WA Wildlife is a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre looking after sick and injured wildlife. Join them for an introduction to Australian reptiles, birds and mammals. Have a hands on interaction with amazing wildlife. Learn about the importance of caring for the environment for our wildlife. Suitable for children aged 5 years and over, accompanied…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Tour: Albury Waste Management Centre
Take a tour of AlburyCity’s Waste Management Centre and get a better understanding of the amazing advancements your council are making to extend the life of the city’s landfill through education and a whole lot of recycling and waste reducing enthusiasm. The touring bus will depart from the LibraryMuseum at 10.30am. Please meet in the LibraryMuseum…
Waterbug Wonders
Take the opportunity to get up close and personal with the little creatures that live in local waterways. Using microscopes and magnifying glasses to inspect them, kids and adults alike will be fascinated by the variety of spineless creatures present in the wetlands and rivers (and sometimes even puddles) that surround them. Suitable for children…
Inquisitive Kids Program – Disastrous Science!
An after-school workshop for primary aged children, with Fizzics Education. Children will take part in a fun; hands-on workshop designed to educate and engage. With over 60 curriculum-linked incursions on offer, Fizzics Education excels at putting together an engaging and educational programme to bring science to life. In the Natural Hazards and Disasters Workshop, the conditions that cause on…
iNaturalist: a beginner’s guide and Bega river walk with expert botanist Jackie Miles
The Atlas of Life and the Bega River and Wetlands Landcare group (BRAWL) will run a botanist led “walk, record and ID” session at the Bega River Reserve. We will have the expert knowledge of Jackie Miles to guide us on plant ID and Patricia Daly and other Atlas members on hand to provide a…
CCWA Bat Logo Competition
Feeling artsy? We’re after a logo for our new WA Bat Monitoring Program, which is due to launch in November. To give you the chance to show off your design skills – and because the community is such an important part of this program – we thought we’d take this opportunity to run a bat…
2023 Governor-General’s Design Challenge Presented by Questacon
Questacon, in collaboration with the Office of the Governor-General, presents the Governor-General’s Design Challenge. Get ready to be blown away by the possibilities of mechanical engineering and create something amazing – your very own windmill. In this free virtual workshop, Their Excellencies, the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia,…
Photography for Fungi Fans
Automatic features of modern cameras make it easy to avoid the technical and sometimes daunting aspects of photography. However, the decisions your camera makes on your behalf are often less than ideal and rarely take into account your own artistic intent. This workshop will improve your understanding of photography fundamentals so you can make better…
CellAg Challenge
We will be bringing together students from diverse academic backgrounds and introducing them to the field of cellular agriculture. Events will be held across online and in Melbourne, hosted by the University of Melbourne Future Food Hallmark Research Initiative. Students will have the opportunity to explore new opportunities using cellular agriculture technologies through exploring a broad…
Brad Darkson exhibition: Ruled Us, Ruled Us, Ruled Us
Bringing together sound, sculpture and digital collage, the work has been developed in response to the transmutations that South Australia’s social and physical environment has undergone since first contact with British settlers. Two years in the making, Ruled Us, Ruled Us, Ruled Us was initiated as part of a curatorial mentorship between Patrice Sharkey (Artistic Director, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental)…