Sapphire Coast
National Science Week

2024

August 10th – 18th

Presented by the Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness. 
You are invited to join us for all online sessions, field trips and in-person events.
We look forward to seeing you online and in person around and about the Sapphire Coast.

saturday 10th august

Nature Journaling session with the Bush and Us team

Wednesday 14th August

Awards and exhibition evening for our 2024 Photo Competition

friday 16tH August

iNaturalist for advanced users with Thomas mesaglio

saturday 10th. Nature Journaling session with the Bush and Us team

Bush & Us project leader Bianca Bellicanta will run a Nature Journaling session on Saturday 10th August at the beautiful Panboola wetlands.

Saturday 10th 15:00hrs at Panboola Wetland

To learn more about the session and book your spot follow the link below.

Wednesday 14th   Awards and exhibition evening for our 2024 Photo Competition

To be held on Wednesday August 14th at Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant, Pamubla at 17:00hrs. 

Wednesday 14th 17:00 - 18:00hrs at Wheelers Seafood Restaurant

To learn more about the session and book your spot follow the link below.

friday 16th iNaturalist for advanced users

Thomas Mesaglio will lead an online workshop dealing with a list of topics for the advanced users of iNaturalist, to be better able to search for favourite species and to work with the many great functions of this global platform for biodiversity.

Thomas Mesaglio is a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales Sydney researching Australian plants, mostly focused on developing frameworks for more effective surveys and data collection. He is a curator and forum moderator on iNaturalist and has made more than 57,000 observations and 330,000 identifications for other users. Thomas is an avid BioBlitz organiser, survey leader and participant, and was part of the team that won the 2022 Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science.  

The session will cover the topics which have been suggested by experienced users across the Bega valley and other questions attendees may have.

Friday 18th August 14:00hrs to 15:00hrs

 To learn more about the session and book your spot follow the link below.