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SUMMARY:Hervey Bay Whale Festival – Creating Waves
DESCRIPTION:Join us for ‘Creating Waves’ – a night of personal tales hosted by UniSC in the Main Lecture Hall on August 1. Meet Hervey Bay academics researching our majestic creatures as they migrate past our coast. Traditional owners will explain the importance of the whales to the Butchulla people and how whale songlines connect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders along the entire east coast of Australia. Learn how citizen scientists are contributing to the “Happy Whale” fluke identification system which is extending throughout the oceans of the world.\nTickets $5.00 – Get your tickets here.\nMain Lecture Hall, Building B \n5.30pm doors, 6pm start – 8pm \nProceeds of this event go to Turtle Rehabilitation and Research Centre \nEvent Schedule\n6pm- Aunty Veronica Bird\nWelcome to Country and cultural importance of whales and connection to sea country.\n6.15pm – Dr. Kathy Townsend\nWorld Whale Heritage Steering Committee & UniSC\nIntroduction to The Whale Heritage Site Steering Committee and Hervey Bay’s Vision to be the World’s Pre-eminent Whale Heritage Site.\n6.20pm – Dr Jodi Edwards\nVice-Chancellor Indigenous Research Fellow University of Wollogong & Dharawal woman\nWhale Songlines that connect First Nations along the East Coast of Australia.\n6.35pm – Holly West\nTurtles in Trouble Rescue\nTroubling Time for Turtles.\n6.50pm – Jessica Blackmore and Naoko Ouki\nLady Elliot Island Eco Resort\nLady Elliot Island Eco Resort’s environmental efforts – leaving a legacy.\n7.05pm – Georgina Hume\nUniversity of the Sunshine Coast\nDolphins of the Great Sandy Straits.\n7.20pm – Julia Lennan\nUniversity of the Sunshine Coast\nContemporary abundance of and, environmental impacts on, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.\n7.35pm – Dr. Barry McGovern\nPacific Whale Foundation\nUpdate on PWF dolphin line transect and humpback whale body condition research.\n7.41pm – Ticiana Fettermann\nPacific Whale Foundation\nHumpback whale scar assessment research.\n
URL:https://www.frasercoastconferences.com.au/events/hervey-bay-whale-festival-creating-waves/
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