January Newsletter Welcome to 2020 all our Ocean Lovers |
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As we know this will be one of the important decades for our planet and its blue heart will need to be healthy with solutions from smart, mobilised humans. |
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We are so looking forward to staging a festival of passion for the oceans, where our showcase of solutions for healthy oceans can provide some rays of hope after a gloomy environmental start to the year. |
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So get your swimmers on in March and come see some cool science and innovation, enjoy music and art that is ocean inspired and join some actions like a beach clean, blue yoga and a paddle-out for protection. Diary six days of ocean loving and join us on 17th - 22nd of March.
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WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO THE REEF First up, we are thrilled to offer our Ocean Lovers the chance to win a trip to the exceptional, pristine Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reed to enjoy a truly immersive ocean loving experience. It is courtesy of our eco travel partner, Wild Diaries who will be showcasing global eco ocean destinations at the Festival Hub this year.
The prize is a 4 night, 5 day package including return fights Sydney to Hervey Bay plus accommodation at the Ramada Hotel in Hervey Bay, then transfers to Lady Elliot Island for a 2 night, 3 day island escape in a Reef Unit, including buffet dinner and breakfast. There is a glass bottom boat tour and snorkel included with other island activities to get this amazing reef experience. | | |
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SCIENCE IN YOUR SWIMMERS We are super excited to announce our new partners Fizzics Education who deliver the cool science space at Splendour in the Grass among their many achievements. They will deliver us a Science Space at the Festival Hub in Bondi Pavilion Courtyard, providing kid and adult science workshops about oceans. It is free! Come off the beach in your swimmers to join in. This initiative is supported by Inspiring Australia
Fizzics are also helping program an array of science and innovation talks on our Sunshine Stage in the centre of the courtyard. Between music, showcases, and films there will be plenty to learn and meet a scientist to ask them your pressing questions and concerns for our oceans. | | |
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DRIVE A DRONE UNDERWATER The Australian National Maritime Museum will also join us in Bondi for the Festival with their uber underwater drones so you can dive off North Bondi for a view beneath the waves without even getting wet. Registration to join the tours for free will be from our info booth at the front of the Pavilion. | | |
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AWESOME PARTNERS RETURN Our founding partners have again joined us to bring you the Ocean Lovers Festival, with most activities for free. Volvo have returned as our presenting partner with major partners TOMRA and Waverley Council providing us their passionate support.
True blue supporters like Hotel Ravesis, The Bucket List, Pacific Club, Icebergs and Body Mind Life are getting behind us again to show their love of the oceans and more are coming on board. New supporters include the indefatigable team at Ocean Protect who are helping keep our beaches and harbour clean one storm drain at a time.
Local Member Dave Sharma has put his blue credentials on the line to get us a Federal Environment Grant to bring you the Big Bondi Beach Clean during the festival. | | |
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DID YOU KNOW: Volvo Cars has a long and rich history of designing and engineering its cars around people. They have a word in Swedish – Omtanke – that means care and consideration. It’s the lens through which Volvo view the world. Omtanke allows Volvo to solve problems of all shapes and sizes, from safety in cars to electrification, ocean pollution and more. In Sydney Harbour Omtanke is taking practical design and innovation led steps to improve our ocean environment with the Living Sea Wall Tile project. See here what a difference it is making in partnership with the wonderful Sydney Institute of Marine Science team. |
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UNITED NATIONS JOIN US FOR VOLUNTEERS We are calling out now for Ocean Lover Volunteers to get involved in the Festival. With the support of the United Nations Association of Australia NSW branch who have assigned some of their dedicated volunteers, we will find out more about the world’s sustainable development goals, particularly those for water.
We have lots of roles to fill, from communications and event management, to crowd control and hosting. Volunteers get free stuff like shirts and hats as well as free tickets to the Closing Party at Hotel Ravesis. | | |
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AMAZING VIRTUAL REALITY AND UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY ON DISPLAY Our not-for-profit Festival partner Underwater Earth are truly an inspirational team. We get to share their extraordinary underwater images in VR and 360 degree photographs through our Bondi Pavilion Gallery exhibition “Out of Sight Out Of Mind” made possible by the Vine Foundation. | | |
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SONG AND SLAM COMPETITION LAUNCHED The annual Ocean Lovers Festival at Bondi has announced its Ode to the Oceans and Slam for the Sea competition to find budding ocean friendly artists with a chance to get on air and on-stage at the Festival. Entries are now open on the website to groups and individuals as well as schools to submit an original song or slam poem, or both.
There are prizes to be won and airtime for winners on Bondi Beach Radio as well as a paid gig at Hotel Ravesis in Bondi for eligible age groups. The competition is an all ages entry and finalists will be invited to perform at the Festival on March 21st or 22nd, 2020 on the solar powered Sunshine Stage at the Festival Hub in Bondi Pavilion Courtyard. | | |
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$5000 FOR LITTERARTY SCHOOLS ART PRIZE Schools have been invited to compete for a new waste-art competition prize pool of $5,000 donated by TOMRA for the inaugural Litterarty competition launched for the Ocean Lovers Festival.
The competition is open to students groups from primary to senior with works due to be submitted by March 1. The subject should reflect on litter and recycling and utilise environmental art practices. Grants are also available to help schools on excursions to the Festival on Friday, March 20th. | | |
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LIZZIE LEADS BIG BONDI BEACH CLEAN Our first year Ambassador Lizzie Welborn, the champion Ironwoman is taking the lead to coordinate our Big Bondi Beach Clean. Groups are invited to show their colours and join the hour long event starting in front of the Bondi Pavilion on Sunday March 22. TOMRA will host an Education Station on the promenade to help us learn more about litter impacts, plus stage some entertainment to encourage a cool crowd of helpers. | | |
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