On This Weekend - Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival

NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 11

Dive In to Wonder
WE ARE ON THIS WEEKEND! Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival will be an all-weather, all-ages, all-on weekend of fantastic activities, exhibitions and events for the ocean. There are indoor and outdoor activities so come along and support all our enthusiastic participants. Amazing student artworks are on display in our Litterarty Exhibition inside the Bondi Surf Club, kids free Ocean Lab Workshops are in a marquee, outdoor Market Stalls in the park and a full stage program of Live Music plus fascinating talks on stage in Bondi Park will be highlighted with two terrific Trashion Parades on Saturday. You can dodge the rain showers and get wet in Icebergs Pool with our Crayweed Forest and Living Seawall tile installations. Head to the website to check the program all day Saturday and Sunday. 
 

Special FILM SCREENING
Don't miss our special film event - the free outdoor screening of Girls Can't Surf, now scheduled at 5:30 in Bondi Park right after our afternoon live music program. Our partner The Hidden Sea wine (who remove 10 plastic bottles from the ocean for every wine bottle purchased) have kicked off the crowd funding campaign with us for a statue of Bondi world surfing champion Pauline Menzcer to be erected at the beach.

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Food and Drinks
Make it a full Bondi outing by supporting local venues who are offering great Ocean Lover deals over the weekend. Click below to see offers from our partners; The Blue Hotel's - Italo House, Hotel Ravesis, Flave.

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Valerie Taylor Prize 
Open Now
 Our partnership with new Bondi organisation Blue World, formed by a team of passionate locals, is offering thousands in prize money for ocean protection and literacy projects. So check out how to enter now, with winning projects to be showcased at our 2023 Festival. Artists, educators, scientists, environmentalists and more are invited to apply for The Valerie Taylor Ocean Protection $10,000 prize for a project based in Sydney and the Valerie Taylor Sydney-East Prize of $3500 is for a project based in Waverley, Woollahra or Randwick LGA. 
 
Also see their presentation of $1500 in prize money for our Litterarty competition, presented this Saturday at 1:30pm on the Sunshine Stage. With prizes also from Australian Geographic and Jack the Super Prawn.

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Bands In Your Boardies
Our live music program kicks off from 1:40pm Saturday with dancer/DJ Chase Zera, followed by ethereal Erthlings at 3pm and rockers Pacific Avenue at 4pm. Head to the beachside Bondi Park in your boardies to catch the free acts and come back on Sunday from 1pm for Declan Kelly, Jane Walker and afternoon headline Billy Otto at 3pm.

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 To Watch
Our Blue Solutions Summit staged by the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney on March 10th delivered on its promise elevate the critical issues facing our ocean and showed the bold leadership and innovation happening in key sectors to address impacts and find solutions. 
Check out the highlights!

    
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