May 25 2017
With the help of community volunteers, valuable scientific data has been methodically collected over the last ten years on the health of Roebuck Bay’s seagrass meadows.
Marine Biologist Dr Malcolm Lindsay and Julia Rau, project coordinator of the Broome Community Seagrass Monitoring Project, will present findings and launch an easily understood 10-Year Report Card that will assist with the management and protection of the seagrass meadows in Roebuck Bay.
May 19 2017
The 2017 Science on Broome Coast series is underway, starting on May 24 with the exciting story…
The night parrot – how one of the world’s most enigmatic species was rediscovered in WA.
Arguably one of the world’s rarest bird species, the Night Parrot was last confirmed in WA in 1912 when an individual was shot in the Gascoyne region. Bruce Greatwich and Nigel Jackett, with George Swann and Adrian Boyle embarked on a trip to the remote desert in the hope of finding the species. Many years of hard work and refinement of detection methods paid off, when the team was able to capture photographs and call recordings of the Night Parrot in WA for the first time in history.
May 8 2017
The focus the 2017 Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest is Roebuck Bay and the Kimberley coast – with this wild seascape providing enough drama and visuals for an outstanding screening on August 5, 2017, under the stars at The Mangrove Hotel in Broome. Filmmakers of any level are encouraged to submit a short film up to five minutes in length.
Mud and Saltwater Film Fest is OPEN NOW FOR ENTRIES…Entry details and film submissions to FILM FREEWAY
Television Filmmaker Shayne Thomson is providing a hands on Filmmaking Workshop – includes aerial technology on May 11 from 6-8pm at Lotteries House -Room 2 – don’t miss out – email: info@mudandsaltwater.org.au to book your place.
Check out the new Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest website for further details on the 2017 Filmmaking Workshops, Film Fest and Short Film Categories!
May 4 2017
FANTABULOUS NEWS…
In the lead up to the Film Fest there are plenty of opportunities to learn filmmaking skills:
Saturday 6th May 2017 2-6pm
Filmmaking Acting Workshop with actor Steve Bastoni, Lotteries House 2-4pm
Email here to secure your place
Thursday 11th May 2017 6-8pm
Aerial Filmmaking Workshop with TV Shayne Thomson
Email here to secure your place
Saturday 15th July 2017
Submissions MUST be received by Mud and Saltwater Film Fest via Film Freeway »
May 3 2017
Arguably one of the world’s rarest bird species, the Night Parrot was last confirmed in WA, when in 1912 an individual was shot in the Gascoyne region. Bruce Greatwich and Nigel Jackett, along with George Swann and Adrian Boyle embarked on a trip to the remote desert in the hope of finding the species. Many years of hard work and refinement of detection methods paid off, when the team was able to capture photographs and call recordings of the Night Parrot in WA for the first time in history.
Where Graduation Square, University of Notre Dame, 88 Guy St Broome
When Wednesday May 24 from 6 – 7.30pm
Mar 29 2017
FANTABULOUS NEWS…
AUSTRALIAN ACTOR STEVE BASTONI WILL PROVIDE FREE FILMMAKING AND ACTING WORKSHOPS IN EARLY MAY TO PREPARE US FOR THE MUD AND SALTWATER SHORT FILM FEST – AUGUST 5 2017.
In the lead up to the Film Fest there are plenty of opportunities to learn filmmaking skills:
Saturday 8th April 2017
FREE Course – Don’t Crash – Drone Basics
Broome Community Centre 9-10am
Limited spaces, click here to register your interest
Saturday 6th May 2017
FREE Filmmaking and Acting Workshop with Australian actor Steve Bastoni, Lotteries House 1-4pm
Steve Bastoni’s Filmography
Email here to secure your place
Wednesday 10th May 2017
FREE Filmmaking Workshop – includes aerial technology, Lotteries House 6-8pm
Email here to secure your place
Saturday 15th July 2017
Submissions MUST be received by Mud and Saltwater Film Fest via Film Freeway »
Oct 7 2016
Grab your family, a picnic rug or camp chair and celebrate what makes Roebuck Bay the richest known intertidal mudflat in the world! At this FREE community event see up-close amazing pictures of the animals of the mudflats, what the scientists and young people of Broome have discovered in the mud, and how they translated this into art. This will be followed by a free re-screening of the Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest provided by Roebuck Bay Working Group.
Free event: Gold coin donations welcome 🙂
Oct 7 2016
There is positive momentum (monthly clean-ups) to reduce debris in Roebuck Bay. To keep the momentum, RBWG and Tangaroa Blue are holding a Litter and Pollution Reduction Workshop to reduce marine debris. As Heidi Taylor from Tangaroa Blue said, “If all we do is clean-up, that’s all we’ll ever do. Understanding where litter and marine debris is coming from, enables us to tackle the release at the source, reducing the amount of litter entering the beautiful Broome environment in the first place.”
Sep 27 2016
Recognising the intertidal mudats of Roebuck Bay/Eighty Mile Beach as critical for up to 200,000 wintering migratory shorebirds, Professor Piersma and his team collaborated with DEC (then) to establish research projects to understand these biodiverse wetland wonders. From the research undertaken since 1997, what has been discovered about these invertebrates?
FREE event, gold coin donations welcome
Sponsored by Inspiring Australia, Rangelands NRM through the Federal Government Landcare Program, Western Australia Government’s State NRM Program, supported by Royalties for Regions, WA Marine Science Institution, Department of Parks and Wildlife and The University of Notre Dame.
The Science on Broome Coast series is put on by Roebuck Bay Working Group and the Yawuru Land and Sea Unit.
Sep 22 2016
Join Environs Kimberley and Broome Chamber of Commerce this Sunday, 25 September for a public clean up along the foreshore of Roebuck Bay. Meet at Streeter’s Jetty at 7:00am and bring your gloves, hat and water bottle. We’ll provide water, fresh fruit and delicious cakes… oh and bags, too. No need to register, just turn up. For more info call Jules on 9192 1922 or email »
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