Ease into your festival day before the action kicks off by dropping into one of these free morning sessions at the Noosa Main Beach Marquee.
Learn about surf culture in biospheres around the world, Surf Safe Noosa practices, iconic marine species and Noosa’s marine research program, songlines of the sea, and make your pledge to Noosa’s blue biosphere through art.
Through our marine research with partners UniSC, we can understand how our human activity impacts the natural world of our blue biosphere.
These sessions bring research to life, connecting community and conservation within our real-life living laboratory, our Noosa Biosphere.
Get involved. Be inspired. Live Like You Love It.
What’s On:
Monday 16 March – Culture & Connection (8:30am-11:00am)
- Why biosphere reserves are so special – Professor Ian Lowe AO
- Surf Culture & Biosphere Reserves: A Global View – Tom Wegener
- Surf Panel: Tom Wegener, Javier Leon (UniSC), Kirra Molnar (Noosa World Surfing Reserve), Surfrider Sunshine Coast Foundation
- Our connection to the ocean – Peppie Simpson (Whalesongs Noosa Charters)
- Our Noosa Biosphere: water/land – Beverly Hand (Walking Talking Country Tours)
Tuesday 17 March – Youth & Our Blue Biosphere (8:30am-11:00am)
- Turtles in our Blue Biosphere – Coolum & North Shore Coast Care
- Shark Smart drone technology and Surf Safe Noosa program – Surf Life Saving Qld, Dept Fisheries
- Drop-in art workshop: Pledge to the ocean – Yanni van Zijl
- Precious Plastic Showcase – Plastic Free Noosa
Thursday 19 March – Marine Research (9:00am-11:00am)
- Blue Biosphere: Understanding human-wildlife interactions – Melina Keane (UniSC)
- Bull Shark Ecology – Dr Bonnie Holmes (UniSC)
- Dolphin Ecology – Dr Alexis Levengood (UniSC)
- Panel: Marine researchers – facilitated by Prof Ian Lowe AO
- Children’s book reading – 10.30am (Hastings St Visitor Information Centre)
Where: Noosa Main Beach Marquee
Cost: Free to attend