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“North Head Sanctuary - A Living Lab”
Sun 22 August 2010 10am-4pm

As part of National Science Week, the Manly Environment Centre and the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust would like to invite you to join us for a day at North Head Sanctuary to celebrate International Year of Biodiversity.

Here’s a list of some of the things that are on:

• Join the wildlife author Louise Egerton on a walk to the hanging swamp
• Aboriginal Art & Storytelling
• Take part in an Earthwatch climate indicators’ survey
• Explore what Manly’s bandicoots eat for breakfast
• Take a walk to find out about the last two ancient sand dunes in Sydney Harbour
• Kids Nature Hunt and artwork activity
• Meet Penny the possum
• Whale Tales with David Jenkins (Wildlife Photographer) & Shona Lorigan (ORCCA)
• ‘Artists with Easels’ - meet local artists as they paint or photograph images throughout the day for the ‘Beauty of Biodiversity’ upcoming exhibition
• Take up the Banksia Challenge
• Walk and talk with Fran Bodkin, an Aboriginal D’harawal knowledge holder on weather wisdom and bush secrets
• Walk - High Dune at Noon with Geoff Lambert
• Walk - Secrets of the Sanctuary with Peter Jensen
• Create two icosahedrons from bamboo with artist Sophie Hoppe
• BBQ, kids’ activities, entertainment and much more…