The Marine Discovery Centre comments on how we can further reduce our impact on climate change in the midst of a crisis. From clean canals to a plunge in pollutants; now is the time to realise there is an alternative way of living. Nature has been given a breath of fresh air – and us a new perspective.
Commences Term 3, 2020
The Kids Marine Scientist Club is a weekly drop-off club for primary school aged children aged 7 to 13 years. The Kids Marine Scientist Club encourages independence and self-growth and allows the student to an array of discoveries. The team at the Marine Discovery Centre will provide both indoor and outdoor setting for children to engage in interactive learning experiences while empowering them to actively protect South Australia’s iconic coastal and marine environments.
The Marine Discovery Centre is the new home to a South Australian native marine animal, a Southern Fiddler Ray. Our marine life room features South Australian marine species, which gives our visitors the opportunity to see them up close and learn more about our unique local marine life.
We have welcomed two new additions to the Marine Discovery Centre creature family this term; a Zebra Moray Eel and Snowflake Moray Eel! These creatures were aquarium pets looking for a new home, and we were happy to take them in.
On Wednesday 7 August we welcomed the Minister for Education, the Hon. John Gardner MP and Matt Cowdrey – Member for Colton to the Marine Discovery Centre (pictured with Star of the Sea School Principal, Joe DeTullio and students).
Just one oyster can clean a bathtub of water every day! Native oysters called the Angasi Oyster are being grown in and are improving the quality of the Port River water. Volunteers are re-introducing them into the ecosystem to work with the other shellfish to help clean the water and assist with protecting the shores during storms.
More than 100 million years ago before the Tertiary Period, Australia was connected to the Antarctic land mass that formed the super-continent known as 'Gondwanaland'.
This southern land mass was mostly above sea level until the beginning of the Tertiary Period, 65 million years ago, when a series of extreme climate cycles weathered and eroded parts of Gondwanaland.
Over 33,000 South Australians cast more than 122,000 votes for nearly 1700 neighbourhood improvement projects across the state. MDC were fortunate winners.
Our brilliant Patron, Chris Daniels, accepts the $170,000 "Fund My Neighbourhood" Grants on the MDC's behalf.
Check the video of the acceptance
Fund My Neighbourhood $170,000 Grant win on November 30, 2017:
Over 33,000 South Australians cast more than 122,000 votes for nearly 1700 neighbourhood improvement projects across the state.
