing whales. The touch tank will have lots of lovely marine specimens for kids to see and learn about, the craft area will be operating 10am-2pm, the new retail area is open, the beachcombing area has new lighting and Alan Scrymgeour will be operating a 'Q&A - All at Sea' table to identify weird and wonderful specimens people bring in. Come and join in the fun and 'see the sea' at the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre!