Volunteering
Sep 20 2018
Microblitz: Citizen Science To Dig
September 26, 2018
MICROBLITZ: CITIZEN SCIENCE TO DIG!
With the help of MicroBlitz citizen scientists, Professor Andy Whitely is mapping the biodiversity, abundance and distribution of microbes in WA’s ancient and unique soils.
Professor Whiteley will discuss the purpose and potential of the MicroBlitz project, then show a chapter of Deborah Koons Garcia’s film, ‘Symphony of the Soil’. Drawing on ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, ‘Symphony of the Soil’ gently unfurls the miracles and mysteries of the ground beneath our feet.
Where The Hall, University of Notre
Dame, 88 Guy St Broome
When Wed Sept 26, 6 – 7:30 pm
Free Gold coin donations welcome
More Info www.roebuckbay.org.au/science-on-the-broome-coast-series/list-of-presentations-from-the-2018-series/
Oct 7 2016
Tackling litter
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.”
FREE WORKSHOP coordinated by Heidi Taylor from Tangaroa Blue
October 20, 9-1pm
Morning tea and lunch provided
RSVP info@roebuckbay.org.au
Sep 27 2016
Remarkable animals in the mudflats
Recognising the intertidal mud ats 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?
‘The remarkable animals of Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach’, University of Notre Dame Multipurpose Hall, Thur Oct 6, 6pm.
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
Let’s cleanup Roebuck Bay Sun 25 Sept
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 »
May 26 2016
Sea turtles and their reproduction
Dr Scott Whiting, Principal Research Scientist with Parks and Wildlife together with a Yawuru Ranger, will share their knowledge about the turtles of Roebuck Bay and the Kimberley coast and their reproduction.
Sea Turtles: Iconic ambassadors linking marine habitats… University of Notre Dame Multipurpose Hall, Wednesday, June 8 at 6pm.
Free event: Gold coin donations welcome.
Science on Broome Coast is sponsored by Inspiring Australia, Yawuru Land and Sea Unit, WA Marine Science Institution, University of Notre Dame, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Rangelands NRM through funding from the Federal Government Landcare Program.
This innovative science series is put on by Roebuck Bay Working Group and the Yawuru Land and Sea Unit.
Feb 23 2016
Town Beach cleanup on Sunday
Broome’s coast is magnificent, however it gets loved to death and needs TLC! Come along and help clean up this Sunday – March 6, from 7-9am. Conservation Volunteers Australia are running the event. broome@cva.org.au 9192 6198
Sep 7 2015
Inaugural film fest great success
There has been so much positive, heart warming feedback from community and visitors about our Broome’s first Roebuck Bay Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest. Special thanks to:
THe sponsors: Rangelands NRM through the Federal National Landcare Program, Inspiring Australia.
Prizes: Dick Smith Broome, Broome Whale Watching, Broome Bird Observatory
Donors: Pindan Printing, The Mangrove Hotel
MUD AND SALTwater judges: Paul Bell, Mark Jones and Neil Turner
Filmmaking tutors: Shayne Thomson, Jaye Smoker
Filmmakers/musicians for help with films: Paul Bell, Mark Jones, Kimberley and Dot West, Mark Cochrane, Rob Fadaely, musician Stephen Baamba Albert
Aug 27 2015
Film Fest first for Broome
A first for the coastal town of Broome in this year’s popular Shinju Matsuri Festival of the Pearl, is the Roebuck Bay Working Groups’ short film festival to be held on the 3rd of September. The Mangrove Hotel, with its sea eagle view of Roebuck Bay is the picturesque location for the FREE Roebuck Bay MUD AND SALTwater SHORT FILM FEST.
Roebuck Bay Working Group Project Manager, Kandy Curran, said the films that have been received for the festival are of a high standard and exceptionally diverse. These include films with mock interviews with Roebuck Bay’s marine life, Yawuru Rangers showing how they look after Yawuru country, stories of the bay’s multicultural history, whacky footage of mud dwellers, underwater footage of dolphins and out of water experiences with humpback whales, cyclone surfing, a cultural story told through the eyes of a young girl and the dilemma of whether to fish with a best friend or go to the movies with a dream girl.
The ROEBUCK BAY MUD AND SALTwater SHORT FILM FEST is an initiative of the Roebuck Bay Working Group and is funded by Inspiring Australia and Rangelands NRM.
Feb 23 2015
Muddy invertebrates are fattening
ROEBUCK BAY has the richest biodiversity of any tropical mudflat in the world. Each month mud samples are taken at two sites in the bay. These samples are full of marine invertebrates known as “benthos” that are sorted and identified in a laboratory at the Broome Bird Observatory. Long term monthly sampling enables monitoring of changes in invertebrate abundance in Roebuck Bay. If you want to help monitor the invertebrates that fatten up shorebirds for their annual migration, well here are the dates and details for you.
Aug 1 2014
Coastal volunteering
Love dolphins and dugongs and love being out on the water? Well here is your chance to contribute by uploading photos and sightings of dolphins and dugongs in near shore waters along the Kimberley coast to a dedicated website? The Roebuck Bay Working Group has developed these wonderful cards that illustrate so beautifully, coastal projects being run by scientists such as Dr Deb Thiele and PhD researcher Alex Brown, that are in need of volunteer help.
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