VOLVO OCEAN LOVERS FESTIVAL NEWSLETTER- ISSUE 7 |
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Dive In With Us! Today marks just three short months to our Festival in Bondi. Put it in your calendar for the weekend of March 12 and 13. Come and Dive In To Wonder with our new campaign. Jump onto our socials to see all we will be offering with Ideas, Art + Music and Actions in our jam-packed festival of hope for the ocean, wrapped with a big dose of fun and sun. Read on for a few great offers in this giveaway edition. Wishing everyone a safe and social festive season. |
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Last Chance - Free Excursion School students are invited to join us in Bondi for a hands on, informative excursion on Friday, March 11, 2022. Students will meet marine scientists, learn about cool ocean restoration projects, participate in workshops, see student created Litter Art and enjoy amazing ocean science. They can even see beneath the surface of the sea with the Sea Museum underwater drone. Places are filling fast so contact us to arrange a free excursion - hello@oceanloversfestival.com. | | |
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Explorers Offer For Adventurers Australian Geographic Explorers magazine engages kids in the amazing world they live in. Each issue is jam-packed with inspiring people, eye-popping science, facts, activities, and posters. Aimed at ages 6-12, it's the perfect gift for any budding adventurer. Our partner Australian Geographic is offering a special subscription deal to ocean lovers for 7 issues for only $39, save over $20 off the newsstand price! Get it now to see next month's Ocean issue with our Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival and much more! Get the deal here! | | |
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Win Tickets With An Ocean Hero Keep an eye on our Instagram page to find out how you can win 2 free tickets to the award-winning film Playing with Sharks - The Valerie Taylor Story at our festival. This is a special screening with ocean leaders and lovers and will include a Q&A with Valerie Taylor! "Valerie Taylor is a living legend and icon in the underwater world whose life's work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today. Through remarkable underwater archival footage, along with interviews with Valerie herself, Playing with Sharks follows this daring ocean explorers's trajectory from champion spearfisher to passionate shark protector." | | |
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Shoot The Coast Amateur photographers with a passion for the coast can now enter Waverley Council's 'Love the Coast' photo competition to win wonderful prizes. The competition has two categories - Living Connections and Natural Landscape - entries open up to 21 January 2022 so get snapping and you might see your picture showcased at our March festival. | | |
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Norman Needs You 'Saving Norman' is a new campaign to protect Bondi's population of critically endangered grey nurse sharks. Norman is the affectionate name given by local photographer DroneSharkApp to the harmless grey nurse sharks encountered in Bondi. Norman needs your voice to replace Waverley shark nets with non-lethal alternatives. Council supports this solution so find our more and sign the petition here. | | |
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Sydney Harbour Gets Wild You can join some new citizen scientists by snapping wildlife pics for Wild Sydney Harbour, a new project launched by festival ambassador and marine expert Dr Vanessa Pirotta. Wild Sydney Harbour will help scientists gain a better understanding of the habits and movements of the animals who live in our beautiful Sydney Harbour. If you see something while you're on or around the Harbour snap a pic and post it on instagram with #wildsydneyharbour or email the pic to wildsydneyharbour@gmail.com and be an ocean loving champion. | | |
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Blair Embarks For Record Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival Ambassador Lisa Blair has started the route to her second solo sailing world record attempt around Antarctica. Lisa embarked this month from Brisbane to Perth to start her Antarctica attempt to break her current world record. She has equipped her yacht, named 'Climate Action Now', to collect precious data in that remote ocean. Follow 'Climate Action Now' and her journey. Good Luck Lisa! | | |
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To Watch Our Living Oceans On Earthx TV Our Living Oceans on Earthx TV reveals the hidden life within our oceans. In partnership with the Khaled bin Sultan Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), Our Living Oceans engages scientists, conservationists, and local leaders from around the world who are working to preserve, protect and restore ocean health. Episodes feature our Mission Blue partner and National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Ved Chirayath of the NASA Ames Research Centre and many more at the front line of ocean research and education. |
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