We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
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Wharf to Wharf Walk – Sharing the Shoreline
The South Coast is home to many threatened shorebird species including the critically endangered Hooded Plovers. This program allows school students to be immersed into the world of the shorebird while visiting Bournda National Park. Students will have the opportunity to meet National Parks and Wildlife staff who coordinate the South Coast Shorebird Program, and…
Wharf to Wharf Underwater Drone Explorer @ Tathra
Take on the Underwater Drone Explorer challenge and discover the beauty of Kianinny Bay. Students will master the skill of the underwater drone, filming using ipads the variety of life they find in the underwater world. This program is designed to allow students the opportunity to observe the fascinating creatures of the rocky bay, examining…
Forest Monitoring and Improvement program
This project asks community members to work with scientists and natural resource managers to develop and analyse the data from research projects, and jointly agree plans and actions for restoration projects to improve the biodiversity, health and resilience of post bushfire forests. The Atlas of Life has been invited to partner with the Natural Resources…
EchidnaCSI
The short-beaked echidna is an iconic Australian animal and Australia’s most widespread native mammal. Despite this, we have poor understanding of most of their wild populations as they are difficult to find, track and study in the wild. To combat this, EchidnaCSI was launched in 2017, which is a national citizen science project with the…
The Science of Nestboxes
We want to help our birds and possums to find places to nest and raise their young as we know there are far too few suitable natural tree hollows for the animals who need homes. Nest boxes can provide a viable alternative to natural tree hollows for a range of wildlife. This session will share…
Glossies in the Mist and Gang Gang Cockatoos
Presenters Lauren Hook and Erna Llenore want to raise the conservation profile of threatened glossy black- cockatoos (GBC), the Saving our Species, Glossies in the Mist project provided identification training to the Southern Highlands community and invited citizen scientists to submit sightings of GBCs. Glossies in the Mist (GITM) teamed up with community champions to…
A celebration – The Atlas of Life and iNaturalist
The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness is celebrating its 10 years anniversary, so we will have a short trip down memory lane and share some of our favourite events and records. Thomas Mesaglio will give you a tour around our biodiversity mapping platform, the rapidly growing Australian iNaturalist – how you can use…
Bee Hotels- to Boost Bees after fire
Kit Prendergast will be talking about an exciting project for people in and around areas that have been impacted by fires to install bee hotels. These are artificial nesting substrates which provide much needed substrates for cavity-nesting bees to rear their offspring in when their natural substrates have been destroyed by fires. Learn more about…
Symposium – Our East Australian Ocean hotspot
What is it and how will it change our coastal ecology? A diverse group of expert scientists will deep dive into what’s happening in the ocean off the East Coast and how it is affecting our coastal ecology and biodiversity. From the great ocean systems to the waters off our coasts, we will hear about…