Aimed at families with children between the ages of 7 to 12, this will be a bushwalk with a difference. Children will be challenged to learn about the bush by using their senses, as they are led through the stunning Chapman River Regional Park by Chapman River Friends expert guides. This event is supported by…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Deep sea diving in Western Australia – come take the plunge
Join marine scientists Dr. Nerida Wilson, Dr. Lisa Kirkendale and local Geraldton student Mr. Liam Cook as they talk about their recent deep sea expedition aboard RV Falkor using a submersible to discover new marine life off Ningaloo. Send us your questions using our online form for the presenters to answer live. The #NingalooCanyons expedition…
Zoom in the Atlas of Life – World Premiere of “Wonder World” – a short film by Minka Waratah
Libby Hepburn of the Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness writes: “Minka made this video when we asked her to illustrate how amazing the underwater world is in one of her favourite places. All along the coasts here we have wonderful biodiversity of seaweeds and sea creatures, from the very large, Bull kelp and…
An Artist’s Perspective on Cimate Change
Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger is an artist with a strong connection to the environment. In previous works she has looked at many of humankind’s inhumanity to the wonderful planet on which we live. In this on-line presentation, she will give her perspective on climate change in an art-filled exposition. Not your ICCC report or fossil-fuelled misinformation campaign,…
National Science Week in the Great Southern WA
Welcome to National Science Week in the Great Southern, Western Australia. Major Albany-based partners Great Southern Science Council (a member of Inspiring Australia WA Regional Science Hub Network) and Museum of the Great Southern combine forces with supporters, presenters, science professionals and our community to curate, collate and celebrate everything sciencey in our vibrant community….
Addressing Australia’s Geoscience Challenges
In late 2018, we gathered Australia’s geoscience community across academia, government and industry to develop ideas about tools, services, data and analytics needed to enable purposeful innovation in our sector. We asked: how can we better address Australia’s minerals, energy, water and geohazards questions as our population grows and the environment rapidly changes? Now, we…
The Collection Episode 5: Worm of death
“It looks like an alien… like a deep sea creature. But in real fact, it’s actually living a few hundred metres out the front of most people’s doorsteps in Darwin.” Is it a fish? Is it an alien? Is it a worm of death? In this episode, you’ll find out what lurks in the intertidal…
The Collection Episode 4: Surviving a cyclone
“Losing anything from a museum collection is sad … because it’s not just the museum who loses, it’s the people who live in that community.” In 1974, when Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, the museum building was flattened. Two blocks away, where some of the first artworks from the Papunya Desert Art movement hung, the roof…
The Collection Episode 3: Seven seasons and a very rare fish
“Balnba is the rainy season. Dalay is like the monsoon season, the season of the Cyclones. Mayilema is when it starts drying out. And between Dalay and Mayilema you have what we call the season of the knock ’em down … that’s when the last final rain comes – a big, powerful storm – and…
The Collection Episode 1: How to stuff a giant croc
“Dad brought home a huge lump of the tail and we tried it and it was really tough … just like chewing on white rubber” Meet Sweetheart, the Territory’s most infamous crocodile and find out how he ended up on the dinner table of a young taxidermist-to-be. Learn about the lengths his father went to…