Big Blue EXPO
HELD Albert Hall Launceston Sunday 11 February 2018, 10am to 4pm
We had a crack at a marine education event in 2018 , which was enthusiastically recieved by the Launceston and Hobart environmental and scientific community and many thanks to the many people who devoted their time to supporting it. Dan even came over from South Australia. The place was teeming with very keen people. It seems people came, enjoyed it so much they didn’t leave. The actual numbers, particularly of people who weren’t aleady ‘in to’ the marine thing were quite low. We broke even and produced a very high quality event after quite a lot of work, but this perhaps isn’t the right model for getting the general public off the couch in this day and age, hence the lack of more broadly based attendances. Despite it being a success on many measures, it’s no surprise that key people are reluctant to commit to a similar thing again.
Any ideas for alternative marine education events?
DETAILS
Discussion theme: The State of the Tamar River
Sponsored by: Seadragons Dive Group, QVMAG, NRM North, IMAS, CSIRO, Seahorse World, Go Dive, filmaker Dan Monceaux, DPIPWE, UUC.
PROGRAM
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EVENT |
Venue |
Speaker |
TIME |
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Set up Albert Hall |
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9-10 |
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Forum State of the Tamar TEER/NRM/QVMAG |
Tamar Room |
NRM North Katherine Pugh David Maynard |
10-10.45 |
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Miniature worlds in the sea |
Tamar Room |
Nicole Hennessey |
11-11.45 |
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Scientists in the field, by video link to MV “Investigator” |
Tamar Room |
Dr Ben Arthur CSIRO |
12-12.45 |
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Marine Predators of the Southern Ocean through Art and Research |
Tamar Room |
Dr Annalise Rees and team |
1-1.45 |
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New Film, Cuttlefish Country |
Tamar Room |
Dan Monceaux South Australian filmmaker and environmentalist |
2-2.45 |
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Seaweeds Key part of Ocean Life (and they taste good too) |
Tamar Room |
Chris Mabin |
3-3.45pm |
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Forum – Marine Science QI Quiz Fun Facts with input from the audience |
Tamar Room |
David Maynard, Nicole Hennessey, Chris Mabin, Kathryn Pugh, Dan Monceaux Michael Jacques Annalise Rees Quenton Higgs |
4-4.45 |
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Pack Up Albert Hall |
4-5pm |
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Following Saturday Try a Dive 17 Feb Go Dive?? |
West Tamar Council Pool Riverside |
“Fitzy” Andrew Fitzpatrick |
4-5pm |
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DISPLAYS |
Location |
Interactive Theme and follow up |
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Ocean Robots Darryn Sward IMAS |
Ground floor Glassed-in lobby |
See the Seabotix LVB 300 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and footage of deployments |
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Images of the Tamar QVMAG David Maynard |
Settlers Gallery generally upper and lower |
Static display, meet the photographer |
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QVMAG/Seahorse World Invertebrates of the Tamar |
Ground floor Glassed-in lobby |
Aquarium display, seafans, coral, and feather duster worms |
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Seahorse World Seahorses of the Tamar |
Ground floor Glassed-in lobby |
Seahorse tank |
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Seadragons Dive Group & Marine Life Magazine |
Settlers Gallery |
Breathe from a scuba tank Kids Touch tank, Feral Sea Animals |
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NRM North Tamar- mountains to the sea |
Ground floor Glassed-in lobby |
Tamar catchment water quality, unique and threatened and coastal species |
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DPIPWE – Threatened Species Unit |
Settlers Gallery |
Threatened Marine Species |
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Marine theme Arts and Crafts Benita Vincent/Sue Byrne |
Lower floor Settlers Gallery |
Shopping |
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Dan Monceaux – South Australian environmentalist and filmmaker. He is completing his first environmental computer game for children. |
Upper floor Settlers Gallery |
The “Cuttle Scuttle” Computer game teaches kids about life on rocky reefs in temperate waters, from the perspective of a cuttlefish. |
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Plastics other Rubbish Seadragons/Jon Bryan |
Lower floor Settlers Gallery |
What happens to seabirds and other animals. How much garbage is there in the world’s oceans, |
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Microbiology Krill, water quality, algal blooms Dr Phil Butterworth, James Bramich, Nicole Hennessey UTAS/Seadragons |
Settlers Gallery |
Micro life in a microscope, see the life in a drop of seawater. Algal blooms. |
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Fishcare, DPIPWE |
Upper floor mezzanine |
Display, fishing pool, fish dissection |
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Dr Annalise Rees/IMAS |
Upper floor mezzanine |
Education program for kids that teaches kids about Southern Ocean ecology with arts and animal tracking devices as the main theme. Plenty of drawing too. |
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Threatened Species Unit DPIPWE |
Upper floor mezzanine |
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IMAS Sea Urchin Project & RedMap |
Dr John Keane |
Critical Sea Urchin research and aquarium |