Manly Beachfront
Promenade – The Corso along to Manly Life Saving Club
FESTIVAL
OVERVIEW:
Manly’s Ocean
Care Day Festival is an annual event coordinated by the Manly
Environment Centre. The festival is a fun, interactive all-inclusive
community event that aims to raise awareness of the range of
environmental issues we face today. Most importantly we aim to
provide information to people, which will empower them to take action
and make lifestyle choices which will create positive outcomes for
themselves, the wider community (locally and globally) and the
environment.
FESTIVAL THEME :
‘International Year of the Reef’ – The Reef in our
Backyard – Cabbage Tree Bay
On Sunday 7th
December, The Manly Environment Centre will be hosting the 15th
annual Ocean Care Day Festival from 11am to 5pm on Manly
beachfront.
This truly
magnificent event will feature: 60+ eco exhibitors, live
entertainment including artists Hannah Glassman, Flaming
Cadillacs, Beatwood Mac, Ami Williamson, and Amalia Fitzgerald. Meet
the Penguin Wardens at the Penguin Plaza, visit the Maori
Pavilion for arts & craft and face painting, step inside the
Art Tent to meet local artists and view their work. Listen to
3 great marine talks and take a tour of the Australian Surf
Museum at the Manly Life Saving Club with one of the Curator’s
Ray Moran. See the work of local school children (Cabbage Tree Bay
Colouring in Competition) in the Penguin Plaza, make a pledge
to a whale…Lots of kids activities, prizes and giveaways
throughout the day, Manly Yacht Club Race plus much more…
Book early for the 3
great marine talks at Manly Life Saving Club including:
-
Award winning underwater
filmmaker George Evatt - The Marine Life of Manly (1.30pm)
-
Marine Archaeologist Tim Smith
- Heritage at the Bottom of the Harbour including the M24
Midget Japanese submarine sunk in 1942. (2.30pm)
-
Author Chris Pash – The
last Whale (3.30pm ) - discusses whalers & protesters
involved in taking the last whale in Australia
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To book a seat for any of these
FREE talks, ring the MEC on 02 9976 2842.
For a full
program
Manly Environment
Centre www.mec.org.au
