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24.01.2022 We have some terrific artists lined up at World Wetlands Day. From 11am until 3pm, artists will be sharing their expertise and helping you create some beautiful... wetlands inspired art to take home. Create an invertebrate puppet with freelance designer / maker Roz Wren in our Crazy Critter Corner, and while you’re there, make some more crazy invertebrates from waste with Maree Bakker. Feel like an introspective quiet activity? Come and draw some saltmarsh plants and water bugs. Or screen print an original design onto a free calico tote bag with visual artist Warren Mason. For those who would prefer their art to be created by someone else, join the queue for Leesa from Mona Leesa, who will be painting beautiful wetland inspired designs. See more

22.01.2022 To celebrate World Wetlands Day 2020, we have not one but two Discovery Rangers from Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service coming in to run activities! Kristin Mc...Cutcheon, an environmental educator, will be running a fun, hands on activity called Flushed Away to explore what gets washed away into our local waterways and wetlands when it rains. William Oliver, an animal scientist and orange-bellied parrot enthusiast, will be getting a little messy with some hands on nature painting. Visit the Discovery Ranger’s display table and discover how our changing environment is putting greater pressures on our local waterways and oceans. The time to act is now! See more

20.01.2022 Warren Mason, a proud indigenous man with lines to the Yorta Yorta and Yuwaalaraay tribes, is a designer, artist and musician. He has created this beautiful design just for tomorrow's celebration of World Wetlands Day. Come and print it on to a free calico bag or bring something of your own. Lookin' good!

19.01.2022 This year we celebrate 20 years of caring for Jacks Flat, a rather special reserve in Dodges Ferry. This land has been regularly tended by the Southern Beaches Coastcare Landcare group and volunteers, with regular working bees and celebrations held throughout the year. What began as a virtual paddock of grass and weeds has transformed into an essential native habitat corridor for wildlife and also an important green space for locals to enjoy. Recently the local bush school homeschooling group have been having a fabulous time at Jacks Flat. "Such a wonderful private, cosy nook you have created. The kids ran amongst the trees and built cubbies. We lit a fire in the fireplace, boiled the billy and roasted potatoes for lunch!" More about Jacks Flat to come!

16.01.2022 20 years ago the Sydney Olympics were in full swing. 20 years ago today we were thrilled when Cathy Freeman won Gold for Australia. And 20 years ago this week Southern Beaches Landcare/Coastcare volunteers began an Olympic Landcare Project to revegetate and restore habitat on a degraded piece of Council land and the adjacent Crown Land reserve on China Creek. ... Jacks Flat Reserve has been transformed. The stile, built with assistance from Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA), is now nestled among shady trees and the reserve is graced with diverse native flora and fauna that have made it their home. Take a walk on the wildside! Visit Jacks Flat and treat yourself to some birdwatching and orchid spotting. Perhaps you can find and identify the tracks and scats which reveal which animals have moved in at Jacks Flat. Find Jacks Flat on Old Forcett Road opposite Heatherbelle Road and follow the hardened track down to the rock circle. Please respect the wildlife living in this precious place by leaving your dog at home. To find out more about Jacks Flat follow the link to http://southernbeachescoastcare.org/pre/jacks-flat-reserve/ Southern Beaches Landcare/Coastcare Inc. Community Caring for Coast and Country www.southernbeachescoastcare.org

14.01.2022 WORLD WETLANDS DAY - FEBRUARY 2ND, 2020 Up to 400 visitors came to the Lauderdale Primary School hall to enjoy everything from facepainting and puppet making to some cracking science talks and walks at the recent 2020 World Wetlands Day event. Highlights included tours of wetlands, bird watching at Ralph's Bay and a walk around the Roscommon constructed wetlands with Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick. Stalls promoting wetland conservation offered people an opportunity to chat infor...mally with scientists and experts and for those seeking a more in depth wetlands experience, the fast and funky talks were a popular choice. Great music, good food, art and science kept both adults and kids engaged and entertained, many for the entire day. A terrific free Clarence Council event and a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Tasmania's special wetland places! Thanks to Mayor Doug Chipman for opening the event and Aunty Colleen Mundy and Aunty Cheryl Mundy for the Welcome - always a special experience. See more

13.01.2022 What’s an event without music? On World Wetlands Day, come and hear renowned folk musicians Fred Pribac and world class mandolin player Luke Plumb, fresh from t...he Cygnet Folk Festival. They will be playing a range of mandolin, guitar, irish bouzouki and banjo based duet material covering folk tunes and songs from Ireland through Europe and to the Balkans. Luke is an expert on celtic music and has returned to Tasmania after 10 years playing with and composing for the highly regarded celtic dance music band Shooglenifty, based in Scotland. Fred has been playing folk and roots music since the late 70’s and plays in the HOT string band and other local combos. Fred and Luke will be playing a few sets around lunch time. Come and grab a free sausage or splash out with a choice of three food vans and listen to some world class folk music for free! See more

13.01.2022 One more sleep until World Wetlands Day! Last weekend of the school holidays something for everyone. Scintillating science, marvellous music, amazing art and ...totally terrific tours! Don’t miss the Welcome to Country with elder Aunty Colleen Mundy and Aunty Cheryl Mundy at 12.00pm, followed by the official event opening by Mayor Doug Chipman. Please bring old covered shoes for wetland walks and if you have any old gumboots or wet weather gear for little kids, Lauderdale prep teacher Jess, is looking for donations to get her class out and into wetlands! Lets support the next generation to care for our wetlands - and our planet! See more

11.01.2022 Science is not the only avenue to understand and appreciate the natural world. Hear a different perspective from our final two speakers, as they communicate wit...h poetry and inspiring words, how special our wetlands are. Poet Adrienne Eberhard will be reading from ‘The Voice of Water’ an artists book, comprising of 30 miniature paintings and poems, which celebrate the beauty and ephemeral life of wetlands. Toby Thorpe, a young Tasmanian climate change activist and much in demand speaker, will talk about biodiversity and wetlands and the necessity for climate action to ensure their protection. Don't miss the chance to see our wetlands from two unique perspectives! See more

10.01.2022 The program for World Wetlands Day is out! Expert led tours, fast and funky science talks, art, stalls, activities plus live music, free bbq and food and coffee vans. The weather forecast is looking good! The wetlands are waiting ... Come and check them out!

09.01.2022 At World Wetlands Day, come and hear scientists talk about wetlands and biodiversity at the ‘fast and funky science talks’ program. First up is Dr Clare Hawkins..., a threatened species zoologist, who has been involved with threatened species research world-wide for more than 30 years. Janet Smith, wetlands aficionado and DPIPWE scientist, will be speaking about wetland critters. The following two talks will be about all things fishy, with Dr Scott Hardie, a senior aquatic ecologist with DPIPWE talking about Tasmania’s fantastic freshwater fish and Dr Vishnu Prahalad discussing fish life in our Tasmanian saltmarsh wetlands. Pull up a chair and take the opportunity to hear some first class scientists share their work and their passion for wetlands! See more

07.01.2022 We are thrilled to have Dr Vishnu Prahalad with us for World Wetlands Day. Vishnu, a saltmarsh expert, will be leading walks on the saltmarshes and also giving ...a talk later in the day. Vishnu is a researcher and lecturer at the Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, UTAS and he has worked on saltmarsh ecology and management in Tasmania for over ten years. His publications include ‘a field guide to the plants of Tasmanian saltmarsh wetlands’, atlases for saltmarshes for all three regions of Tasmania and the ‘saltmarsh matters’ citizen science app. Vishnu will be guiding a saltmarsh walk at 9am, meeting at Dorans Rd, Sandford. If you are interested in learning about the Clarence Council's Lauderdale saltmarsh RAP, join Vishnu and Adam Holmstrom on a walk to the old tip site, meeting at the Lauderdale football and sports club. See more

03.01.2022 For a preview of whats in store on World Wetlands Day, tune in to ABC Radio Hobart at 8.30am Saturday and have a listen to Janet Smith from DPIPWE and Inger Vis...by from Derwent Estuary Program. These two scientists will be chatting with Joel Rheinberger about all things wetlands. You can also catch two of our presenters online at ABC Radio Hobart - Dr Vishnu Prahalad who was on Breakfast with Ryk Goddard this morning at 6.35 am and also Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick, who was interviewed on Monday 27th at 9.30am. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/saturdays/ See more