From the Forests to the Foreshore

The Manly Environment Centre’s 18th Ocean Care Day Festival is a fun, interactive and all inclusive community event to raise awareness of environmental issues we face today.

Program

Sunday, 4 November 2011
10.30am - 4.30pm

Lots of activities for all.

Watch out for…

• 50+ Eco Exhibitors
• Live Animal Displays – Zoo mobile
• Australian Museum scientists
• Seahorse Trail
• Native Plant Giveaways
• Sydney Observatory astronomers
• Solar viewing through a special H-Alpha telescope
• Local environmental artworks
• Oceanworld touchpool
• Meet Tula the giant penguin

Key Features 

Launch

10.30am – 11.00am - Launch

Launch of Manly’s 18th Ocean Care Day Festival starts with a Smoking Ceremony, didgeridoo and dance performance and Welcome to Country. Special guests include Andrew Lo, international artist and discoverer of the Gondwanan fish, along with Daniel & William Clarke, young authors of ‘Tears in the Jungle’. Performance by Dairamu Dancers & Didge Playing.     

Music Stage 

11.15am - 12.00pm   Molly Olhbach
12.15pm  - 1.30pm    Alex Gibson
1.45pm  - 3.00pm      James Willing
3.15pm  -  4.30pm     The Flaming Cadillacs

Eco Lab

• Glimpses into the forest 
• Peek into the native fish tank
• Meet our friendly scientists
• Is that frogs I hear?
• Check out the insects & butterflies
• What type of birds sing in your backyard?
• Find out fascinating facts about fungi

Talks in the Lab

11:45am – 11:50 am Frolicking Frogs- Andrew Lo
11.00am – 1:05 pm   Fungi facts & findings - Ray Kearney
1:45pm – 1:50 pm Pool to pond- Andrew Lo 
2:15 – 2:20 pm Fungi facts & findings - Ray Kearney
2:45 – 2:50 pm Native fish- Andrew Lo

Artists’ Tent

Meet 20+ local artists and see Manly’s unique environment through their eyes. An opportunity to buy original artwork.  

Sydney Observatory

• Astronomy by the sea
• Solar viewing through special telescope
• Test your knowledge – Transit of Venus Quiz

Penguin Pavilion

• “Project Penguin” artworks from local schools;
• find out more about our Little Penguins; 
• Activities for kids including badge-making